Giving

Planned Giving

Leave a Lasting Legacy

Planned gifts are increasingly important to the life and long-term financial security of St. Christopher’s. The funds generated from these gifts, large and small, have helped shape our superior academic programs, nurtured our outstanding teachers, and enabled talented and motivated students to attend our School.

Including a planned gift in your estate plans allows you to take care of your family and provide for gifts to loved ones while also making a charitable gift to St. Christopher's. We can help you find a tax-wise way to make your planned gift, and perhaps help you to make a larger gift than you thought possible.

Planned Giving Opportunities

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Gifts by Will or Trust

A charitable gift from your estate enables you to achieve your financial goals, maintain control of your assets, and benefit St. Christopher's. Bequests involve no immediate donation and may provide tax benefits for your estate.
Life Insurance and other Beneficiary Designations

Designating St. Christopher’s as a sole or partial beneficiary of your retirement plans, life insurance policies, annuities, or bank accounts is a quick and easy way to make a planned gift to the School. If you own a whole life policy that is no longer needed, consider gifting it to the School during your lifetime.
Retirement Assets

Strategically gift your retirement account to St. Christopher’s at your death to reduce income and estate tax liability. Individual beneficiaries must, with limited exceptions, pay ordinary income taxes on the entire amount of inherited IRA assets within 10 years. By naming the School as sole or partial beneficiary, you eliminate income and estate taxation on the amount the School receives and then gift your individual beneficiaries more tax advantageous assets.
IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)

Upon reaching 70 ½, you can make a tax-free gift of up to $111,000 in 2026 from your IRA. This amount increases to $222,000 for married couples with their own IRAs. QCDs offset income tax liability on your Required Minimum Distributions.
Charitable Gift Annuities (CGAs)

A charitable gift annuity provides fixed payments to you or others you name for life in exchange for your gift of cash or securities. A clever option in high interest rate environments!
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs)

Receive an immediate deduction for contributions to a Donor Advised Fund and make gifts from the DAF to St. Christopher’s for years to come. In years of significant liquidity events, you can offset associated tax liability with a large lump-sum distribution to a DAF.
Charitable Trusts

Charitable trusts are tax-efficient ways to use your assets to provide for both your beneficiaries as well as St. Christopher’s School. These vehicles are especially effective for individuals who have highly appreciated illiquid assets.
Real Estate

Make a meaningful gift to St. Christopher’s in the form of real estate and maximize your deduction for the appreciated market value.

Statement of Future Gifts

If you have already included St. Christopher’s in your estate plans, we ask that you consider completing a Statement of Future Gifts. Having your intentions documented is invaluable not only for the Foundation’s record-keeping but more so to be good stewards of your generosity.

Giving

1911 Society

The 1911 Society was established to recognize the generous individuals who have made a provision for St. Christopher’s in their estate plans through gifts of IRAs, bequests, life income gifts or trusts. Members of the 1911 Society are invited to exclusive on-campus events throughout the year and are honored in our bi-annual 1911 Society publication.