PLANNED

GIVING

Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for George Mason University and its mission while accommodating your own personal, financial, estate-planning, and philanthropic goals.

Grantor Lead Trust

Grantor Lead Trust Diagram. Description of image is listed below.

How It Works

  1. Create trust agreement stating terms of the trust (usually for a term of years), transfer cash or other property to trustee, and receive an income-tax deduction
  2. Trustee invests and manages trust assets and makes annual payments to Mason
  3. Remainder transferred back to you

Benefits

  • Annual gift to Mason
  • Property returned to donor at end of trust term
  • Professional management of assets during term of trust
  • Charitable income-tax deduction, but you are taxed on trust's annual income

Contact Us

Aquanetta J. Betts, JD
Director of Planned Giving
(703) 993-6971
mylegacy@gmu.edu

George Mason University Foundation, Inc.
Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations
4400 University Dr., MS 1A3
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Federal tax ID number: 54-1603842

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