Giving to DBU

Your Objective:

Make a quick, immediate, and simple gift

Your Action:

Write a check, use a credit card, or go to dbu.edu/give to make a cash donation

Use your company's matching gift program to increase your gift

Your Advantages:

Immediate charitable income tax deduction

Reduce the size of your estate

One of the easiest ways to give back to DBU as a university employee is through payroll deductions. If you would like to set up automated deductions from your paycheck to DBU, please complete The Payroll Contribution Form. 

Your Objective:

Make a gift of assets upon your death

Your Action:

Name DBU as beneficiary of your will or trust

Your Advantages:

Lifetime control of assets

Gift is exempt from Federal estate tax

Head to the Legacy Society page to learn more.

Your Objective:

Make a quick, immediate, and relatively simple gift

Eliminate tax on capital gain

Your Action:

If you own securities in a brokerage account, these shares can easily be electronically transferred to DBU. Complete and return DBU’s Securities Transfer Form.

Your Advantages:

Immediate charitable income tax deduction

Eliminate tax on capital gain

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make an outright gift of real estate that is no longer needed OR

Transfer title to your personal residence now and continue to live there for life

Your Action:

Convey your real estate (including all or a portion of mineral interests) to DBU

Your Advantages:

Immediate charitable income tax deduction

Eliminate tax on capital gain

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

If you are 70 1/2 or older, make a gift directly from your IRA up to $100,000 per year and satisfy your required minimum distribution for the year

Your Action:

Direct your IRA custodian to make a distribution directly to DBU

Your Advantages:

Reduce your taxable income, even if you do not itemize deductions

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make a gift upon your death of assets in your retirement account

Your Action:

Name DBU as beneficiary of your retirement plan assets

Your Advantages:

Gift your most highly taxed assets

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make a large gift with little out-of-pocket cost

Your Action:

Name DBU as owner or beneficiary of your life insurance policy

Your Advantages:

If you name DBU as owner, you can receive a charitable deduction for your premium payments

If you designate DBU as the beneficiary, you will continue to own and can make use of the policy during your lifetime

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make a gift of your bank account, CD, or investment account upon your death

Your Action:

Name DBU as payable/transfer on death beneficiary

Your Advantages:

Lifetime control of your account

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make a charitable gift and save on taxes in the year of the gift

Your Action:

Create a trust that pays you or others fixed or variable income annually with the remainder upon trust termination benefitting DBU

Your Advantages:

Immediate charitable income tax deduction

Eliminate tax on capital gain

The income payment can be fixed or can potentially grow

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.

Your Objective:

Make a charitable gift and reduce gift and estate taxes on assets you pass to heirs

Your Action:

Create a trust that pays fixed or variable income to DBU for a fixed term with the trust assets passing to your heirs upon trust termination

Your Advantages:

Reduce the size of your estate

Reduce or eliminate estate and gift taxes

For more information, please contact our Director of Gift Processing at giftprocessing@dbu.edu or 214-333-5179.