A Will to Lead is a special initiative of the Ƶ LEADS Campaign, allowing alumni, parents and friends to make a lasting impact at Ƶ by including the university in their estate plans. Your estate gift will help secure Ƶ’s future while providing students life-changing opportunities for generations to come.
Benefits of Estate Gifts
A Lasting Legacy: Your impact will be felt for generations to come.
Support Your Priorities: Choose the program or opportunity you cherish most.
Maximum Flexibility: Provide for yourself and loved ones with no financial impact today.
Peace of Mind: Be confident Ƶ will honor your philanthropic wishes.
Ease of Giving: Let Ƶ staff walk you through the process, including providing language to share with your attorney or financial advisor when making your estate plans.
Order of the Oak: Your estate gift qualifies you for membership in Ƶ’s planned giving recognition society.
Ways to Give
Estate Beneficiary: Designate Ƶ as a beneficiary in your will, either as a percentage of your estate or a specific amount.
Retirement Plan Beneficiary: Designate Ƶ as a beneficiary of your retirement account(s).
Residual Bequest: Designate a specific amount or percentage of your estate to Ƶ after your assets have been distributed to other priorities.
Priscilla Awkard ’95
“My estate gift is the way I can make the biggest impact at Ƶ and to the success of the university for a long period of time. We all have something to give, and I feel honored to give back to Ƶ.”
Learn More
For more information on how you can make Ƶ part of your estate planning by including the university in your will, please contact Brian Baker, associate vice president and director of principal gifts, at 336.278.7453 or bbaker7@elon.edu.
