Major and Planned Giving

Planned giving is a technique that allows many of Denison's donors to make substantial gifts to endowment or capital projects.

A "planned" gift is one that requires planning on the part of the donor. Such gifts may be current gifts, which benefit Denison immediately.

They may also be deferred gifts, which will benefit Denison at some time in the future (after a term of a year or after someone's lifetime).

Planned giving includes all current or deferred gifts substantial enough to require the donor to consider personal, family, financial, tax, and philanthropic concerns. In short, planned giving is a powerful philanthropic tool that helps donors maximize the personal benefits of charitable giving, and, at the same time, allows them to make gifts to Denison that they might have thought impossible.