Planned, Non-Cash, and Estate Gifts to Yale School of the Environment
Whether you are planning for retirement, looking to provide for a loved one, or seeking to maximize your gift, there are several methods of giving that can benefit you while supporting the Yale School of the Environment.
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Learn more about the many ways to create your legacy, including options that can offer you significant financial and tax advantages, while supporting the Yale School of the Environment’s mission of knowledge and leadership for a sustainable future.
Bequest: a gift that costs you nothing at this time!
Including a bequest in your estate plan is one way to leave a legacy, and there are other similar arrangements that are simple, straightforward, and accomplish the same goal.
Trusts & Annuities
Lifetime income gifts are an excellent way to meet your personal and philanthropic goals while providing dependable income for you and your family, tax savings, and a way to support Yale School of the Environment.
Non-Cash Assets
You can support the Yale School of the Environment with a wide variety of assets, from donated securities to real estate or personal property. Whichever you choose, we can help make the process simple and straightforward.
Cash Gift
Spotlights: Partners Through Giving
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Giving Back through a Charitable Gift Annuity
Dorothy S. McCluskey ’73 MFS
In 1970, Dorothy arrived at the Yale School of the Environment with three young children and a goal of earning an advanced degree in environmental planning and water resource management. She earned that degree in 1973, and two decades later she honored her meaningful time at YSE by establishing a visiting fellowship for international environmental leaders through a Charitable Gift Annuity. “As my career progressed, I remained vividly aware of the impact YSE had on my professional life, both in terms of the knowledge I learned and the people that I met there,” recalled Dorothy. “I always knew that I would give back to the school in some way, and after discussions with the then-Dean and the development office, it gave me great pleasure to establish, through a Charitable Gift Annuity, the Dorothy McCluskey Visiting Fellowship to support leaders in conservation. The program has continued to grow and the fact that it will last well into the future brings me enormous satisfaction. While all of our stories are unique, I share my story in the hope that you will join me in ensuring YSE’s future is as bright as its past, by making a planned gift to YSE.”
The program has continued to grow and the fact that it will last well into the future brings me enormous satisfaction.”
Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Keith D. Tait ’81 MFS, ’81 MPH
My decision to make a planned estate gift to the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) was motivated by many factors. The most prevailing were life changing experiences, knowledge and insights during the three years of my graduate program at YSE - professors, fellow students, staff, and most notably my advisors. Yale came at the right time and place for me, and my classmates and I formed strong bonds, particularly in the YSE Class of ’80. For many years I made regular, small annual gifts to Yale. Then I learned about other ways of giving back and leaving a legacy, such as a planned gift to enroll in a universal life insurance policy with Yale, adding YSE as my beneficiary. What better way to return the gifts shared by Yale than to pay it forward to future generations!”
What better way to return the gifts shared by Yale than to pay it forward to future generations!”
Looking Toward the Future with a CGA
Milos Krnajski Jovic ’73 MF
Milos Krnajski Jovic loved his time at the Yale School of the Environment, and his experience ultimately led to him establishing a Charitable Gift Annuity that will support a scholarship for students working at the intersection of business and the environment. “I am so happy to support future students at YSE who are studying the same subjects I fell in love with years ago. Environmental protection is more critical today than ever, and I am proud to use my planned gift to help enable the future environmental leaders to study at YSE.”
I am so happy to support future students at YSE who are studying the same subjects I fell in love with years ago.”
Have Questions?
Contact the Yale School of the Environment Office of Development and Alumni Services.
205 Prospect Street, 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511