Understanding estate planning is an educational process. Each time you better understand what you have and how it will pass, you are better equipped to make decisions that reflect your values and priorities.

• You don't have to use cash to make your gift — donate appreciated securities instead. The deduction is the same as for a cash gift, and you pay no capital gains tax on the transfer.
• Give an asset that may help us more than it's helping you — such as a life insurance policy whose coverage your family no longer needs, or real estate like a second home or a parcel of undeveloped land, or even a collection of books or artwork that you no longer have room to display.
• You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime — name Clemson University as a beneficiary of your will or revocable trust, or of your retirement plan.
• You can make Clemson University a partner in your giving — you can deed us your home but continue to live there or you can sell us property at a charitable discount.
• Understand how property passes at death.  
• Access the Diagrammatic Guide to Gift Planning