My husband and I are employees and graduates of Illinois State University. We have donated to several funds, including the College of Education and the Dorothy E. Lee Scholarship. Most recently we have been donating to Mennonite College of Nursing. In light of a national nursing shortage, we have chosen to donate to Mennonite as a way to support quality nursing care.

Gift Planning

Charitable Lead Trusts

Getting Started: Charitable Lead Trusts
If your goal is to provide an inheritance for your children, but you would also like to make a significant charitable gift through your estate, find out how a charitable lead trust can help you satisfy both objectives. It's a charitable lead trust that can provide a significant charitable gift through your estate and provide an inheritance to your children. More

Charity That Ends at Home
Do you care about the future of your family and loved ones? How about the work of charitable organizations? What if there was a plan that could take advantage of both of these concerns? A charitable lead trust would allow your philanthropy to make an immediate impact while reducing the tax costs for your heirs in the future. More