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Welcome to your resource for charitable gift planning!

We've created this Web site to help you dream about our future and yours. Planned giving is a useful vehicle for implementing your personal financial objectives as well as carrying out your philanthropic goals as a donor. Making a planned gift to Rider University or Westminster Choir College of Rider University, allows you to make a substantial gift in ways that will complement your personal financial plans and to support an institution that is the premier career preparation university in the region. If you're not sure where to begin, try our Plan Your Gift planner.

If you already have gift options in mind, click on Compare Gifts to see how your choices match up or click on eBrochures to request specific information on a planning option. Happy dreaming!

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