Planned Giving
Planned Giving: Serve as a Faithful Steward
Create an intentional estate plan that reflects your heart, your faith, your values, your love for family, or your desire to advance God’s Kingdom.
Through Planned Giving, you have the opportunity to ensure that the resources God entrusted to you continue to reflect your priorities, provide for those you love, and strengthen ministries like Truett McConnell University for generations to come.
Design your legacy with the help of trusted financial and legal counsel to:
- Protect your family and the causes you care about.
- Reduce taxes that erode your lifetime income and estate.
- Transform non-cash assets into Kingdom-impacting resources.
Planned Giving helps you give from what you already have—through investments, real estate, retirement accounts, business interests, and more—while often providing tax advantages and even lifetime income.
Create a legacy gift that makes an eternal difference at TMU through:
To learn more, contact Danny Hendrix
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Turn appreciated investments into ministry impact without losing a large portion to taxes.
[Download a Stock Transfer Form] – LEARN MORE
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Leverage a life insurance policy to make a significant Kingdom gift—often far greater than you thought possible—without great personal expense.
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Receive lifetime income from your annuity while also supporting TMU’s mission to equip bold warriors for Christ.
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Ensure your wishes are honored and your loved ones cared for while avoiding unnecessary expenses and taxes. TMU can refer you to attorneys who specialize in estate planning.
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Farmland, commercial property, rental homes, or vacant land can be transformed into Christ-centered education for future leaders.
Turn the fruit of your labor – grain, livestock, or equipment – into Gospel impact
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A flexible, powerful way to manage all your charitable giving in one place while supporting TMU.
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Reduce taxes and leave more for ministry by donating all or part of your retirement account. If you are over 70 ½, you may be subject to Minimum Required Distributions. By gifting these to TMU, you can avoid income tax.
Ways to Give:
Gifts made from Your Estate by Will, Trust, or Beneficiary Designation:
Designating TMU as the beneficiary of an Estate asset via a will, Trust, or Beneficiary Designation form can be a true Legacy gift to TMU. These gifts can include real estate, cash, retirement assets, business interests, and much more, all working together to increase the impact of the TMU Legacy.
Gifts made from a Donor Advised Fund:
Giving through a Giving Fund (Donor Advised Fund, or DAF) allows the Giver to donate various assets to the DAF provider. The DAF serves as a convenient tool to streamline giving and manage it in one place, much like a charitable checking account. To learn more about donor-advised funds, visit our partner institutions at the National Christian Foundation and the Georgia Baptist Foundation.
Contact Danny Hendrix at dhendrix@tmu.edu or 706-865-2134 ext. 3804 to get started with planned giving today.
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