Ways To Give
Below is a list, although not comprehensive, of possible ways for Austin Peay alumni to get involved and give back to the university.
As you consider making a gift to Austin Peay State University, keep in mind that a gift may...
- be undesignated and applied where the need is greatest.
- be designated to a specific department or program.
- be matched by the donor's employer.
- be a current, outright gift of cash, securities, or personal property.
- be a deferred gift in the form of a trust, insurance, a will, a life estate, or even the remainder of retirement benefits.
- be made as a memorial.
- be used to set up a permanent endowment in the name of the donor or someone else.
- reduce the donor's tax liability.
A gift whereby the charitable organization does not benefit until sometime in the future, according to conditions stated in the contract. Alumni and friends often are able to make a longer investment in the future of Austin Peay than they thought possible through a deferred gift. Some deferred gifts will provide current income to the donor and a current tax deduction when the gift is established. There are several ways to make a deferred gift:
- Wills, bequests and trust
- A person's statement to the public regarding the disposition of his or property at death.
- Residual interest in a home or other property
- Beneficiary assignment of an insurance policy
- Charitable remainder or lead trusts
- A trust that provides income to the charitable organization, with the corpus of the trust reverting to the donor or donor's family after a specified period of time.
- Charitable gift annuities
- A charitable gift annuity is a simple combination of two concepts: a charitable gift and income for life. Think of it as the gift that gives back. A gift annuity allows you to make a gift to the Austin Peay State University Foundation, the program of your choice, and benefit from the following: safe, fixed income for your life and the life of a loved one (spouse or parent); tax savings - immediately and in the future; favorable treatment of capital gains, if funded with appreciated assets; and membership in a giving society at the level of your gift.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a deferred gift.
A University-wide fund-raising program that solicits gifts on a yearly basis from alumni, parents, and friends. Annual gifts are generally expended during the year in which they are received and fall into one of two categories: unrestricted gifts, to be used as needed, and restricted gifts, designated for a specific purpose.
Annual gifts can be made online at give.apsu.edu or mailed to:
Alumni, Engagement and Philanthropy
P.O. Box 4417
Clarksville, TN 37044
Please make checks payable to Austin Peay State University Foundation
You may also visit our office:
318 College Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
Numerous opportunities are available for people who are interested in honoring or memorializing loved ones.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about naming opportunities.
A contribution of equipment, supplies, or other property in lieu of money. A donor
might consider a gift-in-kind to the University, or a contribution other than cash,
stocks and bonds, provided the gift is applicable to the mission of the University.
Awarded as contributions are received. Earnings do not accrue. Guidelines are established by the donor and the Austin Peay State University Office of Philanthropy. Annual scholarship awards usually distribute all of the available funds each year and may be renewed annually.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about annual scholarships.
Donors may choose to establish a scholarship or other type of permanent endowment for the benefit of APSU students and the enhancement of the University. Donors who establish endowments have the option to name the fund and establish guidelines through which the earnings are administered. An endowed scholarship can be established with a minimum contribution of $25,000. Funds are invested in the APSU Foundation and remain intact in perpetuity. The scholarship is distributed with interest earned. The spendable return from endowment funds, calculated on an individual fund basis, shall be 4 (4%) percent of a three year running average market value, plus 1 (1%) percent, calculated on the same basis, to be utilized to offset and recover operational expenses on endowments. Excess earnings are added to the principal of each fund in order to grow the endowment fund.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about establishing an endowment.
A gift of real estate entitles a donor to the same tax benefits as a gift of securities, provided the property has been owned for more than a year.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a gift of real estate.
By supporting the college, department, or program of one's choice, the donor is providing funds for the dean and faculty to use as needed.
Designated gifts can be made online at give.apsu.edu or mailed to:
Alumni, Engagement and Philanthropy
P.O. Box 4417
Clarksville, TN 37044
Please make checks payable to Austin Peay State University Foundation
You may also visit our office:
318 College Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
Making charitable gifts, resulting from a planning process which considers the effects of the gift upon a donor's estate. Planned gifts can be arranged through wills, trusts, life insurance, annuities, or the Foundation's polled income fund.
Have you already included a gift to APSU in your will or trust? Contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to let us know.
Contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about planned giving.
Plan for all of your assets
Did you know you may have additional assets not covered in your will or trust?
If you have an IRA, 401(k), life insurance policy, or any additional accounts, these are called "non-probate assets" and they need to be planned for separately. Using the online tool below, you can log all of your assets, name Austin Peay State University as a beneficiary to strengthen missions and vocations and receive printable instructions on how to set each one up with your broker.
Making a gift of cash is probably the simplest way a person can support Austin Peay State University. Unrestricted gifts provide the University with a pool of resources which can be distributed to support projects, programs and high-priority needs.
Gifts can be made online at give.apsu.edu or mailed to:
Alumni, Engagement and Philanthropy
P.O. Box 4417
Clarksville, TN 37044
Please make checks payable to the Austin Peay State University Foundation.
You may also visit our office:
318 College Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
A gift of appreciated stocks or bonds, which have been owned for more than one year, entitles a donor to a full tax deduction for the market value of the securities. Capital gains taxes are avoided, thus allowing the donor to make a substantial gift to the University with minimal out-of-pocket expense.
DTC instructions:
Austin Peay State University Foundation
Charles Schwab
Account number: #6579-9746
DTC: 0164
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about appreciated securities.
A trust in which a donor transfers assets to a trustee subject to the right to receive a fixed percentage of initial net fair market value of property for life.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a charitable remainder annuity trust.
A donor transfers title to a home or farm to the University, reserves the right to live in/on the property and receives income from it. At the donor's death, the home/farm is the property of the institution.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a life estate agreement.
A signed and dated commitment to make a gift during a specified period according to specified terms.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a pledge agreement.
A flexible agreement whereby a donor transfers income-producing property to a trustee and receives income for a specified period. The remainder in the trust at the donor's death becomes the asset of the institution.
Please contact our office at (931) 221-7127 to speak with someone about a revocable living trust.