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Planned Giving at Chestnut Hill College

Good News! You can now make a tax-free gift from your IRA! Click here.

Chestnut Hill College wants you to know about some unique financial tools you can use to plan your gift so that it also returns benefits to you.

Meet Our Donors

Bernardine and Dr. Joseph Abbott
The gift, Bunny explained, was a token for her wonderful education and “one of the most beautiful affiliations of my life. I look at the Sisters and realize they gave their entire young lives to us. Their belief in women had quite an influence in my life,”

Margaret Conner
The sale of these paintings brought the College a generous gift from Miss Conner’s planned legacy. Naming the College your beneficiary of a gift-in-kind, such as a valuable work of art, is another way you can leave a legacy to your alma mater.

Did you know that:

  • 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 Chestnut Hill College as a beneficiary of your will or revocable trust, or of your retirement plan.
  • You can make Chestnut Hill College 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.

How do I start?

To find what your giving options are, go to Gift Plans. Discover the variety of funding choices at Assets to Give. Compare the plans and see which come closest to your needs at Goals & Benefits.

When you're ready to hear more, complete the Information Request Form for follow-up information from us.




Sister Mary Theresa Shevland
Director of Planned Giving
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Tel: (215) 753-3617
Email: shevlandm@chc.edu

Barbara Reiter
Executive Assistant to Vice President
for Institutional Advancement
Chestnut Hill College
Tel: (215) 248-7085
Email: reiterb@chc.edu