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Life Estate Reserved

You may desire to leave your home or farm to UNCF at your death but would also like to receive a current charitable income tax deduction. A life estate reserved might offer the solution you need!

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Benefits of a life estate reserved

Receive a federal income tax deduction for the value of the remainder interest in your home or farm
Preserve your lifetime use and control of your home or farm
Create a life estate based on more than one life. This will preserve the use of the property for you and a loved one, such as a spouse or dependent child

How a life estate works

You deed your home or farm to UNCF. The deed will include a provision that gives you the right to use your home or farm for the rest of your life and that of any other life estate party named in the deed.
You and UNCF sign a maintenance, insurance and taxes (MIT) agreement to explain that you will do your best to keep the property in good condition and that you will maintain property insurance and pay the property taxes.
When the owners of the life estate have passed away, your home or farm will belong to UNCF. We will use or sell the property to further our charitable work.

Contact us

To learn more about a life estate, please contact us. We would be happy to assist you and answer your questions.

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Donate by Mail or Phone

By phone:

Use your credit card to donate over the phone. Our Donor Service team is available to help you between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm EST Monday through Friday. Donation Phoneline: (202) 810-0240.

By mail:

Print out the form below and send it with your gift to:

UNCF(United Negro College Fund)
Attn: Denise Scott, Direct Response Programs
1805 7th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

Printable Donation Form

Stock Transfer Instructions

Broker	Merrill Lynch
DTC#	5198
Credit to:	UNCF-United Negro College Fund Short-Term Investments
Acct# Number	850-04J86
Contact	Karen Munoz - 212-382-8429
UNCF Tax ID #	13-1624241

Prior to transfer, please send me the name of the donor, name of stock and number of stock shares so that we may properly credit our records and provide an official receipt for tax records.

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