A good way to make a gift and take advantage of appreciated value of your home or farm is to enter into a life estate agreement with the college. You continue to use the property throughout your lifetime, receive an immediate tax deduction and avoid taxation on gains in addition to reducing possible estate taxes. Benedictine College benefits from the ultimate use or sale of the property. Annual Giving Annual Giving Campaigns are the primary source of scholarship funding at Benedictine College. Eighty percent of the student body qualifies for financial assistance.
Students depend on scholarships as well as loans to meet the cost of education.
A strong scholarship program is an important recruitment tool for the college. Each year Benedictine College awards scholarships totaling more than three million dollars to over 600 qualified students. There are two types of scholarship funds that can be established at Benedictine College. Scholarships are awarded from the contributions received. Gifts may be made at any time to the fund.