Ways to Support

GIVING METHODS

Estate Your Intentions

Please inform us if you have named the Alexander-Tharpe Fund or Georgia Tech Athletic Association in your estate.  
 
Gifts by will or estate: By using a simple bequest in your Last Will & Testament, you can make a gift to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association/Alexander-Tharpe Fund.  To make a bequest, please include the following language in your estate plans:
 
I give and bequeath ______% of the residue and remainder of my estate (or the sum of ______ dollars, $______) to the Alexander-Tharpe Fund, a division of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association (a Georgia charitable corporation), for the support of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.
 
Beneficiary designation: Using your life insurance policy, IRA, or retirement account, simply designating the Alexander-Tharpe Fund as a percentage beneficiary makes for a quick and easy planned gift. 
Gifts that pay a life income: There are several ways to donate discretionary cash, highly appreciated securities, and other assets to: 
  • Obtain a life income
  • Obtain a current deduction
  • Benefit Tech in the future
Note: Both fixed and variable income arrangements are possible as the donor chooses.  The best arrangement will depend on assets and family financial circumstances.  Planning often revolves around a particular asset with high appreciation that is subject to capital gains taxes.  Gift vehicles include charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts.
Gifts of income payable to Tech: Known as Charitable Lead Trusts, these are vehicles that make gifts payable to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association for a term of years (say 15 or 20 years) with assets reverting to family members at the end of the trust term.
Note: Individuals with large estates may find this wealth transfer method advantageous.  Please contact a member of the Gift Planning Team at Georgia Tech to explore further.
IRA Charitable Rollovers: This gift from your traditional or Roth IRA can count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD). To qualify for this tax-free benefit:
  • You must be 70.5 yrs or older at the time of your gift
  • The transfer must go directly from your IRA to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association/Alexander-Tharpe Fund
  • Your total IRA charitable gift(s) cannot exceed $100,000 per year
  • Your gift must be outright, so it cannot fund a life-income arrangement
Note: Such gifts do not qualify for a charitable deduction.
 
 
Contact a member of the Gift Planning team at 404.894.4678 or the A-T fund at 404.894.5414 to discuss how you would like your bequest designated to benefit Georgia Tech Athletics, whether unrestricted or for the support of a particular intercollegiate sport or program.
 
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Alexander-Tharpe Fund
Georgia Tech Athletic Association
150 Bobby Dodd Way, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0455
Phone: 404-894-5414