Jackrabbits Land Legacy

The land is your legacy. SDSU understands that because it’s our legacy, too.

We’ve taught generations of young women and men how to work the land. We’ve researched new methods so farmers and ranchers can succeed in a global marketplace. We’ve helped rural families and communities thrive.

Perhaps you want to provide for your heirs while also supporting students at SDSU. Maybe the farm is more responsibility than you want in this stage of your life, yet you need an income. Maybe you find yourself without a planned recipient of the land that has become your legacy.

The SDSU Foundation can help make sure your financial and personal goals are met to preserve your family’s heritage and make an impact at SDSU for future generations of Jackrabbits.

The university’s mission as an 1862 land-grant institution remains the same: to be a beacon of opportunity, providing access to higher education, championing the creation of knowledge and understanding, and continuously expanding the university’s reach.

It starts with the land.

Barry H. Dunn | SDSU's 20th President

Choose the gifting option that's best for you.

There are a number of ways to donate your gift of land, crops, and equipment to SDSU. Your gift may include the acreage itself, or perhaps what it yields or the machinery that has been used.

An outright gift may be the simplest method of transferring land to SDSU. Your land will be assessed for its potential as rental for a continuing stream of income or for resale for an immediate impact on SDSU programs.

Make an immediate impact at SDSU
Bypass capital gains tax
May receive a reduction in estate taxes with the reduction in assets
Eliminate burdens of property ownership

A charitable lead trust allows you to provide the earnings of your land to SDSU for a period of years, while ultimately retaining ownership for yourself and your heirs.

Make an immediate impact at SDSU
Receive an income tax deduction
Based on your goals:
- The land can be gifted to your heirs, along with a reduction in estate and gift taxes; or
- The land can be returned to you or your estate after the term is complete.

Using a return income arrangement relieves you of ownership responsibility while paying you a reliable income for life or for a set period.

Receive an income tax deduction
Collect an income
Bypass capital gains tax
Eliminate burdens of property ownership

A life estate arrangement allows you to use the land throughout your lifetime while receiving substantial tax benefits.

Receive an income tax deduction
Reduce taxable estate
Maintain use of the land throughout your lifetime

By leaving a gift of land to SDSU in your estate plans, you can provide a legacy that lasts beyond your lifetime.

Provide future planned support to SDSU
Based on your goals, your gift can:
- Provide income to heirs while relieving them of property ownership;
- Provide income to SDSU for a period of years before eventually returning property ownership to your heirs; and/or
- Reduce estate and inheritance taxes.

Whether you are looking for tax advantages, an income, to provide for your heirs, or to be relieved of the responsibilities of property ownership, the SDSU Foundation has the staff and expertise to set up a gifting solution that fulfills your needs.

Meet the Planned Giving Team

Helping donors like you make a difference for SDSU is our pleasure. The friendly professionals on our planned giving team will work with you to determine the best giving strategy for you and navigate every step of the donation process. Meet the dedicated folks who are here for you, and contact us to get started.

Contact Ned Gavlick to get started.