Gift Planning

Susan Cook '75Welcome to gift planning at Colby. The warm and quiet summer days have turned into the crisper, livelier days of fall, and the campus is once again bursting with energy. Colby’s bicentennial Class of 2013—495 strong—has arrived on campus, having been selected from more than 4,520 applicants. Although the memories of your freshman fall at Colby may seem far away, you may find yourself facing other new adventures given the recent economic turmoil.

We hope you will peruse the information available to you on our site and take some time to read our donor stories. Just like when you were a freshman, getting some helpful and friendly advice from someone you can trust can go a long way. We also want to reinforce that there are still ways to continue to support Colby and regain some control of your own financial situation, through such tools as charitable gift annuities, trusts, and bequests.

We hope that if you feel inspired (or even vaguely curious) after looking at the information presented here you’ll consider giving us a call to talk about how a planned gift might work for you. Together we can create a plan to help you meet your financial and philanthropic goals. Let’s talk.
Warm regards,
Susan Cook ’75
 
Woman under willowThere are many ways to support Reaching the World: A Campaign for Colby. The College encourages donors to consider the various ways they might participate in the campaign and to give in ways that are best suited to their charitable goals and financial circumstances.

Pledges allow donors to make generous contributions over a period of several years, and they may provide donors with significant tax advantages. Donors may schedule payments in ways that meet their needs, provided all payments are made within a five-year period.

Building an endowment to secure the future of an institution requires vision. It requires the capacity to dream. Reaching the World: A Campaign for Colby will help the College retain its leadership in American higher education. It will ensure that promising students continue to have access to Colby regardless of their ability to pay, that the College can attract and retain the finest faculty, and that Colby can sustain and expand its tradition of curricular innovation.

In the pages that follow, you will meet a number of alumni and others who have their own dreams for Colby and who have taken advantage of the benefits available through a well-planned gift to make those dreams come true.

A planned gift helps you and your loved ones and reaches into the future to touch the lives of generations of students to come. If you would like to talk about your ideas for helping Colby and its students “Reach the World,” we would be happy to work with you.
 
 
Donor Profiles
Lucia Whittelsey '73
Lucia Whittelsey '73

When Lucia Whittelsey '73 was concerned about leaving her savings in the stock market, she turned to Colby. "I have more faith in Colby than I do in the stock market in general," she said.


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