Gifts of Securities
A gift of securities to Columbia University School of Nursing can help to advance the great era of nursing now in progress. Securities offer a quick and easy method of giving, with maximum economic advantages for you. We will be pleased to help you and your broker complete the transfer of your securities quickly and in good order.
We can create a personal guide to giving securities for you. We will design it to reflect your own charitable and financial goals and to demonstrate the advantages and options of a gift of securities to Columbia University School of Nursing.
They may include:
- An income tax deduction, based on the full fair market value of your securities
- Tax savings that may make a gift of securities less costly than giving the same amount in cash
- Reduction or elimination of the capital gains tax
- Choosing to give publicly traded stocks and bonds, closely-held stock, or mutual fund shares
- Increasing your benefits by funding a life-income gift, like a charitable gift annuity, a pooled income fund, or a charitable remainder trust.