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Creating Your Legacy!

Your support through a gift providing benefit in the future can create transformational opportunities that advance the great work of the West Virginia University Eye Institute and benefit the people of West Virginia and beyond past your lifetime.

You can create your legacy in several ways by making a planned gift to the West Virginia University Foundations to serve the WVU Eye Institute. The Eye Institute has several priorities that your gift can benefit. The following are some examples of what your planned gift can support:

Advancing our work to inspire hope by providing critical eye care to those in need	Any Amount
Supporting the education of present and future ophthalmologists and patients	$5,000+
Creating a named endowment for patient care or outreach	$250,000+
Creating a named endowed professorship (for patient care, research, or education)	$500,000+
Creating a named endowed distinguished professorship (for patient care, research, or education)	$750,000+
Creating a named endowed chair (for patient care, research, or education)	$1,500,000
Naming a Room, Space or Program	Consultation Required

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Support in Your Will

One easy way for caring individuals to make such a gift is by including a gift provision for the WVU Eye Institute through your Will or revocable trust.

While setting up your estate plans to meet your family’s future needs, you can also direct your attorney to include a provision that states “to the West Virginia University Foundation for the benefit of the WVU Eye Institute” in your will. You can easily designate that your gift through your Will be used for a specific purpose or for the greatest need of the WVU Eye Institute’s service to the people of West Virginia and beyond.

ADDITIONAL PLANNED GIVING OPPORTUNITIES are provided through the WVU Foundation. Click on one of the following options for more information.

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Gifts of Retirement Plans

Your retirement plan may be worth more when donated to the West Virginia University Foundation to benefit the WVU Eye Institute than to your heirs.

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Gifts of Life Insurance

Create a significant endowment for the West Virginia University Eye Institute without dipping into your capital assets.

• New or Existing Policy -You can fund a future gift for us from your income instead of capital.
• Paid-Up Policy -Give us a policy whose coverage you no longer need.
• Gift-Replacement - Create a life-income gift for yourself; use insurance proceeds to restore the value of your gift to benefit your heirs.

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Income-producing gifts

Income-producing gifts can be a smart way to provide for retirement security and for supporting the WVU Eye Institute.

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Testamentary Income-Producing Gifts

One gift in your estate can benefit both your family and WVU Eye Institute.