Ways to Give

• Give Online: Online gifts can be made through our secure online giving form. You can allocate your online gift any way you wish.
   
• Recurring gifts: Duchesne offers you the option to make a recurring gift through our secure online giving site. You determine the total amount you would like to contribute and evenly distribute it through the end of the fiscal year, or you may simply choose an amount to give each month. This is an efficient solution to make your gifting more affordable.

You are able to send a check directly to Duchesne. Please make checks payable to Duchesne Academy.

• Mail to:

Duchesne Academy
Attention: Advancement Office
3601 Burt Street
Omaha, NE 68131

Duchesne welcomes gifts of stocks or securities which can provide significant tax advantages to donors. To initiate the electronic transfer of stock, please contact Katie Risch Bakhit at 402-810-9989 for instructions and to share the name of the stock, the number of shares, and your gift designation.

Transfer a gift directly from your IRA to Duchesne as part of your Required Minimum Distribution. If you are at least 70½ years old, you can donate up to $100,000 annually from your IRA and receive tax benefits in return.

As an alumna or friend of Duchesne, you likely know the legacy of St. Philippine Duchesne and her commitment to education. Her selfless life work and sacrifices set the foundation for thousands of young women. You can help secure the future of Duchesne Academy for thousands more young women through thoughtful, long-term gift planning. By working with a qualified financial planner, attorney or tax advisor you may discover that in addition to ensuring the vitality of the school, many charitable gifting strategies offer valuable financial benefits and tax advantages.

• Asset Diversification—If too much of your money is tied up in one asset, you may be able to diversify and reduce income taxes with a charitable gift to Duchesne.
• Estate Planning—Reduce the value of your estate or shift income to the next generation. Your charitable gift to Duchesne may help relieve estate and gift taxes.
• Income Tax Deduction—All gifts to Duchesne are 100% tax-deductible to the extent of the law.
• Increased Income—Charitable gifting to Duchesne can help create additional cash flow.
• Lifetime Cash Flow—With proper structuring and management, you can defer income or guarantee income for life with your charitable gift to Duchesne.
• Retirement Planning—If qualified plan regulations are limiting the amount you can put away for retirement, a charitable gift to Duchesne may help.
• Tax-free Conversion—With a charitable gift to Duchesne, you can transfer your highly appreciated assets without incurring income taxes.