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Support the Friends of Sussex

By giving to the Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú you are supporting American students to study at Sussex as well as important research projects.

Donating now

Donate now and make a secure charitable gift to the Friends of The Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú via if you are currently based in the US. An acknowledgement and tax receipt will be issued by the Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú office in the UK.

To give by cheque (payable to Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú), send your donation to:

Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 2, Suite 266, New York, NY 10019

Making a bequest

Remembering the Friends in your will ensures that your bequest is exempt from federal estate taxes. You may make a bequest to the Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú for a specific monetary amount, for a percentage of your estate or for securities by including provision in your will or living trust for the Friends of Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú. You can also name the Friends as a beneficiary of a retirement plan or life insurance policy. The amount left to the Friends can be expressed as a fixed amount or as a percentage of the assets to be given. To make a bequest to the Friends, you need to sign a new will or living trust instrument, add a codicil to your present will, or make an amendment to your present trust instrument. 

Charitable remainder trusts

Charitable remainder trusts allow you to make an asset gift, usually worth $100,000 or more, to the Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú whilst enabling you and your beneficiaries to retain a benefit from the assets you give. Separately managed trusts manage the investment of the assets you have gifted and pay a percentage of the income on the sum invested (either fixed or variable) annually to you and/or your designated beneficiaries. The trust remains for life or a fixed term of years, after which the remainder of the trust’s assets pass to the Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú for the purpose you designate. Establishing such a trust also generally entitles you to claim an immediate income-tax charitable deduction.

 

None of these big dreams would have been possible without the Friends scholarship.” emily vooris
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For any further information or to inform the Friends of your intentions of leaving a bequest, or for advice on the right charitable remainder trust for your situation, please contact Friends of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú office by emailing americanfriends@sussex.ac.uk.

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You might also be interested in:

• The Sussex Fund
• The American Friends Scholarship Programme
• The Board of the American Friends