Continue Supporting Our Work After Your Lifetime
Beneficiary Designation
Passionate about supporting Texas Southern University with our mission even after your lifetime? It's not only possible, it's easy to do with a beneficiary designation. Just name TSU as a beneficiary to receive assets such as retirement plans and life insurance policies after you're gone. You simply fill out a form that is entirely separate from your will—which makes this approach an easy way to give. Not only is it an easy way to give, but it's also flexible—you aren't locked into the choices you make today. You can review and adjust beneficiary designations anytime you want.
Check Out This Potential Scenario
Robert and Carol treasure the financial help they've been able to give their children and TSU over the years. Now that their kids are grown, Robert and Carol changed their estate plan so it could work harder for the people and causes they love. The couple updated their will to leave stocks and real estate to their kids. And they left us a $75,000 IRA to be transferred after their death. Because TSU is tax-exempt, all $75,000 will help support our mission.
If Robert and Carol had left the IRA to their children, approximately $21,000* would have gone to pay federal income taxes—leaving only $54,000 for their family's use. Robert and Carol are happy knowing they are making the most of their hard-earned money thanks to their updated estate plan.
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Next Steps
- Contact Louis Edwards at 713-313-6747 or Jeffrey Shaw at 713-313-4257 for additional information on beneficiary designations and how they can help support TSU with our mission.
- Talk to your financial or legal advisor to learn which assets will or will not trigger taxable income when paid to a beneficiary.
- If you name TSU in your plans, please use our legal name and Federal Tax ID.
Legal Name: Texas Southern University Address: 3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, TX 77004
Federal Tax ID Number: 74-6001391