Giving through your will
Create a better future: give an enduring gift
Making a gift in your will to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ is a lasting legacy that can create a better future. Your bequest will help us create opportunities for our students, staff and researchers. It will ensure excellence is embedded in our approach as Australia’s national university.
A will is your opportunity to have the last word, to say what you believe in and to recognise people and organisations that enriched your life.
ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵAlumna and bequest donor Ms Hester Gascoigne
What can you support?
By leaving a gift in your will to the University, you can support:
- Scholarships for students who might otherwise be unable to study at ANU
- An academic discipline or research priority that you are passionate about
- Distinctive learning opportunities such as international collaboration and study
- Endowed positions including Chairs and Professorships
- and a variety of other important areas of research and teaching at ANU
You can also leave an unrestricted gift in your will. Such a bequest allows the University, a specific College or your preferred area to use the funds to support critical initiatives and other areas of greatest need - so valuable in today's rapidly changing world.
Guidance for your will
How to leave a gift in your will
There are a number of ways you can make a bequest to ANU:
- A percentage or portion of your estate
- Pecuniary - a fixed amount of money
- Residual - the remainder of your estate after providing for family and friends
- A specific item or asset including property, shares, bonds and artwork
You may direct the University to support a long term purpose, or give ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵthe flexibility to use the funds to achieve an immediate impact. You can support an existing fund or purpose, or establish a new opportunity.
Our Gift & Estate Planning team can provide you with suggested wording to include a gift to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵin your will. Please contact us to start the conversation.
We strongly encourage you to seek professional legal advice for your estate planning and to ensure your will is validly executed and up to date. ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵis unable to provide you with legal or financial advice.
How your gift will be managed
All gifts to the University are accounted for by the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵFoundation and governed by the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵFoundation Board to ensure the wishes of the donor are met in accordance with the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵFoundation statute 2018.
Notifying us of a gift in your will
By notifying us that you have left a gift to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵin your will, you will join our community of bequest donors. We welcome the opportunity to recognise your generous commitment with regular updates from the University.
If you have already remembered ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵthrough a bequest, we would be grateful if you could contact our Gift & Estate Planning team with your Let us know form.
Contact us
Gift & Estate Planning
ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵAdvancement
Buildings 71 & 71T, 28 Balmain Crescent
Canberra ACT 2600
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Sarah McCarthyHead of Advancement | Rachel HunterDevelopment Manager | Debbie WilsonSenior Development Officer |
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- Gift & Estate Planning
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