Planned Giving

When you arrange a gift that will benefit Stanford GSB beyond your lifetime, your legacy sustains the school into the future.

Naming the GSB as a beneficiary of your will, living trust, retirement account, donor-advised fund, or other life income gift such as a charitable remainder unitrust or a charitable gift annuity, enables you to leave a lasting influence at the GSB while meeting personal financial and estate planning goals for you and your loved ones.

Options for an Enduring GSB Legacy

There are many ways to include charitable giving in your estate plans.

Bequests & Beneficiary Designations Flexible and popular ways to leave a legacy through your estate plan.
IRA QCD An easy, tax-efficient way your IRA can support the GSB with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) now.
Life Income Gift A great way to leave a legacy at the school while taking care of yourself or loved ones.
More Options For information on other gift arrangements, including charitable lead trusts and real estate gifts, please contact Sindy L. Craig, Director of Development, Legacy Giving, or at +1 (650) 725-1171.

GSB Legacy Partners

The GSB thanks and recognizes as GSB Legacy Partners loyal friends of the GSB that have named the GSB as a beneficiary of their will, living trust, retirement account, donor advised fund, or life income gift such as a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity. Such generosity plans for a bright GSB future and we are grateful for this thoughtfulness and vote of confidence.

Those honored as GSB Legacy Partners are also recognized as members of the university’s Founding Grant Society.

Have you included the GSB in your estate plan?

If you have included GSB in your estate plans, we would be grateful if you would let us know by completing the Legacy Partner form. It would be our privilege to thank you and welcome you as a GSB Legacy Partner. By informing us of your plans, we can ensure that your intentions are known and can be fulfilled.

The information you share will be kept confidential, and we respect your desire to remain anonymous.

 Tom  Shannon
Giving Spotlight
MBA 1982

“Stanford GSB plays a significant role in my career and life. To show my appreciation and to pay it forward, I make annual gifts, and I have also included the GSB in my estate plan.” — Tom Shannon, MBA ’82, has included a bequest provision in his estate plan

For More Information

Director of Development, Legacy Giving, External Relations