Would you like to help support future generations of Commonwealth students without changing your will or parting with any assets now?

You can do this by naming Commonwealth School as a beneficiary of certain assets or accounts you own. This “beneficiary designation” is one of the simplest ways to make a gift to us. It is literally as easy as filling out a form.

You can name Commonwealth School as the sole beneficiary of your assets or as one of several beneficiaries. For example, you can use some of your assets to make a legacy gift and use the rest to provide for family members, charity, or other loved ones.

There are many benefits of making a gift by beneficiary designation:

  • Flexibility: Assets remain in your control should you need them. You can also change your gift designation at any time.
  • Easy to arrange: It does not require a change to your will. 
  • Tax incentives: Funds passing on to Commonwealth are not subject to income or estate tax. This means 100% of your gift is available for use by Commonwealth.
  • Family-friendly: You can name family or other loved ones to benefit from some of the asset value, with Commonwealth receiving the remaining portion.
  • Supports values you care about: Your gift creates a legacy of opportunities for generations of Commonwealth students to come.

Assets to consider include: 

  • Retirement assets 
  • Life insurance policies
  • Commercial annuity contracts 
  • Bank accounts
  • Investment accounts

Thank you for having the generosity and foresight to consider a legacy gift to Commonwealth. We are very grateful for your thoughtful support for Commonwealth’s future, and we would be happy to work with you to complete a beneficiary designation gift. 

How Your Gift Helps

Your planned gift helps make the Commonwealth experience possible—today and far into the future. Among many things, your support will help us:

 
Serve curious students who want to understand their world deeply—and work to improve it

 
Provide rigorous classes taught by caring faculty that challenge students to do their best work

 
Increase access to a Commonwealth education for students from communities too often ignored