Gift Calculator | NYU School of Law

We invite you to use this gift calculator to discover how your planned gift or bequest will help ensure that NYU Law will continue as a model of innovative legal education for years to come, while providing tax and income benefits to your family and heirs.

After providing basic information, you will receive an estimate of income and charitable deduction. Please feel free to contact Nick Vagelatos at (212) 998-6007 or nick.vagelatos@nyu.edu to discuss any giving scenario in more detail. The Office of Development and Alumni Relations welcomes the opportunity to work with you and your advisers in planning your gift.

The information you enter below will be kept completely confidential.

Descriptions of each gift type can be found to the right of this calculator.

Please note: Gift calculations are provided for descriptive purposes only. We are not giving either tax or financial planning advice. Potential donors should seek the advice of their tax and financial advisors before making any of the gifts described on this website.

Gift Type Descriptions

Gift Annuity: In exchange for your gift to charity, you or 1-2 other annuitants receive a fixed sum each year for life.

Deferred Gift Annuity: In exchange for your gift to charity, you or 1-2 other annuitants receive a fixed sum each year for life starting at the date of first payout.

Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Your unitrust pays a fixed percentage of its value, determined each year, to you or others you name for life or a term of years. The remaining assets then go to charity.

Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: Your trust pays a fixed dollar amount each year to you or others you name for life or a term of years. The remaining assets then go to charity.

Pooled Income Fund: Your gift is pooled in a fund with gifts from other donors. You or others you name receive your gift's share of the income the fund earns each year for life. Your gift's share of the fund then goes to charity.

Retained Life Estate: You deed your home or farm to charity, but retain the right to live in it for the rest of your life, a term of years, or a combination of the two.

Charitable Lead Unitrust: Your unitrust pays a fixed percentage of its value, determined each year, to charity for a term of years or one or more lifetimes. The accumulated assets then go back to you or others you name.

Charitable Lead Annuity Trust: Your trust pays a fixed dollar amount each year to charity for a term of years or one or more lifetimes. The accumulated assets then go back to you or others you name.