Planned Giving

Making a planned gift to The American University of Paris (AUP) is the perfect way for anyone who loves AUP—students, alumni, parents, trustees, staff, faculty, and friends—to create a legacy and support our community for generations to come. By including AUP in your estate plans, your gift could be used to increase our emphasis on scholarships and faculty support, expand our campus, support our research centers, and develop an endowment to ensure AUP’s future for generations to come. 

How Can I Donate?

Planned gifts come in many forms, including, donor-advised funds, stocks and bonds, real estate, IRA rollover (Qualified Charitable Donation) or bequests in your will and designations from your retirement plan or life insurance. Through one of these vehicles, you can have a significant impact on AUP without affecting your current financial resources. Anyone can be a planned gift donor, regardless of means or age.

Bequests

You can make a bequest to AUP by including language in your will or living trust, leaving a portion (commonly, a percentage or set amount) of your estate to the University, or by designating AUP as a beneficiary of your retirement assets, life insurance or life estate policy.

Sample language for bequests

The following is intended to assist you and your attorney in drafting a bequest that satisfies your interests. As you consult your attorney on the selection of appropriate wording to reflect your own goals and intentions regarding The American University of Paris, be sure our organization’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as:

For endowment support

“The American University of Paris Foundation, Inc., American University of Paris Foundation, c/o Charles Leone, 477 Madison Avenue, Suite 520, New York, NY 10022, a nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number: 13-3276905.”

For spendable or general operating support:

“The American University of Paris, Inc., 5, boulevard de La Tour-Maubourg 75007 Paris, France, a nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number: 98-0013023."

Recognition

AUP is grateful for the support provided by donors who have made planned gifts to our University. These individuals have demonstrated their commitment to the future of AUP through gifts that have created meaningful legacies.

The Quai D’Orsay Society was founded in 2021 to recognize and celebrate the generous alumni, staff, parents, trustees, faculty (emeriti) and friends who have made a commitment to The American University of Paris.

Quai d’Orsay Society Members

The Quai d’Orsay Society recognizes and celebrates the generous alumni, trustees, parents, and friends who have made a commitment to The American University of Paris through a planned gift.

Contact the Development and Alumni Relations team or let us know your plans

To learn more and explore which gift options might make sense for you, let’s start a conversation:

Courtney R. Stombock
Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations
+1 470-426-5833
plannedgivingaup.edu

Already included us in your estate plan?

If you have already made a planned gift to the University, please let us know by completing the form below and contacting us so we can ensure that we fulfill your gift exactly as you intended and invite you to join the Quai D’Orsay Society.

Download the form that can be used to notify AUP that an estate gift has been arranged. Information you share will be kept confidential, and we respect any desire to remain anonymous.