Cash 

Giving cash via our online form is the easiest way to give. Consider setting up a monthly, quarterly, or annual gift!

Give Online

 

Check

You can always mail a check to give to Southeastern. Please follow the instructions below to insure your gift is processed properly:

“Make checks payable to:

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Attn: Financial & Alumni Development

PO Box 1889

Wake Forest, NC 27588

If you would like to designate your check for a specific purpose, then please specify the fund or purpose in the memo line. We recommend giving to the Southeastern Fund.

Other Powerful Forms of Cash Giving

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution – Gift up to $100,000 annually to Southeastern from your IRA, tax free, if you are 70.5 years old or older.

Charitable Gift Annuity – Set up a gift annuity with Southeastern to receive fixed income payments for life and leave the remainder to us.

Charitable Trusts – Setting up a Charitable Trust is a tax efficient way to give to Southeastern while still taking care of you and your loved ones. You decide when and how you, your loved ones, and Southeastern will benefit from these trusts.

Gifts of stock or other appreciated securities are an incredibly powerful way to give to Southeastern while saving you money.

Other Powerful Ways to Give Appreciated Securities

Charitable Gift Annuity – Set up a gift annuity with Southeastern to receive fixed income payments for life and leave the remainder to us.

Charitable Trusts – Setting up a Charitable Trust is a tax efficient way to give to Southeastern while still taking care of you and your loved ones. You decide when and how you, your loved ones, and Southeastern will benefit from these trusts.

• If you are 70 1/2 years old, consider using your IRA to make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) to Southeastern! If you are over 73 this should help you meet your annual required minimum distributions.
• Consider making Southeastern a beneficiary of your IRA.

Gifts of property are a great way to efficiently and effectively give to Southeastern. There are many kinds of property gifts including real estate, oil and mineral rights, and vehicles. Gifts can be given outright or given as a bequest through your will or a trust.

You might be interested in a property gift if…

• You want to lower your estate taxes.
• Your house has significantly increased in value and you want to avoid capital gains taxes on its sale.

Other Powerful Ways to Give Property

Charitable Gift Annuity – Set up a gift annuity with Southeastern to receive fixed income payments for life and leave the remainder to us.

Charitable Trusts – Setting up a Charitable Trust is a tax efficient way to give property to Southeastern while still taking care of you and your loved ones. You decide when and how you, your loved ones, and Southeastern will benefit from these trusts.

• Consider making Southeastern a beneficiary of your life insurance, IRA, or other retirement accounts. This is easy and costs you nothing!