Leaving a Legacy

Queensborough Community College has been serving the Queens community for over fifty years. Your gift to Queensborough can be a wise investment for you and your family, as well as for future generations of our students and faculty.

We are delighted to provide you with information so you can learn more about creative gift planning that will maximize financial advantages for you and QCC. Your planned gift can:

• Generate a secure income for life
• Earn income while avoiding capital gains taxes
• Provide an income stream to family and loved ones
• Pass more of your wealth to your family and loved ones
• Reduce or eliminate your estate tax burden

Planned Giving
Please remember Queensborough Community College in your estate plan. There are numerous ways that you can make a planned gift including:

• Wills
• Living Trusts
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Donor Advised Funds
• Endowed Gifts
• Life Insurance

If you are interested in learning more about making a planned gift to the college contact the Director of Development at 718-631-6011. 

Naming Opportunities
Another way you can leave a legacy at Queensborough is by honoring someone through our naming opportunities. By attributing your name or the name of another individual, you become part of the QCC tradition. In addition to named buildings and areas, there are also giving opportunities, including endowed scholarships, faculty chairs, and departments.

QCC Art Gallery Naming Opportunities
Endow the Art Gallery	$5,000,000
Name on the building	$2,000,000
Exhibit Gallery I (Permanent Collection)	$500,000
Exhibit Gallery II (Special Collection)	$300,000
Oakland Dining Room	$250,000
Gift Shop (Main Entrance)	$150,000
Loggia	$100,000
Outdoor Terrace	$25,000
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives Naming Opportunities
Library	$360,000
Exhibit Gallery 1	$250,000
Exhibit Gallery 2	$250,000
Teaching Training Institute	$100,000
Smart Classroom	$100,000
Doctoral Dissertation Archives	$36,000
Microfilm Collection	$36,000
Display Cabinet	$10,000
Additional Giving Opportunities
Endow the Performing Arts Center	$5,000,000
Endow an Academic Department	$5,000,000
Endow a Program	$2,500,000
Endow a Faculty Chair	$1,500,000
Endow a Laboratory	$1,000,000
Endow a Professorship	$750,000
Endow a Faculty Development Fund	$250,000
Endow a Classroom	$100,000
Endow a Scholarship	$25,0000

 

If you are interested naming or giving opportunities as Queensborough, please contact the Director of Development at 718-631-6011.