Life Estate Reserved

You may desire to leave your home or farm to Covenant College Foundation at your death but would also like to receive a current charitable income tax deduction. A life estate reserved might offer the solution you need!

Home

Life Estate

Life Use

Covenant

Benefits of a life estate reserved

Receive a federal income tax deduction for the value of the remainder interest in your home or farm
Preserve your lifetime use and control of your home or farm
Create a life estate based on more than one life. This will preserve the use of the property for you and a loved one, such as a spouse or dependent child

How a life estate works

You deed your home or farm to Covenant College Foundation. The deed will include a provision that gives you the right to use your home or farm for the rest of your life and that of any other life estate party named in the deed.
You and Covenant College Foundation sign a maintenance, insurance and taxes (MIT) agreement to explain that you will do your best to keep the property in good condition and that you will maintain property insurance and pay the property taxes.
When the owners of the life estate have passed away, your home or farm will belong to Covenant College Foundation. We will use or sell the property to further our charitable work.