Why Give?

ACLS supports the creation and circulation of knowledge that advances understanding of humanity and human endeavors in the past, present, and future, with a view toward improving human experience.

ACLS relies on its donors, who recognize the importance of its work. By contributing to our endowment or making a current-use gift, you help build an infrastructure to support the academic humanities through the ebbs and flows of funding trends in higher education and governmental support.

A gift plan can provide you substantial tax benefits, especially when you give stock or real estate. Depending on your situation, you may save income taxes, capital gains taxes, probate expenses, and estate taxes.

To recognize those who have invested in ACLS and have realized the important legacy a planned gift creates, ACLS has established the 1919 Society.