{"id":4817,"date":"2026-03-26T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/?page_id=4817"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:24:37","slug":"gifts-of-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/planned-giving\/planned-gift-options\/gifts-of-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts of Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"introduction block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"introduction__content\">\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">Donating appreciated real estate, such as a home, vacation property, undeveloped land, farmland, ranch or commercial property can make a great gift to Macalester.<\/p>\n    \t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Make a Gift of Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your property may be given to Macalester College by executing or signing a deed transferring ownership. You may deed part or all of your real property to Macalester College. Your gift will generally be based on the property&#8217;s fair market value, which must be established by an independent appraisal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of Gifts of Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of the property<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive a charitable income tax deduction based on the value of the gift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave a lasting impact on Macalester College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"introduction block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"introduction__content\">\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">Our Planned Giving team is happy to discuss your specific circumstances and provide customized illustrations with no obligation.\u00a0<\/p>\n    \t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-row\">\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner-inner\">\n                <ul class=\"link-group__featured-link\">\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/planned-giving\/planned-gift-options\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    More planned gift options\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make a Gift of Real Estate Your property may be given to Macalester College by executing or signing a deed transferring ownership. You may deed part or all of your real property to Macalester College. Your gift will generally be based on the property&#8217;s fair market value, which must be established by an [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"parent":4757,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4817\/revisions\/5137"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}