Gifts of Real Estate
You may give real estate to the MDI Biological Laboratory through:
- An outright gift
- Receive a tax deduction for the fair market value of the property and eliminate capital gains taxes.
- A gift in your will or living trust
- With one sentence, you can donate your property in a bequest.
- A retained life estate
- Transfer your property to MDIBL, continue to live there for the remainder of your life, and receive an immediate tax deduction.
- A charitable remainder unitrust
- Donate any mortgage-free property to fund a charitable remainder unitrust and receive an income stream for life.
To learn more about how to leave your legacy, please contact Jeri Bowers, Director of Development by emailing jeri.bowers@nullmdibl.org or calling 207-288-3147.
MDIBL is here today because of the forward-thinking gift of one donor more than 125 years ago: a bequest of ¼ acre of land. The John S. Kingsley Society, named for the MDI Biological Laboratory’s founder John Sterling Kingsley, recognizes the outstanding generosity of those who have made legacy gifts to the Laboratory. You and our John S. Kingsley Society members are the foundation upon which MDIBL is built – and are at the very core of our mission. Without you, our work is not possible.