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Our Gift Planning team has experience across a range of giving opportunities, and we are always available for phone calls and personal visits to discuss your particular areas of interest, from designating Westmont in your wills or trusts to exploring life income gifts with generous tax benefits.
We offer supplemental estate planning and tax guidance information on these web pages through our planned giving partner, Crescendo Interactive, Inc. Based in Camarillo, CA, Crescendo has been a preferred service provider for over 30 years among colleges, universities, faith organizations, professional advisors and other nonprofit organizations.
Steven Jay Davis
Senior Director of Gift Planning
Donor Stories
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Choosing To Divide Their Estate Three Ways in Gratitude for Family and WestmontDrawn to both teaching and ministry, Pastor Dave Glass '66 has devoted his life to youth and Christian education, serving churches in Washington and California.
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Honoring Their Heritage With a Gift of Life InsuranceHeritage matters to Matt '67 and Jean Byerly '67 Kokkonen. Matt takes pride in his Finnish ancestry-he immigrated at 16-and played...
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Alumna Makes an Estate Plan Provision and Supports Student InternshipsJudie Christensen '69 grew up close to Wheaton, Illinois, and hadn't traveled west of the Mississippi River when...
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Lifelong Planning Yields an Endowed Student ScholarshipWandalee '54 and John Fullerton have committed their lives to serving others. As a social worker and firefighter...
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Expressing Gratitude Through a Deferred Gift AnnuityBen and Lauretta Patterson's ties to Westmont go deeper than his 17 years as campus pastor. Two of their children...
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Family Values Inspire a Bequest to WestmontNancy Jude '65, who celebrated her 50th college reunion in 2015, devoted 42 years to the Glendale Unified School District, 26 of them...
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Parents Make a Strategic Planned GiftGordon and Pat Peterson support Westmont because their son, Erik '87, had a great experience during his college years.
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Investing in The Kingdom of God in Their EstateIn the 50 years since they graduated, Steve and Christine Manchester Goudy have traced Westmont's influence in their lives. Christine...
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An Estate Plan Provision in Gratitude for Christian EducationAs a social worker focused on helping children, Alice Washington seeks to give them whatever they need to grow and develop. When she...
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Sold Farmland to Create a Charitable Remainder Trust and Invest in Westmont's FutureJames '63 and Ginny Van Lew '63 Beck say their liberal arts education gave them a foundation for life, shaping their work, church...
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Gift Annuity to Support Christian EducationAngela Hanson DeGrado '64 has faced significant pain and loss in her life. Since her teenage years, she has suffered...
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Supporting Their Values with a Bequest to WestmontFor 47 years, Jim Fisher has advised businesses, organizations and individuals about financial planning through his firm, Trinity...
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A Scholarship Endowment Honoring the Gift of EducationWith years of experience in human resources, Denise Jackson '78 looks for certain qualities when hiring: integrity, a desire to learn...
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Giving Back to Westmont Through Their TrustLen Sunukjian '64 heard the call to vocational ministry while earning a master's in education and a teaching credential at Stanford.
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Investing in Christian Education by Making a Provision in Their WillDuane '63 and Pat Johnson met in 1964 on a Gordon College trip to Europe. They got engaged on a scenic bridge...
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An endowed Scholarship to Honor Dr. John LundbergGreg Dixon '66 enrolled at Westmont hoping to sing with the Westmont Quartet, a group he admired as a youngster growing up in...
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An Estate Plan Provision to Develop Competent and Courageous Christian LeadersLooking back, Jan Thornton-Cheveres '57 believes her time at Westmont set in motion important events in her life.
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Life-Long Collectors Leave a Legacy of ArtHe's a software engineer who earned a doctorate in computer science after majoring in music and philosophy. She's...
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A Bequest Honors Their Lifelong MinistryLeo '59 and Molly Moellering '60 Tautfest began a lifelong partnership in ministry at Westmont. For two summers, they participated in...
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Serving Wycliffe And Expressing Gratitude with a Gift AnnuityNancy Lanier '49 devoted her life to living in Mexico and translating the New Testament into two Otomi dialects. Until a few years...
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An Estate Plan Provision Honoring the Value of a Christian EducationLifelong Colorado residents, Brad and Georgi Pelsue live in Denver in sight of the scenic, soaring Rocky Mountains. They love the...
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Longtime Educators Support Tomorrow's TeachersEdna Bauer and her late husband, Merritt '56, have been connected with Westmont for 65 years. They have given...
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Their Support for Westmont Survives a Trial by FireMarian Lorenz Groff '59 and her husband Jerry lost their home of 46 years in Montecito during the Tea Fire of 2008. "It exploded like...
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A Gift for Building and Grounds Benefits All StudentsKen and Melissa Smith '78 Strongman have dedicated their lives to education. To help a wide range of students at Westmont, they've established the Ken and Melissa Strongman Buildings and Grounds Endowment.
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Donor Stories
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Choosing To Divide Their Estate Three Ways in Gratitude for Family and WestmontDrawn to both teaching and ministry, Pastor Dave Glass '66 has devoted his life to youth and Christian education, serving churches in Washington and California.
More -
Honoring Their Heritage With a Gift of Life InsuranceHeritage matters to Matt '67 and Jean Byerly '67 Kokkonen. Matt takes pride in his Finnish ancestry-he immigrated at 16-and played...
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Alumna Makes an Estate Plan Provision and Supports Student InternshipsJudie Christensen '69 grew up close to Wheaton, Illinois, and hadn't traveled west of the Mississippi River when...
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Lifelong Planning Yields an Endowed Student ScholarshipWandalee '54 and John Fullerton have committed their lives to serving others. As a social worker and firefighter...
More -
Expressing Gratitude Through a Deferred Gift AnnuityBen and Lauretta Patterson's ties to Westmont go deeper than his 17 years as campus pastor. Two of their children...
More -
Family Values Inspire a Bequest to WestmontNancy Jude '65, who celebrated her 50th college reunion in 2015, devoted 42 years to the Glendale Unified School District, 26 of them...
More -
Parents Make a Strategic Planned GiftGordon and Pat Peterson support Westmont because their son, Erik '87, had a great experience during his college years.
More -
Investing in The Kingdom of God in Their EstateIn the 50 years since they graduated, Steve and Christine Manchester Goudy have traced Westmont's influence in their lives. Christine...
More -
An Estate Plan Provision in Gratitude for Christian EducationAs a social worker focused on helping children, Alice Washington seeks to give them whatever they need to grow and develop. When she...
More -
Sold Farmland to Create a Charitable Remainder Trust and Invest in Westmont's FutureJames '63 and Ginny Van Lew '63 Beck say their liberal arts education gave them a foundation for life, shaping their work, church...
More -
Gift Annuity to Support Christian EducationAngela Hanson DeGrado '64 has faced significant pain and loss in her life. Since her teenage years, she has suffered...
More -
Supporting Their Values with a Bequest to WestmontFor 47 years, Jim Fisher has advised businesses, organizations and individuals about financial planning through his firm, Trinity...
More -
A Scholarship Endowment Honoring the Gift of EducationWith years of experience in human resources, Denise Jackson '78 looks for certain qualities when hiring: integrity, a desire to learn...
More -
Giving Back to Westmont Through Their TrustLen Sunukjian '64 heard the call to vocational ministry while earning a master's in education and a teaching credential at Stanford.
More -
Investing in Christian Education by Making a Provision in Their WillDuane '63 and Pat Johnson met in 1964 on a Gordon College trip to Europe. They got engaged on a scenic bridge...
More -
An endowed Scholarship to Honor Dr. John LundbergGreg Dixon '66 enrolled at Westmont hoping to sing with the Westmont Quartet, a group he admired as a youngster growing up in...
More -
An Estate Plan Provision to Develop Competent and Courageous Christian LeadersLooking back, Jan Thornton-Cheveres '57 believes her time at Westmont set in motion important events in her life.
More -
Life-Long Collectors Leave a Legacy of ArtHe's a software engineer who earned a doctorate in computer science after majoring in music and philosophy. She's...
More -
A Bequest Honors Their Lifelong MinistryLeo '59 and Molly Moellering '60 Tautfest began a lifelong partnership in ministry at Westmont. For two summers, they participated in...
More -
Serving Wycliffe And Expressing Gratitude with a Gift AnnuityNancy Lanier '49 devoted her life to living in Mexico and translating the New Testament into two Otomi dialects. Until a few years...
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An Estate Plan Provision Honoring the Value of a Christian EducationLifelong Colorado residents, Brad and Georgi Pelsue live in Denver in sight of the scenic, soaring Rocky Mountains. They love the...
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Longtime Educators Support Tomorrow's TeachersEdna Bauer and her late husband, Merritt '56, have been connected with Westmont for 65 years. They have given...
More -
Their Support for Westmont Survives a Trial by FireMarian Lorenz Groff '59 and her husband Jerry lost their home of 46 years in Montecito during the Tea Fire of 2008. "It exploded like...
More -
A Gift for Building and Grounds Benefits All StudentsKen and Melissa Smith '78 Strongman have dedicated their lives to education. To help a wide range of students at Westmont, they've established the Ken and Melissa Strongman Buildings and Grounds Endowment.
More
Donor Stories
Learn how our supporters have made an impact through their acts of giving to Westmont. Be inspired by the various ways of giving used by our alumni, parents and friends.