{"id":318,"date":"2014-12-30T21:08:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries-dev.mit.edu\/giving\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:29:23","slug":"planned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/opportunities\/planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can include the MIT Libraries in your estate plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.mit.edu\/planned-giving\">MIT\u2019s Office of Gift Planning<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>can assist you and your advisors with life income gifts and other tax-efficient gift plans, including charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, gifts of retirement accounts, gifts of life insurance policies, stock options, or other assets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Giving story<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/mcelheny072718-02-copy-e1779814621905-300x286.png\" alt=\"Ruth and VictorMcElheny\" width=\"226\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/mcelheny072718-02-copy-e1779814621905-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/mcelheny072718-02-copy-e1779814621905-624x595.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/mcelheny072718-02-copy-e1779814621905.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/opportunities\/planned\/victor-and-ruth-mcelheny\/\">Victor and Ruth McElheny: Everyday Science, Uncommon Resource<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWe remember Victor and Ruth, who shared a passion for libraries and supported Distinctive Collections, home to the Institute Archives, with a planned gift. Their generosity will ensure that critical resources on MIT and the history of science remain accessible to researchers, journalists, and the public for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can include the MIT Libraries in your estate plans. MIT\u2019s Office of Gift Planning\u00a0can assist you and your advisors with life income gifts and other tax-efficient gift plans, including charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, gifts of retirement accounts, gifts of life insurance policies, stock options, or other assets. &nbsp; Giving story Victor and Ruth McElheny: Everyday Science, Uncommon Resource We remember Victor and Ruth, who shared a passion for libraries and supported Distinctive Collections, home to the Institute Archives, with a planned gift. Their generosity will ensure that critical resources on MIT and the history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-318","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions\/850"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}