Planned Giving to USC:
Trojan Founders Circle

The Trojan Founders Circle was established to recognize and thank alumni and friends who have designated a future gift to the university in their estate plans. Through such gifts, members of the Trojan Founders Circle help pass on a greater and more beautiful USC to the next generation.

Members of the Trojan Founders Circle are identified as keepers of the Trojan spirit. Planned gifts, whether large or small, demonstrate belief in the mission of USC, an independent university. Each member of the Trojan Founders Circle thus encourages fellow alumni and friends to consider making their own future gifts to USC.

All known donors of planned gifts are included as members of the Trojan Founders Circle. This includes donors of the following types of gifts:

• Charitable gift annuities
• Charitable remainder trusts
• Bequests
• Charitable lead trusts
• Retained life estates

When you make a planned gift or decide to remember the University of Southern California in your will, please contact the USC Office of Planned Giving so that your name can be added to the Trojan Founders Circle roster.

If you would like information about making a deferred or planned gift to USC, please click here.