THE FINNS AND THE START OF LEGACY GIVING AT ST. THOMAS In 1880, William Finn gave his farmland* to Bishop John Ireland – in exchange for lifetime income – to establish the future College of St. Thomas. Finn’s gift in return for a life income became, in effect, St. Thomas’ first legacy gift – a charitable gift annuity. In 1889, William and his wife, Elizabeth, made the second legacy gift benefitting St. Thomas – a bequest.
The Finns created a legacy that brought their values to life, and you can, too.
*The University of St. Thomas occupies the ancestral and current homelands of the Dakota people, Mni Sota Makoce.
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