Good and Good for You: A Mizzou Charitable Gift Annuity

Retired MU faculty Carol and Dick Dowdy

For years, Dick and Carol Dowdy taught people to eat what is good for them. Retired from MU's Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Dick said he taught a general course on nutrition to many students, and it was a wonderful experience. "We tried to sort out nutritional fact from fiction. We dealt with how good nutrition can help you and how abused it can hinder you."

A Gift Annuity Is Good for the Dowdys

A belief that education is an investment motivated the Dowdys to create a Mizzou charitable gift annuity. They also appreciate the steady level of income it will provide in later adult years.

The Dowdys' gift through a charitable gift annuity will provide them with an annual payout for life. They receive an income-tax charitable deduction, and their annuity payments are partially tax-free. The Dowdys are supporting the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology program in MU’s College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.

Contact The Office of Gift Planning at 1-800-970-9977 or 573-882-0272 or giftplanning@missouri.edu to learn how a gift annuity might help you and MU.