Legacy Fund
Leave a legacy.
Sport. Education. Legacy.
The Muir Foundation invites Old Muirites and friends of the Muir family to consider leaving a legacy, and to secure the long-term sustainability and growth of Muir College.
The Muir Foundation Legacy Fund since 2023
R 286 497.88
set aside for the long-term sustainability of Muir College, and counting.
Tax deductible
Section 18A
Financial contributions
The Muir Foundation Legacy Fund
You are invited to give back to your Alma Mater
As part of Vision 2027
Contribute R1,000 or R10 million or anything in between as the Muir Foundation targets a R50 million Capital Fund. All funds to The Muir Foundation Legacy Fund will be held as capital and only the interest will be allocated to projects.
3 ways to give
- 01
Contribute now
Give personally or through your business. A Section 18A certificate is issued for tax purposes.
- 02
In your will
Leave a gift or a share of your estate to The Muir Foundation. Exempt from estate duty (Estate Duty Act, section 4(h)).
- 03
Life policy
Take out or cede a life policy with The Muir Foundation as beneficiary.
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Who looks after the Fund
Managed by Adviceworx. Currently invested with STANLIB.
- Governed by the Board
- Projects are planned a year ahead. The Muir Foundation Board approves each one before any funds are released.
- Audited annually
- Bradley & van der Merwe.
- Reported quarterly
- In the Foundation newsletter.
Where it goes
Nothing placed in the Fund is spent. It stays invested, and every year part of what it earns supports Muir College.
- Academic
- Sport
- Culture
- Capital Projects
Through your estate or a life policy you can also
Endow a bursary
Funds bursaries for Muir College boys.
Start a named fund
In your name, or in someone else's.
Choose a project
Your gift goes to that project only.
Give privately or be named
Your gift stays private. Your name is shown only if you choose.
Projects waiting for a donor
- Sports & Hostel Academy
- Water Project: Phase 2
- Water Project: Phase 3
- Solar Project: Phase 2
- Astroturf
- The Wedge Embankment Development
- Boundary Walls
- Staff Accommodation
The Legacy Fund also supports smaller, short-term projects as Muir College needs them. Progress is reported in the quarterly newsletter. See the Capital Projects
Your next step
- 1
Start a conversation
- 2
Choose your way
- 3
Sign your Statement of Intent
Legacy Fund Champion
Not sure how? Talk to Mark.
Mark Bakker
Muir College Class of 1988
legacy@muir.foundation
“The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”
The Muir Fellows
- Muir Fellow 1Announcement to come
- Muir Fellow 2Whose name goes here?
- Muir Fellow 3The capital stays. The interest goes to work.
Some names at Muir College are on boards for what they won. These are for what they left.
Names and gift amounts stay private unless a Fellow asks to be named. We publish the fund’s total, never who gave what.
For as long as there is a Muir.