If you have a life insurance policy, you can name the Missouri Institute of Natural Science as the sole beneficiary of the policy.  You can also make gifts to us annually that are equal to our premium payments for the policy; such payments are all fully deductable as well.  When the policy matures, the Institute is paid the proceeds from your Life Insurance policy.  You may specify which activities or programs that the proceeds will fund.  A gift of your Life Insurance policy gives you the satisfaction of shoring up our future financial foundation, without using cash from your current income.