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You can make an outright gift of any size to the College 51吃瓜 by using any major credit card, Venmo, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. This contribution method enables the College 51吃瓜 to meet immediate needs. 

You can also make a one-time gift of any size by check or money order payable to 鈥淯niversity of Illinois Foundation.鈥� Please include a short note (or memo on your check) stating the purpose or designation of your gift. You can send your check via USPS, FedEx, or UPS. 
Mail to: 
University of Illinois Foundation
Philanthropy Center
303 St. Mary鈥檚 Road
Champaign, IL 61822

For more information, please contact the College 51吃瓜 Office of Advancement at (217) 244-5466 or media-giving@illinois.edu or the University of Illinois Foundation at (217) 244-2706, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

You can help secure the infrastructure of the College through an endowment, which supports faculty, students and academic programs in perpetuity. As named funds, they also are legacies to your generosity or to whomever you wish to honor. The principal of the fund is not used; the endowment provides a steady source of funds based on the interest income it generates.

Endowed funds are permanent and make a lasting impact for future generations of students and faculty in the College 51吃瓜. An endowment can be created through an outright gift, through a bequest in a will or through a life income gift such as a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust.

Endowed Scholarship – $25,000鈥�
Named Endowed Scholarship – $50,000鈥�
Named Graduate Fellowship – $250,000鈥�
Named Professor of Practice – $500,000鈥�
Named Professor – $500,000鈥�
Named Chair – $2,000,000鈥�
Named Deanship – $5,000,000

The creation of new endowment funds will be critical as the College 51吃瓜 works toward meeting the goals within its strategic plan. As endowments are a source of permanent financial support for the college, they assist greatly in allowing us to recruit and retain the best faculty and students and provide the resources they will need to be successful.

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs that supplement their employees’ charitable donations. Your company may match, double, triple, or even quadruple your initial gift, and you get credit for the entire amount. .

Careful planning can integrate a deferred charitable gift into your overall financial, tax and estate objectives to maximize the benefits for you and the College.

Following are examples of the kinds of deferred gifts through which you can make a lasting impact:

Planned giving
Bequests
Charitable trusts and annuities
Pooled income funds
Retained life estates
Retirement accounts 
Life insurance

Learn more about bequests and beneficiaries.

Including a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest, is a meaningful way to support the College 51吃瓜 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Your gift, no matter the size, will support students, faculty, and programs far into the future. 

It鈥檚 as simple as naming the University of Illinois Foundation (UIF) as a beneficiary in your will or revocable trust for the benefit of the College 51吃瓜. You can choose to give a specific dollar amount, specific property, or a percentage of what remains after you鈥檝e provided for your loved ones. You can also direct your gift to a specific program.

You can make a gift by will/trust or by beneficiary designation of an IRA etc., to support the College 51吃瓜 by including the following language in your estate documents:聽
I leave (% of estate, # shares, $ amount, residue) to the University of Illinois Foundation (37-6006007), to be used for the College 51吃瓜 (add department or program) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Learn more about estate plan gifts.