Creating a Named Fund
Some gifts make an impact today. Others shape the future.
Why Create a Named Fund?
Creating your own fund at the University of Vermont is a powerful way to ensure that what you care about most — student opportunity, faculty excellence, athletic greatness, or groundbreaking research — continues to thrive, sometimes for generations to come.
You can create a fund that helps right away - we call these current-use funds. With a commitment of $25,000 or more, you can focus your philanthropy on a single area of campus and provide immediate support.
You can also create a fund that is a permanent source of support, called an endowment. By creating a new endowment with a commitment of $100,000 or more, you invest in UVM’s long-term stability, innovation, and excellence.
Helping Students
Ways to help: Scholarships, internships, summer research, and student organizations.
Your Impact: Create opportunities for students to become Catamounts and pursue their passions while on campus.
Helping Faculty
Ways to help: Professorships, research, and lecture series
Your Impact: The greatest institutions have the best minds, the most-creative researchers, and the most-engaged teachers.
Helping Programs
Ways to help: Schools, academic departments, athletics, and performing arts
Your Impact: Boost your favorite part of campus by giving them the resources to enhance or expand their work.
The Process
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1. Get in touch with us
We'll help get you started and answer all of your questions.
2. Select a Purpose
Choose the kind of fund you'd like to create, such as a scholarship, professorship, or program fund, and how it will be spent.
3. Name a Fund
Name the fund after yourself, in memory of a beloved family member or friend, or in honor of a loved one or an important campus figure, like your favorite faculty member.
4. Make Your Gift
Decide on a current-use or endowed fund. You can make a pledge over 1-5 years or create a legacy gift through your estate.
Let's explore what's possible together.
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