Provide guidance and financial support to the College of Engineering.
Assist, support and foster the activities and mission of the School of Business at VCU.
Enhance academic programs and support ongoing university projects.
Inspire and steward philanthropy throughout VCU’s MCV Campus.
A planned gift enables you to support VCU, secures the financial needs of your loved ones, and provides you with tax benefits. Planned gifts of all sizes combine to help us meet our current goals and reach further into the future.
By including VCU in your will or trust, naming VCU as a beneficiary of your retirement or other account, or taking advantage of other strategic giving opportunities, your gift will have a real, lasting impact.
Request a confidential, no-obligation conversation to get started.
The Heritage Society on the Monroe Park Campus, the MCV Society on the MCV Campus, and the Lawrence Society at VCU Massey Cancer Center recognize individuals who have made planned gifts for the benefit of the university and health system.
Please let us know so we can properly thank you and make sure your gift will be used as you’ve intended.
As a member of Virginia Commonwealth University's Heritage Society, MCV Society or Lawrence Society, you're invited to four upcoming unique opportunities.
JUNE 1 Enjoy a hands-on experience with VCU
Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
JUNE 13 Tour the College of Humanities and Sciences STEM
building and hear from faculty and students teaching
and learning in the new space.
SEPT. 19 Attend a neurosciences lecture with VCU Health
physician-scientists to hear about how they are
changing the field of medicine through research
in behavior health. Virtual option available.
OCT. 17 Attend a neurosciences lecture with VCU Health
physician-scientists to hear about how they are
changing the field of medicine through research
in behavior health. Virtual option available.
Please register online for the event(s) that interest you. Space is limited. RSVP: support.vcu.edu/event/PGS23. Questions? Contact Jared Kline, event specialist, DAR Signature Events, at (540) 614-2117 or klinejc2@vcu.edu.
Not only do you have options for how your gift to VCU will be used, you also have options on what to give and how to give. There are gifts that cost you nothing now, gifts that pay you income, and gifts that allow you to make an immediate impact.
Through a provision in your will or trust, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate or personal property. There are many types of bequests. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.
You can turn underperforming assets (stock, cash in a savings account, CDs, savings bonds, etc.) into a gift to VCU that provides income to you. Your Charitable Gift Annuity will give you quarterly, fixed payments for life and tax benefits, too.
Recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund to make an immediate impact and designate VCU as a beneficiary to receive all or a portion of the balance of your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) to provide future support to the programs that are important to you.
If you’re 70 ½ or older, you can make an immediate impact by making agift directly from your IRA to VCU. You avoid income tax on your withdrawal. In addition, your gift will count toward your required minimum distribution, if you have one.
Naming VCU as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), or IRA, will accomplish a charitable goal while realizing significant tax savings. VCU can also be named as the beneficiary of financial or other accounts as a simple way to accomplish a charitable goal without affecting your current income.
When you donate appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares instead of cash, you'll receive charitable deductions at full, fair market value while reducing capital gains impact.
Like stock, the fair market value of gifts of appreciated assets such as real estate, can be deducted from your income tax today and reduce your estate taxes in the future. In addition, illiquid assets such as real estate can be used to fund a charitable trust that provides income to you or others for life.
Name VCU as the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy; donate an existing, paid-up life insurance policy you no longer need; or purchase a new life insurance policy and name VCU* as the owner and beneficiary.
There are many ways to support VCU through planned giving. A charitable trust might be a great fit for you. We can show you creative ways to use your assets to benefit VCU while at the same obtaining benefits for you and your family.
Donors just like you have made a real impact just by adding a few words to their will or using one of the many giving options available.
Vicki Hughes-Hung and Berwyn Hung are committed to making education more accessible
Nursing Alumna's Mentor Inspires Charitable Gift Annuity
Alumna supports future entrepreneurs with planned gift to College of Humanities and Sciences
Couple’s scholarships receive a boost from planned giving
Former dean’s gift will support arts students and the sculpture department for years to come.
Marilyn Biggerstaff, D.S.W., began working at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1977. She retired as a professor in 2005, after 28 years in the School of Social Work.
Fund honors retired staff member, alum’s dedication to LGBTQIA+ inclusion
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If you are working with a professional adviser, or advising a donor, here's a practical guide for including VCU in a charitable estate plan.