Make a Gift

When you make a gift to Virginia Union University, you have tremendous flexibility in determining how the funds will be used, as well as many options for making your gift.

Unrestricted gifts are among the most valuable to VUU, because they allow the university to allocate funds wherever the need is greatest, and to take advantage of unique opportunities as they arise. Your unrestricted contribution may be used to support costs associated with financial aid, innovations in teaching, research equipment, facilities, and much more. 

Restricted gifts allow you to designate your gift to a specific school or program, a support group, or a priority area at the university. When you make a directed gift to VUU, you enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting a program that is personally meaningful to you.

Ways to Give

Planned Gifts
You can leave a legacy with a gift that maximizes tax and other financial benefits. Planned giving is a way to invest in Virginia Union University while at the same time receiving income from your investment and/or bequeath cash property, etc., through vehicles such as wills, insurance policies, stocks and annuities. For more information, please contact us at 804.342.3938.

Endowed Gifts
You can also leave your legacy in the form of an endowment. Endowed funds are the “savings account” to provide funding for such purposes as improving the University’s ability to support innovative academic programs, attracting and retaining outstanding faculty, scholarships for students and enhancing our facilities. New endowments can be named for the donor, in memory or honor of a loved one and, a business or an organization. A minimum of $25,000 is required to establish an endowment fund account.

Matching Gifts
If you work for a company that matches donations, your gift to VUU can be double or triple. Employees of many parent companies, subsidiaries are also eligible. Retired employees and non-alumni spouses often qualify as well. Simply obtain a matching gift form from your personnel office and follow the instructions for initiating the matching and send the completed form with your gift. For more information, please contact Ms. Deborah Alston, Director of Prospect Research & Gifts Management at 804.342.3938.

Pledges
Pledges are customarily made payable over a period of time for five figure gifts or higher. A pledge form is used to express the chosen payment schedule. Payments on pledges may be tax-deductible in the year they were made. For more information, please contact Ms. Deborah Alston, Director of Prospect Research & Gifts Management at 804.342.3938.

Automatic Bank Draft Gifts
You can also make a gift through automatic bank draft.  Please complete the form and return to Ms. Deborah Alston, Director of Prospect Research & Gifts Management at 804.342.3938.