You can invest in the College and provide opportunities to students and faculty through either planned giving or outright gifts that often carry special tax incentives.
HOW TO GIVE
You can submit your gift online through our secure online web form or we welcome the opportunity to meet with you and seek your guidance in assisting the College.
If you would like to send in your gift, please mail your pledge to:
Kathleen Aronson, Assistant Dean for Development
College of Liberal Arts
1 University Station, G-6300
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712
You may also e-mail Kathleen Aronson at mcaronson@mail.utexas.edu or call 512/475-9763 to receive more information.
TYPES OF GIFTS
Planned Gifts
These gifts allow you to invest in the College and make a difference now without sacrificing your current income. They are often made to meet real estate plans, family considerations and tax concerns. Please e-mail or call Kathleen Aronson at 512/475-9763 to receive more information on how to include Liberal Arts in your will or on how you can get income for life.
Outright Gifts
These gifts can be made with cash, securities and other such assets. They often qualify you for a charitable income tax deduction and can be designated for support in any of the areas below:
Endowment areas
Minimum to establish Faculty Chair $1,000,000 Professorship $300,000 Fellowship $150,000 Students Presidential Fellowship $100,000 Graduate Fellowship $50,000 Grad. Research Fund $40,000 Presidential Scholarship $50,000 Endowed Scholarship $25,000 Undergrad Res. Fund $20,000 General Excellence $25,000 Book Funds $10,000
For more information on any of the above endowments or on how endowments work, please visit the Support UT website.
Increasing the number of these endowments is our most concentrated focus within each of our funding priorities and initiatives. They are the fundamental elements of our institution.
All donations will be used creatively and efficiently to support one or more of the following activities:
- Provide opportunities to the most promising, diverse and talented students
- Attract new faculty to help us reduce our teacher-student ratio and enhance the entire educational experience at UT
- Bolster faculty support, especially at the crucial mid-career ranks
- Recruit the best graduate students to our programs
- Enrich and enhance the undergraduate experience through cutting-edge
programs that will prepare our students for productive, responsible leadership in whatever fields they pursue- Provide adequate infrastructure to support the first-class teaching and research that the University promises to its students, alumni and supporters.