Frequently Asked Questions
How can I help?
- What can I do to best help students?
- How can I best help Anderson University maintain its beautiful campus?
- If I make a gift to Anderson University and do not specify what I want it used for, how will the university use it?
- I want to do something more for students and want to be able to accomplish my own financial goals. Can someone from Anderson University contact me? Can I do both?
- Is it possible for me to give a gift to Anderson University in memory of or in honor of someone who means a great deal to me?
- Can someone contact me about my questions?
- I know someone whose employer matched the gift they gave to a university. How is this done?
- Is there a way I can make a gift which keeps on giving every year to support students?
- What is Heritage Club?
What can I do to best help students?
While all gifts are greatly appreciated, the gift that most readily helps students is the unrestricted gift. Frequently we refer to these gifts as gifts to general student aid or as annual fund gifts. Gifts of this type have immediate impact on the budget and on student financial aid.How can I best help Anderson University maintain its beautiful campus?
You can help preserve the beauty of Anderson University by making a gift to the campus master plan.The Anderson University campus has long been a place of beauty. Campus and community residents walk gas-lit, flower-lined University Boulevard (formerly known as Third Street). Student athletes compete on well-maintained sports fields. A drive around the block reveals stately trees and classrooms and dormitories constructed with graceful Georgian architecture. Behind the scenes there are miles of cable connecting students to technology, roofs keeping them dry, heating systems keeping them warm, and circuitry bringing lights to their rooms. This is all part of the infrastructure of an attractive, well-maintained campus.
Generations have studied and walked through our campus Valley. Anderson University has always been a place of faith, peace, and academic excellence, all greatly enhanced by our surroundings. One of our top priorities is to maintain and enhance the buildings and grounds for generations to come. When you make a gift to the campus master plan, you help us continue a long-standing legacy.
If I make a gift to Anderson University and do not specify what I want it used for, how will the university apply my gift?
We call this type of unspecified gift an unrestricted gift or an annual fund gift. In making a gift of this type, you are placing your trust in us to use the gift where it is most needed at that particular time. We greatly appreciate all unrestricted or annual fund gifts. They provide Anderson University with the ultimate flexibility. Generally, unrestricted gifts are used for student aid.I want to do something more for students and want to be able to accomplish my own financial goals. Can someone from Anderson University contact me? Can I do both?
Yes to both of your questions. Any gift you make to Anderson University will ultimately help students. Charitable gifts made to AU have positive tax deduction advantages. It is also possible to make a planned gift that not only benefits students, but also helps you meet some of your life income or retirement goals. Charitable gifts which accomplish these two goals are generally called planned gifts. Planned gifts may include, but are not limited to: life-income gifts, gifts made through wills and bequests, gift annuities, and gifts of life insurance.Gifts of this nature require some thought, some consultation with our development planned giving staff and the advice of your advisors. If you are interested in learning more about this option, click on this link to visit "Specific Tools for Making a Gift"on our Web site. Or, send us a message asking us to contact you by clicking on this link.
May I honor or memorialize someone with a gift to Anderson University?
Yes, you can make a gift to Anderson University in honor or in memory of someone else. Each year, scores of people make gifts just like these. These gifts are a marvelous way of helping students while celebrating the life of a loved one. When you make your gift to Anderson University, tell us the name and address of the person you are celebrating. If the person is deceased, tell us the name and address of their family. When we receive your gift and accompanying notification information, we will send a memorial card to the individual or their family telling them of your thoughtful gesture.Can someone contact me about my questions?
Our advancement staff would be most pleased to answer any of your questions. Click on this link and send us a message. Send us your name, address, phone, along with a brief summary of your questions.I know someone whose employer matched the gift they gave to a university. How is this done?
Thank you for raising this question, and for helping us to get the word out. Many employers have joined the ever-growing list of companies that will match the gifts their employees and spouses make to an accredited college or university. Some companies will match the gift one-to-one, and some will double-match or even triple-match your gift. We refer to this type of gift as an Employer Matching Gift.What does this mean to you? It means the gift you make to Anderson University may at least double its impact on students. Isn't that exciting? Check with your company's human resource or personnel department to learn if they will match your gift, or click on this link to send us a Matching Gifts message and we will check our list of eligible matching corporations. When you send us a message, remember to include your name, your company's name, and a number or address where we can reach you.
Is there a way I can make a gift which keeps on giving every year to support students?
Some friends want to make a gift that not only benefits students today, but also helps them in the years to come. These friends make an endowment fund gift. Gifts of $10,000 or more can establish an endowment fund. The university invests the funds and each year proceeds or payouts are made, as directed by the Board of Trustees, for each of the endowment funds. These payouts are then allocated or used for the purposes directed by the donor.Donors who establish endowment funds often establish them in the name of a loved one or in the name of their own family. They work with the university to design a use for the fund that will closely fit their interests, or best honor those for whom the fund was named. Most funds support student financial aid. Others support special continuing educational learning for faculty or some other program or departmental needs.
Establishing an endowment fund in honor or in memory of loved ones is a gracious way to celebrate a life into perpetuity, and to help Anderson University students at the same time. Click on this link and ask us about endowment funds.
What is Heritage Club?
Many friends support Anderson University throughout their lifetime. Some of them find their current resources are limited, but they long to do something even more substantial for students. A number of these friends determine they can make a significant gift to support students through their estate plans. The Anderson University Heritage Club recognizes persons who have included Anderson University in their estate plans.Members have provided for the university:
- in their wills or trusts.
- made gifts of life insurance policies.
- have named the university beneficiary of a policy.
- have entered into a gift annuity agreement.
- made gifts of remainder interests in their farms or homes.
