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Giving Options

The support of our constituents helps Park University focus on our mission of offering an academically challenging education in an environment emphasizing student learning through individual attention, excellence in instruction, career-oriented programs, and critical reflection on moral and ethical values.

Types of Gifts

  • Gifts of Cash and Securities
    (stocks, bonds, mutual funds)
  • Annuities
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement Plans
  • See our gift planning section for more ideas.

Ways to Give

What Can I Give To?

Park Fund - Unrestricted Giving
Your contribution to The Park Fund provides unrestricted and budget relieving support for the general operating budget of the University. Giving to Park University is an investment in the continued growth of the University and insures that others - students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends- will have those same experiences. Your gift will be used in various ways - to strengthen and enhance academic programs, provide scholarship assistance to students with financial need, provide funding for faculty development, increase resources in the library, provide necessary upgrades to our technology, sustain and grow our athletic programs, and help renovate our buildings and other facilities on campus. Your contribution helps the University bridge the gap between tuition revenues and the actual cost of a Park University education.

Designated Gifts
Many donors prefer to support specific programs and projects at the University. These gifts, known as annual restricted gifts, enable the University to provide opportunities for students and faculty that otherwise would not be possible.

Establishing an Endowment or Scholarship Fund - Restricted Giving
One way that you can elect to leave a legacy is through the establishment of an endowed fund, a fund where the corpus (initial investment) remains untouched, while earnings from the previous fiscal year are spent on the designated purpose (approx. 5% of the corpus). Endowments may be created to support scholarships, academic programs, professorships, and facilities. Endowments ensure Park's ability to provide access to academic excellence by guaranteeing revenue streams to the University that will continue into perpetuity.

Once an endowed fund has been established, any donor may contribute to the corpus of that fund. If you are interested in making a donation that will last forever, but you are not interested in creating a new endowed fund, you may contribute to any of the endowed funds currently established at Park. Park University currently has more than 50 endowed scholarships that currently support students to which you may contribute.

General Guidelines

  • Donors may create or endow a number of different types of funds that they may name after themselves or someone they wish to honor. Scholarships, chairs, departments and special purpose funds are available.
  • The donor may accumulate gifts toward the endowment minimum. Planned and estate gifts may also be used to create endowed funds.
  • Named Scholarships may be endowed with a gift of $25,000 (or with a multi-year pledge to establish an endowment of $25,000 or more).
  • Academic chairs and professorships may be established with a gift of $500,000. A department or program can be endowed with a gift of $1,000,000.
  • Donors may accumulate gifts toward endowing a chair, professorship, or department with an initial gift of $100,000.

Please contact  University Advancement staff for more information.

Planned Gifts

"How will you leave your legacy?"

There are a number of ways you can leave a legacy at Park University through your estate. In many instances, you can build a plan that will provide revenue streams for you during your lifetime and ultimately benefit Park University through the settlement of your estate. Many of these vehicles have tax advantages as well.

Wills and Bequests - You may choose to name Park University in your will or revocable living trust. You may make a gift bequest of a specific dollar amount, specific property, or a percentage of your estate to Park. You may choose to designate the use of your gift for a restricted purpose, or for the Park Fund. Read about how Jim Cariddi is building an endowed scholarship through a monthly gift that will be completed by a bequest in his estate.

See our gift planning section for more ideas on how you can leave a legacy or contact us to discuss giving options.

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