Give your way
Give in a way that’s most meaningful and convenient for you. However you choose to give, your support strengthens our work and makes a lasting impact. All gifts are made through the University of Illinois Foundation.
How to Give
Online
Create an immediate impact by making a secure gift online with any major credit card, Venmo, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay. By making a one-time or recurring gift to the College of LAS, you can support what matters most to you.
EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) is a secure way to deliver your gift directly from your bank to the University of Illinois Foundation. The University of Illinois Foundation will debit funds automatically from your account according to your instructions or until you decide to stop.
Please make gifts by check or money order payable to the “University of Illinois Foundation” and include a short note stating the purpose or designation of your gift.
United States Postal Service (UPSP)
University of Illinois Foundation
P.O. Box 734500
Chicago, IL 60673-4500
FEDEX or UPS
JPMorgan Chase
Attn: University of Illinois Foundation
Lbx 734500
131 S. Dearborn, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Payroll Deduction
Payroll deduction is an easy way for University of Illinois employees to make gifts directly from their paycheck. Please complete the payroll deduction form to enroll.
Matching Gift
Make a greater impact with a matching gift. Many companies will match, even double or triple your gift to the college. Learn more about matching gifts.
Securities
Direct gifts of appreciated stock, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate/farmland to achieve your philanthropic goals. These gifts can provide additional tax savings against capital gains.
Endowments
Endowed gifts play a vital role in advancing excellence in education and empowering innovative research far into the future. An endowment can be established through an outright gift, a bequest in a will, or a life income gift such as a charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust.
Naming opportunities for endowed gifts create an everlasting legacy for donors with the college. Endowments may be designated as unrestricted or explicitly support scholarships, faculty positions, or facility improvement, among other efforts.
Recurring gifts
Gifts can be spread out over a multi-year period, either to extend tax benefits or to best meet your annual giving ability. This structure enables an endowment to be built through a multi-year pledge. Annual gifts can be set up to be automatically given on an up to monthly basis.
Planned gifts
Consider a planned gift to the University of Illinois Foundation to support the college through your will, living, trust, donor advised fund, or retirement plan. Planned gifts can help take care of yourself and your loved ones while also meeting your philanthropic goals, both by alleviating tax burden as well as providing lifetime income.
Tax Benefits
Gifts to support the college are routed through the University of Illinois Foundation (UIF), a 501(c)3 organization that is qualified to receive tax deductible contributions, with the purpose to manage the endowment and its annual return on behalf of the University of Illinois System. More information about UIF, its investment, and tax information, can be found on the UIF website.
The University of Illinois Foundation tax ID, or EIN, is 37-6006007.
To learn more about making a gift to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, contact us at (217) 333-7108 or las-advancement@illinois.edu.
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