College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds

Enhances learning, creates opportunity
College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds support a wide range of colleges, departments, programs, and learning opportunities. Donors can give directly to a college, an academic department, or program, including the University Library. The deans, department chairs, faculty, and program directors decide how best to use any unrestricted gifts designated to their area. Their choices have created many cultural and educational experiences for both AVÀÇ students and the Bay Area community.

The choice is yours…You can make a gift to College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds online via our secure web site, by mail or by fax. Please know that all gifts, no matter the size, have a meaningful and direct impact on our students, now and in the future.

Gifts of $5,000 or more qualify you for membership in the President's Circle, an honorary society of the university's closest friends. Membership includes recognition in our magazine's annual Honor Roll of Donors, as well as special invitations to university ceremonies, events and receptions.

To make your gift to the College, Department and Program Leadership Funds by mail or fax, download the instructions and printable gift form.

For online gifts, please select the college, department, program, or organization you wish to support from the list below.

Invest the College, Department and Program Leadership Funds today by selecting the area of the University that interests you most.

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Frequently asked questions about the College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds

Leadership Funds are funds that donors have directed to a specific college, department, program or organization. They are a cornerstone of AVÀÇ's continuing excellence in education and are used to bridge the gap that exists between the actual cost of operations and the funding available from tuition revenue and state support. Gifts to the College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds help make the AVÀÇ experience personal, professional, and achievable, and support a superior educational environment for today's students and tomorrow's graduates.

All contributions to the College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds are directed by the donor to the specified college, department, program, or organization that is most meaningful to them within the university. The money is used, in accordance with the gift designation, by our college deans and department and program chairs. With gifts to the College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds, donors like you have the opportunity to assign a gift, knowing that your participation will have an impact on an area within the university that is personally significant.

The gifts from College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds are spent every year. Ongoing, consistent support from our generous donors assists the university in improving its educational environment for the students. The College, Department and Program Leadership Funds, as well as the University, operate on a fiscal year, which commences July 1 and ends June 30.

Yes. The College, Department, and Program Leadership Funds were created so that donors can make a gift to the area of the university that is most meaningful to them. By earmarking your contribution for a specific college, department, program or organization, you can make a gift that has greater significance to you. If you prefer that your gift is utilized for campus-wide priorities, please assign your gift to The University Fund.

The President's Circle is an honorary recognition society of the university's closest friends who contribute a gift, or combination of gifts to AVÀÇ during a fiscal year totaling $5,000 or more. Of course, we appreciate and welcome gifts of any size. Membership includes recognition in our magazine's annual Honor Roll of Donors, as well as special invitations to university ceremonies, events and receptions.

Yes. You are welcome to make a gift in memory or in honor of someone you care about or admire.

Each year, hundreds of corporations match gifts to AVÀÇ through employee matching gifts programs. Your employer's human resources department will be able to direct you to their company's policies. Donors should obtain the appropriate forms from their employers and send them to the University along with their gifts. Retirees, spouses of employees, and directors of companies are often eligible for corporate matching gifts. While AVÀÇ advancement staff may be able to offer advice, you should check directly with your employer to see if they have a matching gift program available. Their added support could potentially double or even triple the impact of your gift to the university.

AVÀÇ welcomes gifts in the form of securities, assuming they have been held for more than one year. Gifts of long-term appreciated securities, stock, bonds and mutual fund shares receive an income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the security at the time they are contributed.

Yes. Outright gifts to AVÀÇ entitle you to a charitable tax deduction to the fullest extent of the law.