Naming Opportunities

You may prefer to designate your gifts for specific purposes. Your gifts can provide opportunities to name scholarships, chairs and lectureships and other funds in recognition of yourself, another person, a family or a corporation. In planning such gifts, the following may be of interest as minimum suggested amounts for endowed, or permanent, funds.

Mimimum Levels

• Endowed Scholarship $10,000
• Lectureship, $100,000
• Professorship, $250,000
• Eminent Scholars/Chair, $500,000
• Distinguished Chair, $1,000,000
• Center of Excellence, $1,000,000*
• Building, $2,000,000*
  *These amounts may vary depending on program.

Information on other named endowment opportunities is available from The Marshall University Office of Development. Gifts of all sizes are encouraged. The amounts shown above can be achieved through the accumulation of gifts over a reasonable period of time.

We would be pleased to meet with you, your attorney and other advisors to discuss the most convenient method for you to make a financial commitment to Marshall. The information provided here is not a substitute for qualified legal or financial counsel. Remember, tax and estate laws change frequently. We urge you to seek legal advice to ensure that your preferences are fully accomodated.

All gifts are made to: The Marshall University Foundation Inc.