Ways to Give

Making Your Gift

For over a century, Southern Illinois University has sculpted promising futures. As we embark on our vision for 2030, we invite you to visualize the transformative impact of your philanthropy at SIU. Whether you wish to earmark your support for a specific initiative or offer an unrestricted gift, the path is yours to choose.

Commit now and spread your contribution over several years, or explore the myriad naming opportunities that honor your generosity or memorialize a loved one through a campus facility, scholarship, or endowed fund. The essence of giving takes many forms: cash, appreciated stock, real estate, insurance, and more. Not only can many of these gifts afford you substantial tax benefits, but some planned gifts can simultaneously provide ongoing income.

Let's Shape SIU's Future, Together

Our dedicated campaign team is eager to discuss these options with you, aligning campaign priorities with your passions. Reach out for a conversation, and together, let's imagine what SIU will look like in 2030, powered by your philanthropy. Email us at siuf@foundation.siu.edu or call 618/453-4900.

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Key Forms of Support

Ways you can make your gift:

  • Outright Gifts—These are gifts of cash and other assets transferred to the SIU Foundation in a single donation.
  • Pledges—These are commitments made now and paid over a period of three to five years.
  • Deferred Gifts—These are commitments planned now with the transfer of assets later, often as a provision in your estate or a beneficiary designation.
  • Blended Gifts—These are philanthropic investments that involve some combination of outright gifts, deferred gifts and multiyear commitments— often the best way to achieve the results you want.
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Planning Your Participation

Your gift to Southern Illinois University can take many forms. You can direct your support to a particular college, program or purpose, or make an unrestricted gift. You can opt for the long-term benefit of establishing an endowment or the immediate impact of a gift for current use. You can also choose among various options for structuring your gift to best suit your financial circumstances—and often to secure a tax advantage.

Whatever form your gift takes, two points are key. First, the SIU Foundation campaign team is here to answer questions and help shape the best plan for you. Second, however you choose to support this campaign, your investment will have a deeply appreciated impact on SIU and the students we serve.

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Jumpstart Your Gift

One popular approach to blended gifts lets you have an impact in perpetuity and also see results right now. If you would like to fund a scholarship, for instance, you can make a gift to establish an endowment now or in your plans and also “jumpstart” the scholarship with a smaller gift for current use. This way, the impact begins immediately, and students benefit both today and tomorrow.

A National Trend

As waves of Baby Boomers—many Salukis among them—hit the age of 70½, they are taking the opportunity to support causes they love with a tax benefit from the IRS. At that age, regulations require that those holding IRAs begin taking mandatory—and taxable—distributions. Through IRA rollovers, however, you can transfer up to $100,000 annually to a charity such as the SIU Foundation without having to recognize the distribution as income—a win-win for SIU and for you.

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