VCU School of the Arts depends upon private support and donations from alumni and friends to ensure educational resources, research opportunities and program development for students, faculty and staff.
Regardless of the amount of your gift to VCUarts, be assured that it will be valued highly and used wisely. Gifts are 100% tax-deductible.
Annual Fund
Unrestricted gifts to VCUarts’ Annual Fund support a variety of initiatives such as student scholarships, visiting artist lectures, study abroad, and other priorities that strengthen the School’s role in teaching, research and service.
Every gift to the Annual Fund is meaningful as it nurtures the dynamic, creative environment that is the VCUarts experience.
Pollak Society
Donors at the $1,000 level and above are accorded membership in the Pollak Society, the premier philanthropic group of VCU School of the Arts. Named in memory of Theresa Pollak, founder of the School, the Pollak Society was founded in 2005 to uphold her principles of advocacy for the arts, education and philanthropic support. Members are deeply committed to the arts at VCU and in the community but mainly provide critical support for the School. Each year, Pollak Society members are afforded special opportunities to pursue their common interests in the visual, design, performing arts, education, research and community programming.
Pollak Society Benefactor
(includes membership in the VCU President’s Club) — $5,000 or more
Pollak Society Patron — $2,500 – $4,999
Pollak Society Member — $1,000 – $2,499
Online Giving
To make a gift on-line, please go to:
Opportunity VCU
Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Opportunity VCU campaign is spearheaded by the VCU Alumni Association and strives to raise $50 million for student scholarships and fellowships across all academic units of Virginia Commonwealth University.
You can make a gift to the Opportunity VCU general scholarship fund that supports the areas of greatest need within the University or to a scholarship fund in the individual school and department of your choice.
To make a gift to a department within VCUarts, visit the Opportunity VCU School of the Arts giving page.
Gifts Through the Mail
If you wish to mail your donation, please make checks payable to: VCU School of the Arts,
VCUarts Development Office, P.O. Box 842519, Richmond, VA 23284-2519.
For more information, please contact Hannah Neilson at 804.828.9182.
Capital Gifts
Gifts of at least $10,000 can be used to establish permanent endowments in VCU’s School of the Arts. Endowed funds are the mainstay of financial strength for the School of the Arts. Established to offer support in perpetuity, these funds ensure the future of the school while also providing dividends that can be used on an annual basis.
Endowment funds support a variety of programs including scholarships, lectureships and professorships. Endowment funds can be established to support the School’s most pressing operating needs, as determined by the Dean. Donors can establish such funds through outright gifts of cash, gifts of securities and planned giving. Donors often fulfill endowment commitments by spreading their gifts over a period of several years.
For more information, please contact Hannah Neilson at 804.828.9182.
Securities
Giving appreciated stocks and bonds is an easy and tax-wise way to show your support to VCUarts. Donating appreciated securities allows the donor to avoid capital gains tax on the increase in value, earn a charitable tax deduction for the fair-market value of the contribution up to a 30 percent limit of his or her adjusted gross income, reduce the cost of making a gift and through a simple transfer of assets, make a significant impact on VCU’s School of the Arts.
Click here for instructions on how to make a gift of securities. For more information, please contact Hannah Neilson at 804.828.9182
Deferred Gifts
The VCUarts Heritage Society was formed in 1998 to recognize and extend proper gratitude to those distinguished individuals who are helping to ensure a bright future for Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts and its students. Individuals qualify as members by providing for VCUarts or any of its departments or programs in any of the following ways:
- Charitable Bequest in a Will
- Life Insurance
- Life Income Gift
- Charitable Gift Annuity
- Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity
- Charitable Remainder Trust
- Retirement Plan Designation
- Other Tax-wise Deferred Gifts
Please click here for more information on these types of gifts OR contact Hannah Neilson at 804.828.9182.
