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.

Ways to Give:

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.

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

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.

Send checks, made payable to VCU School of the Arts, to:
VCUarts Development, P.O. Box 842519, Richmond, VA 23284-2519.

To make a gift on-line, please go to:

• General donation
• Memorial or honorary donation
• Payroll deduction

For more information, please contact Beth Coakley, Associate Director, Alumni & Donor Relations, at 804-828-0129.

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 Jayne Dolton Shaw, Associate Dean, School of the Arts, (804) 827-4676.

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 Beth Coakley, Associate Director, Alumni & Donor Relations, at 804-828-0129.

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 Jayne Dolton Shaw, Associate Dean, School of the Arts, (804) 827-4676.