Endowments

Establishing an endowment provides critically needed funds to acquire, preserve, and provide access to library materials in a subject area of particular interest to you. Endowments begin at $25,000 and the Libraries invite donors to make a single gift or to build an endowed fund over several years. These funds are invested in perpetuity and provide a permanent flow of income. Endowment funds can be created to support the acquisition of library materials in a specific field or collection, the work associated with a collection, preservation of library materials, advances in information technology or in areas of greatest opportunity or need. Gifts may be recognized through named funds, plaques in appropriate library spaces, and by the naming of positions or collections.

Collection endowments and other gifts can be funded through a gift of cash or appreciated stock as well as through ways that can help you enhance your retirement, care for a loved one or friend and minimize income or estate taxes. For example, naming the UGA Foundation as beneficiary of your qualified retirement plan (401(k), 403(b), IRA or KEOGH) may be particularly advantageous - doing so may result in more assets being passed on to your heirs than if you make a bequest from other funds in your estate.

See Current Endowments at the University of Georgia Libraries

For more information about establishing a collection endowment, please contact:

Lee Snelling
Senior Director of Development
University Libraries
(706) 542-0628
snelling@uga.edu