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Ways to Give

Gifts of Cash

  • The simplest and easiest gifts you can make can be made through credit/debit card transactions, outright cash, or personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders made payable to the Boise State University Foundation. Donate online now.

Gift of Securities - Electronic Transfer Instructions

  • Many supporters choose to make charitable gifts by transferring securities to the Boise State University Foundation because it can be a wonderful way to help students and possibly reduce personal capital gains or estate taxes. We appreciate your interest in supporting the University through a gift of stock.
  • Please contact (or ask your financial advisor or broker to contact) Boise State University Foundation at (208) 426-3276 with the following information:
    • Full name and address of donor
    • Name of brokerage firm and financial advisor who will handle the transaction
    • Name of the stock or security, including symbol
    • Number of shares and date you plan to contribute
  • To initiate the electronic transfers of stocks or bonds or for questions, the following is our DTC information:
    • Charles Schwab & Co.
    • DTC Participant:  0164 Code 40
    • Account Name: Boise State University FoundationAccount:  #4168-3539

If you have questions, please contact the following:
Gina Houston, Operations Department
Hammond Associates
101 S. Hanley 3rd Floor
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: 800-733-9802

Fax: 314-746-1673
Email: ghouston@haifc.com

Gifts of Real Estate

  • Including personal residences, second homes, income property, and vacant land - offer a wide variety of tax and other benefits. Whereas most people give their entire interest away, it is also possible to give only a portion of the property (an undivided percentage interest) while retaining the rest for other purposes.

Gifts of Personal Property

  • Including rare books, works of art, valuable collectibles, and tangible items of demonstrable value may in some cases enable you to make a significant gift to support Boise State with outstanding tax benefits to you. Likewise, gifts of intangible personal property, such as copyrights, patents, and mineral rights, can generate income for the program of your choice on a continuing basis. The Development office will be happy to work with you on the specifics of the gift.

Matching Gifts

  • An easy way to double or even triple your donation to Boise State is to find out if your company has a matching-gift program. Such programs typically match all or a percentage of employee contributions to charitable organizations, making the employer a partner in employees' personal philanthropy. Simply obtain a matching-gift form from your employer's personnel office, fill it out, and provide it to Boise State with your contribution.

Gift Opportunities - Scholarships

  • There is no more pressing need in higher education today than funding for scholarships. For many students pursuing a degree at Boise State, a scholarship means the difference between attending on a full or part-time basis, attaining their goal and succeeding to their fullest ability.

Boise state University Foundation seeks private donations for two types of academic scholarships: current and endowed.

Current Scholarships

  • A current scholarship is established when a donor gives to a scholarship on a one-time basis or an ongoing scholarship to be funded annually, without making a commitment for future years. The funds in the current scholarship are distributed annually. None are carried forward to the next academic year.

Endowed Scholarships

  • Named Endowed scholarships begin with a gift of $10,000 or more. Only earnings on the gift are available to fund the scholarship, the principal of the endowment remains intact and in perpetuity. The donor may assist in designing the purpose and selection criteria for their scholarship fund. Establishing an endowed scholarship is means to memorialize a family name or loved one permanently and provides benefits to countless generations of future students.

Fellowships

  • Graduate Fellowships provide students with funds to allow them to concentrate in their specified department. Fellowship recipients receive a stipend and a resident fee waiver.

Lectureships

  • The income from endowed lectureships is often used to bring distinguished scholars to the University. A lectureship series can be named according to the wishes of the donor, working in conjunction with the appropriate Development Director, with approval of the appropriate dean, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Provost, and the Vice President for University Advancement.

Assistantships

  • Boise State University benefactors who endow graduate assistantships will provide the encouragement master's degree students need to complete their education. Graduate assistantships help in involving an employer-employee relationship between the student and the University and fall into one of the following categories.

Doctoral Fellowships

  • Boise State University benefactors who endow doctoral fellowships provide the assistance and encouragement doctoral degree students need to complete their education. An endowed gift funded at the minimum established level will provide income annually to deserving student(s). As with other endowments, donors may give preference, consistent with University and Foundation policies, to set the criteria in the academic discipline.

Professorships

  • Endowed professorships are a means of honoring and attracting outstanding faculty to the University. Funds for this purpose are used to augment an existing faculty line in a college. As with endowed chairs, it is the University's policy to endow professorships in existing academic programs. All endowed professorships must have the approval of the President, Vice President for University Advancement, Provost, and the appropriate college dean.

Chairs

  • An endowed chair is the most prestigious designation that can be bestowed on a faculty member. An endowed chair typically establishes a new faculty position in a college. In general, it is the University's policy to endow chairs in existing academic programs. The establishment of all endowed chairs must have the approval of the President, the Vice President of University Advancement, Provost, and the appropriate academic dean.