Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs

This support can be provided through a variety of giving vehicles including cash, pledges, and gifts of stock or securities. Regardless of the size of the gift, each is impactful on the college’s ability to provide a diverse and foundational education experience while teaching a majority of the university’s core curriculum each year.

Alumni participation is also a key metric for publications, like U.S. News & World Report, in their college and university rankings.  As UF strives for a top 5 ranking among public universities, alumni participation demonstrates the Gator Nation’s commitment to supporting our outstanding students and faculty, groundbreaking research and exceptional programs. YOU are helping ensure that a great UF experience is available for generations to come.

We are grateful to the many corporations that match employees’ charitable contributions, greatly enhancing the value of their gifts and our academic programs.

If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. The impact of your gift to our organization may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

Endowments are established with a minimum of $30,000 through outright gifts, pledges paid over a period of years, deferred gifts, such as trusts or insurance expectancies, and through estate plans. Following are several types of endowments that can be established by alumni and friends to support quality a liberal arts education now and into the future. (minimum contribution shown)

Endowed Chairs and Professorships aid in the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty by generating income for salary supplements and teaching/research support.

• Chair – $2 million contribution
• Professorship – $1 million contribution
• Faculty Fellowship- $500,000 contribution

Endowed Scholarships or Fellowships are an important tool in ensuring that students have the opportunity to pursue quality education. Scholarships may be awarded based on need and/or merit.

As the oldest and largest college at the University of Florida, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) embodies an incredible legacy. Our students receive a high quality, well-rounded education and graduate prepared for successful careers in healthcare, science and technology, business, public service and beyond.

The influence your legacy gift can have is limitless. From supporting scholarships and student programs to enabling the college to recruit top faculty and provide state-of-the-art technology, your planned gift will work through future students to ultimately benefit communities around the world.

Documenting your gift allows us to ensure that your contribution supports the area most important to you and inspires others to do the same. For more information, see https://giftplanning.uff.ufl.edu/

The University of Florida Foundation (UFF) welcomes and encourages gifts of real estate. Although the university has made great use of unique properties, most real estate gifts are sold and the proceeds are invested in areas of campus designated by the donor.

Although most gifts are given outright, many also fund charitable remainder trusts (CRT) that pay income to the donor or other beneficiaries designated by the donor.

UFF has experienced real estate and other professional staff to assist donors and their advisers who are considering gifts of real estate. Our procedures
(both trust & non-trust) for accepting real estate gifts are simple, and our comprehensive real estate policy provides assurance that gifts will be handled professionally to achieve the charitable goals envisioned by donors.

If you have a property that you are considering donating to charity, please call 352-294-1971 or email. Our staff will promptly get in touch with you to arrange a confidential evaluation of the property. For more information, see UFF Gifts of Real Estate.