Giving FAQ

• Give online: You can make a gift right now.
• Donate by mail: Make checks payable to Virginia Commonwealth University and send to:
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Attn: Philanthropic Services
  Box 843042
  Richmond, VA 23284-0441
• Make a pledge: If you prefer to make a gift over time instead of making a one-time payment, you can pledge the amount of your total gift and pay the balance in increments. Please contact the school’s or program’s development office for a pledge form. VCU and VCU Health employees can also make gifts online via payroll deduction.
• Make a deferred gift: If you would like to include VCU or VCU Health in your estate plan or if you would like information on how to make a more complex gift, please email giving@vcu.edu.

Yes, your gift can be designated to an area of your choice. When you make a gift online, browse the list or search for or type in the area name in the “Make your selections” field. If you make a gift by check, simply include your intentions in a short letter or in the memo line of your check.

Checks should be made payable to the entity receiving the gift. For example, to make a gift to the Marianne Burns Brown Memorial Scholarship in the School of World Studies, make the check payable to the VCU Foundation and write “Marianne Burns Brown Memorial Scholarship” in the memo line.

Corporate matching gift programs contribute more than a billion dollars annually to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. alone, and they are a valuable source of philanthropic support for VCU. Corporate matching gifts can help donors double their gift. Corporate matches also help VCU build valuable partnerships with the business community.

Use our matching gift search tool to research your company’s program and download required forms. Matching gift verification forms can be mailed to:

Virginia Commonwealth University
Attn: Philanthropic Services
Box 843042
Richmond, VA 23284-0441

For more information about VCU’s matching gift program, contact Philanthropic Services at matchinggift@vcu.edu.

If you would like to make a gift in honor or memory of someone, you can do so while making your online gift. If you give by check, please note the person’s name in the memo line. Checks should be made payable to the foundation receiving the gift.

If you are interested in establishing an endowed fund in honor or in memory of someone, please contact the school’s or program’s development office.

Yes. In general, gifts benefiting the university are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please contact your tax professional for more information.

Tax receipts are generally mailed within two business days after your donation is received or emailed to you immediately after making a gift online. For gifts made through payroll deduction, an annual tax receipt is sent in January with a giving summary for the previous year.

On par with similar research universities statewide and nationally, VCU maintains a campaign reinvestment fee on all qualifying gifts to further fund its development and alumni relations efforts.

If you have additional questions about making a gift, please email giving@vcu.edu.