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Monetary Guidelines


Winkle Plaque 

Dr. James L. Winkle supported the College of Pharmacy with a substantial gift in 2007.
This granite monument was erected to identify his contribution and the naming
of the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The monument was installed at the
main entrance on Eden Avenue. The granite used matched the granite steps installed in
the front of Wherry as part of the Eden Streetscape project in 1999.


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A new or renovated building or open space incorporating private funding can be
named if the honoree gift equals at least 50 percent of the private-support goal
determined for the project.  Exceptions to this guideline may be authorized by the
naming committee, as the committee deems appropriate.

If a facility is built or renovated without the use of private money, the gift amount
must be at least 15 percent of the facility's original cost-of-construction estimate.

Gift Level Guidelines

Type of Space

Examples

Minimum gift

Highly visible public space

A wing, performance
auditorium, or hospital
patient area

$1 million

Premier general-use space
used primarily by students
and faculty with occasional
public use

Lecture halls or large
classrooms, a floor,
entrance foyers, large
laboratories, galleries,
suites of rooms

$500,000

Internally significant space

Any used by students,
faculty, and staff

$50,000 to $500,000

Private-use space

Offices, laboratories,
practice rooms

$50,000

 Acceptable Gift Types

  • Cash or securities
  • Irrevocable pledge commitments payable within five to seven years
  • Irrevocable commitment via a planned gift
  • Realized bequests, with the donor receiving posthumous recognition

    Regarding facilities where private gifts have not been factored into the financing:
  • Deferred gift agreements in which assets are transferred irrevocable and in which there are
    no more than two income beneficiaries, both of whom are at least 60 years old at the time of
    the commitment

    Term charitable remainder trusts and deferred gift annuities will be considered on a case-by-case
    basis.

    Qualifying Endowment Gifts

    Facilities may be named to recognize donors endowment gifts if:
  • The total gift is at least 50 percent of the original estimate of the cost for construction or
    renovation, and
  • The gift is either unrestricted or for overall faculty/student/staff support for the university
    and/or the college or unit involved.









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