Ways to Give
Every gift, no matter the size, has an impact on the faculty, staff, and students of the College of Design.
Private support provides design students with unparalleled opportunities for innovative learning and academic growth while preparing them for a bright future to live a Designlife. Every gift has an impact on the faculty, staff, and students of the College of Design. There are many ways donors can support the college through a gift, whether through annual giving, creating an endowment, or a lasting legacy of a planned gift.
Make a gift today
Make a gift online, send a check, give through payroll deduction or contact our development team of giving professionals to discuss the impact your gift could have on the College of Design.
Endowments
Endowments include undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships and endowed faculty positions, such as professorships and chairs. Each ensures that the cost of education remains affordable for our students while helping to recruit top talent to the college.
Planned Gifts
Planned gifts allow alumni and friends of NC State to make a larger investment in the future of the university than they may have thought possible. Together, we will build a plan to meet your goals and establish your legacy.
How to Give:
Make a Gift Today
Gifts by cash, check, payroll deduction or company match provide vital discretionary support that can be allocated quickly and flexibly to any area of the college where it will make a difference, whether toward a student activity or field trip, to upgrade educational technology, send a faculty member to a professional conference, launch a new community outreach program or organize an exhibition of student art.
Ways to make an immediate-use gift:
- Give Online
- Gifts by Check
- Make checks payable to NC State University Foundation and designate the name of the fund you’ve chosen on the check. To browse a list of funds, click here:
- Please mail checks to:
Lauren Hipp
NC State College of Design
Campus Box 7701
Raleigh, NC 27695-7701
- Please mail checks to:
- Make checks payable to NC State University Foundation and designate the name of the fund you’ve chosen on the check. To browse a list of funds, click here:
- Matching gifts
- Payroll deduction
Contact a member of our development team if you need help finding a fund that’s meaningful to you. Browse our giving link and search by program name to explore funds related to your area of interest.
Endowments
Endowment gifts are a long-lasting investment in the future of Design education and one of the most important that a donor can make. An endowment provides income in perpetuity for a scholarship, fellowship, professorship or other named priority. The principal of the gift remains invested while only the endowment’s annual income is used for the donor’s chosen purpose. Donors can create their own endowed funds or contribute to an existing fund.
Types of endowments:
- Undergraduate Scholarships
- Graduate Fellowships
- Professorships and Faculty Support
- Programmatic Support
Contact a member of our development team to discuss how to set up an endowment that benefits students and faculty in the College of Design.
Planned Gifts
Naming the College of Design as the beneficiary of a retirement account removes those assets from the tax burden that donors’ heirs would ordinarily assume, enabling donors to leave other assets to heirs that are taxed at lower rates. Planning for future gifts through a will or trust can sustain yourself and your loved ones while allowing for a long-lasting gift to the College of Design. This option is also applicable to holders of 401(k), 403(b), IRA and other qualified retirement funds.
Types of planned gifts:
- Bequest
- IRA Rollover
- Beneficiary Designation Gifts
- Charitable Gift Annuity
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust
- Charitable Lead Trust
- Securities and Stock Gifts
- Real Estate Gifts
Contact a member of our development team to discuss how to make a planned gift that benefits the College of Design.
