Special ways to make a difference

Donor recognition

Gift levels
Martin of Tours Society
Legacy Society

Endowment funds
Endowment funds are permanent, providing perpetual support for the purpose designated by the donor(s). Any size gift may be added to one of our established endowment funds.  With a gift of $20,000 or more, you can create a new endowed fund for supporting scholarships, academic programs, teaching equipment and supplies, faculty development, capital improvements, academic chairs or any of a multitude of other University needs.  In doing so, donors typically recognize themselves, family members, or significant people in their lives through the naming of the endowed fund and in the case of scholarships help establish criteria and areas of focus surrounding the interests of the significant person being remembered.  University Endowment is an investment in the second 100 years of tradition that is Saint Martin's.  The gift does not need to establish an endowed fund all at once; rather, a restricted fund can be established with an initial gift and then build to endowed status of $20,000 or more over several years. 

What are endowment funds?
Endowment scholarships


Capital improvements

Whether large special projects such as the new O'Grady Library, athletics field, or Kreielsheimer Arts Building, or smaller technology and equipment needs of a particular department, gifts toward a capital need immediately impact the quality of education and student programs we offer.	O'Grady Library, funded completely by contributions
Corporations and individuals can often leverage their gift by making a gift-in-kind (surplus office furniture or software package, for instance of a particular product or equipment item that they use in their business activities but no longer need).	Construction of the University's new residence facility, Spangler Hall, was partially funded through gifts.
If you have an idea for a small or large project which you wish to help fund please contact us immediately.

Program support
The ideas for program support are limited only by your creativity!  Gifts which begin new programs, help take an existing program to a new level of excellence or provide a short term boost for a particular effort made by the University (planning for future facilities, Catholic school recruiting, Academic Presentation Day, etc.) are the leaven that allows for the creativity of talented faculty, staff, and students to rise beyond the ordinary.
 

Property gifts and gifts-in-kind Gifts of highly appreciated real property can have some of the same advantages as stock gifts. If you make a gift of the real property to Saint Martin's University, you can deduct the full appraised value of the property on the date given (consult your tax advisor for certain restrictions), avoid capital gain tax, and the University owes no taxes upon selling
A rental property in Seattle given to Saint Martin's for the Library Campaign.	the property or putting it into service. Of course, property gifts and certain gifts-in-kind may involve such things as appraisals, a review by the gift acceptance committee, and legal recording of titles, but we can help the process along and allow you to make a significant gift.

For more information on capital gifts, please contact:
Katie Wojke
Assistant vice president
Office of institutional advancement
800-220-7722 or 360-438-4485