Ways to Give

Every day our students, the faculty who guide them and the programs that enhance their educational experience are blessed by the generosity of our alumni and friends. Every gift makes a difference. Your gift makes a difference.

When you make a gift to Saint Louis University School of Law, you have flexibility in determining how the funds will be used, as well as many options for making your gift. If you would like more information, please contact the Development Office at 314.977.3300.

Unrestricted gifts are among the most valuable to SLU law because they allow the school to allocate funds wherever the need is greatest and to take advantage of unique opportunities as they arise. Your unrestricted contribution to the Annual Fund may be used to support costs associated with financial aid, innovations in teaching, facilities and much more.

Directed gifts allow you to designate your gift to a specific program, scholarship or other priority area at the school. When you make a directed gift to SLU law, you enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting a program that is personally meaningful to you.

You also have the option of designating your gift for current use or for endowment. Current-use gifts provide funds and flexibility over the short term, whereas endowment gifts provide security over the long term by expanding the school’s permanent financial base and creating a predictable source of future income for such things as endowed faculty positions, student scholarships or fellowships, or even entire academic programs.

Options for Making Your Gift

Outright Gifts
When you make an outright gift to SLU law, your contribution can be put to work immediately — either providing funding for current programs or creating a reliable source of future income by expanding the school’s endowment. An outright gift may be composed of almost any asset of value, such as:

Cash gifts, the simplest and easiest gifts you can make, can be made through credit/debit card transactions, cash, personal checks, and cashier’s checks or money orders made payable to Saint Louis University.

Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks and bonds also provide considerable tax advantages when transferred to SLU law before they are sold. If you have held your securities for more than one year, you may find that your gift will provide a twofold tax benefit, creating an income-tax deduction as well as helping avoid the capital-gains tax that would have been due on their sale. Instructions for making such gifts can be found here.

Gifts of real estate, including personal residences, second homes, income property and vacant land, offer a wide variety of tax and other benefits. Whereas most people give their entire interest away, it is also possible to give only a portion of the property (an undivided percentage interest) while retaining the rest for other purposes. For more information about making a gift of real estate, please visit the University’s Office of Planned Giving Web site.

Gifts of personal property, including rare books, works of art, valuable collectibles and tangible items of demonstrable value, in some cases may enable you to make a significant gift to support SLU law with outstanding tax benefits to you. Likewise, gifts of intangible personal property, such as copyrights, patents and mineral rights, can generate income for the school on a continuing basis. For more information about making a gift of personal property, please call the School of Law Office of Development at 314.977.3300.

Tribute and memorial gifts are a wonderful way to honor a loved one on a special occasion or to memorialize a loved one as a celebration of life. To make a tribute gift, please include:

• The name of the person being honored or memorialized.
• The contact information for the person to whom you would like notification sent.
• If you would like your gift to be made to a particular fund, please include the fund name.

A letter notifying the honored or the family of the deceased will be sent immediately upon receipt of your tribute gift. The amount of the gift will not be disclosed.

Mail to:
Saint Louis University School of Law
Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Queen's Daughters Hall, Room 317
3700 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108

If you are interested in creating a new fund in honor or memory of a loved one, please contact the School of Law Office of Development at 314.977.3300 for more information about naming opportunities.

If you would like to name Saint Louis University School of Law as a destination for memorial gifts in an obituary and you need additional information, please contact the Office of Development at 314.977.3300. Tribute envelopes are available for wakes and funerals at your request.

Planned Gifts
To learn about deferred or planned gifts, including bequests, annuities, life-income plans and other options for your estate — and for information about increasing your income, earning valuable income-tax deductions, and reducing your estate taxes — please visit the University’s Office of Planned Giving Web site.

Matching Gifts
Matching gifts are an easy way to double or even triple your donation to SLU law. To see if your company will match your gift, contact the appropriate department at your company or visit the University’s corporate matching gift search.

Such programs typically match all or a percentage of employee contributions to charitable organizations, making the employer a partner in employees’ personal philanthropy. Simply obtain a matching-gift form from your employer’s personnel office, fill it out, and provide it to SLU law with your contribution.