Ways to Give
Your gift matters. Your generous contributions of time and resources help UNT students pursue their dreams and unlock their potential. Every gift—whether large or small—propels the University of North Texas toward new heights in teaching, research, and innovation. Whether you give annually to your college, establish a scholarship endowment, or include UNT in your estate plans, there’s a meaningful way for you to make a lasting impact.
Endowments
Endowments are valued by the University as a consistent source of perpetual funding that has multi-generational impact. Donors may choose to contribute to an existing endowment or create a new one.
Gifts of Cash
Cash gifts are the most common and popular means of supporting the UNT Foundation. Making a cash gift is quick and easy, and it helps provide needed funds immediately.
Matching Gifts
Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer.
Planned/Estate Gifts
A planned gift is made in lifetime or at death as part of a donor’s overall financial or estate planning. This enables donors to make larger gifts than they could make from their income.
Gifts of Securities
Your gift of appreciated stock or securities may offer two advantages: a charitable income tax deduction & the elimination of a capital gains tax.
Gifts of Capital Assets
Capital assets include real estate, art collections, insurance policies, antiques, jewelry, stamp/coin collections, etc. The advantage of a capital assets gift depends on your circumstances.
Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)
Individuals aged 70½ or older can use their Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) to make tax-free charitable donations through Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), allowing them to support charities while minimizing their taxable income.
Bequests
Capital assets include real estate, art collections, insurance policies, etc. Your estate assets may be distributed over your lifetime in order to reduce future estate taxes.
Charitable Lead Trust
This is a managed trust that enables you to transfer assets to your heirs at reduced gift and estate tax costs. It pays an annuity or a fixed percentage of the assets to the UNT Foundation.
Charitable Gift Annuity
A charitable gift annuity allows you to donate assets in exchange for a payment for tax purposes as a combination of non-taxable, capital gains, & ordinary income.
Donor Advised Funds
Often referred to as a personal charitable savings account, a donor creates an account with a sponsoring organization. The donor can take an immediate tax deduction for the gift.
Ways to Give – The Details
The UNT Foundation is proud to support the University of North Texas’ educational mission by investing endowment assets and distributing funds to the University for scholarships, fellowships, and other beneficial purposes. Endowments are valued by the University as a consistent source of perpetual funding that has multi-generational impact. Donors may choose to contribute to an existing endowment or create a new one.
Planned giving, sometimes referred to as gift planning, may be defined as a method of supporting nonprofits and charities that enable philanthropic individuals or donors to make larger gifts than they could make from their income. While some planned gifts provide a life-long income to the donor, others use estate and tax planning techniques to provide for charity and other heirs in ways that maximize the gift and/or minimize its impact on the donor’s estate. Thus, by definition, a planned gift is any major gift made in lifetime or at death as part of a donor’s overall financial and/or estate planning.
Cash gifts are the most common and popular means of supporting the UNT Foundation. Making a cash gift is quick and easy, and it helps provide needed funds immediately.
Online Credit Card – You can make a gift online through our secure page by clicking the green “Give Now” button at the top of the screen.
Mail a Check – Make checks payable to the University of North Texas Foundation and mail to the address listed below. Indicate on the memo line the specific program you wish to support (for example: scholarships, endowed chairs, etc.). If no program is specified, your gift will support the University of North Texas’ Inspire Fund.
UNT Foundation
1155 Union Cr., #311250
Denton, TX 76203
Multiple Payments – The UNT Foundation provides the convenience of fulfilling a commitment over a period of time through multiple credit card payments or automatic pre-authorized withdrawals from your checking account (ACH). Please call the University of North Texas Division of Advancement Office at 940-369-8200 to arrange multiple credit card payments.
ACH Payments – If you would like to send your gift through ACH to the UNT Foundation, directions can be found by clicking the “Versions of Cash Gifts Brochure” button located at the top of the page.
Wire Transfer – If you would like to send your gift via Wire Transfer to the UNT Foundation, directions can be found by clicking the “Versions of Cash Gifts Brochure” button located at the top of the page.
Consider investing in the University of North Texas Foundation. Your gift of appreciated stock or securities may offer two tax-smart advantages: a charitable income tax deduction and the elimination of a capital gains tax. Donors can transfer ownership of their securities to create endowments.
How to make a gift of stock:
- Notify UNT Foundation’s CFO, Karen Raitz, kraitz@unt.edu, and provide the following information:
- Your name/address (for processing and receipting purposes)
- Contact number where you can be reached
- Stock name and number of shares
- Purpose of gift – program designation to be credited the gift
How to make a gift stock held in “Street Name” at their brokerage:
- Donor instructs their broker to electronically transfer (“DTC”) whole or fractional shares to the Foundation account listed below.
- NOTE: Please do not indicate on your broker’s gift form that you wish to make the gift “anonymously.” This makes it difficult for the UNT Foundation to properly identify the donor in the event the Foundation is not contacted otherwise.
Charles Schwab Co., Inc.
Address: 1945 Northwestern Drive, El Paso, TX 79912
DTC Number: 0164
Code: 40
Account Number: Account number can be found by clicking on the “Gifts of Stock Brochure” button at the top of the page.
Account Name: University of North Texas Foundation
If you need assistance with your stock transfer, contact:
Schwab Service Team
(Broker for the UNT Foundation, Inc.)
(877) 774-3892
or
UNT Foundation
Karen Raitz, CFO
Karen.raitz@unt.edu
(940) 369-7139
A Donor Advised Fund is often referred to as a personal charitable savings account. A donor creates an account with a sponsoring organization, which can be a nonprofit or an investment company. The donor then makes a contribution of cash, stock, or other assets like real estate and artwork, and can take an immediate tax deduction for the gift. An adviser manages and invests the assets and works with the donor to identify charitable causes they wish to support.
If you have a donor-advised fund, you can direct funds from your account to the University of North Texas Foundation to support a cause you are passionate about at the University of North Texas.
A gift directed from a donor-advised fund is subject to IRS charitable gift restrictions. Gifts that provide an incidental benefit to the donor will not be accepted. IRS restrictions also prohibit grants from donor-advised funds that will be used to pay a donor’s binding pledge.
It may be to your financial advantage to give a gift of capital assets. Capital assets include real estate, art collections, insurance policies, antiques, jewelry, stamp/coin collections, etc. The advantage of a capital assets gift depends on your circumstances. For example, your estate assets may be distributed over your lifetime in order to reduce future estate taxes.
A charitable gift annuity is a great way to support the University while providing you with a quarterly income, a charitable income tax deduction, and professional investment management. A charitable gift annuity allows you to donate assets to the Foundation in exchange for a guaranteed payment for tax purposes as a combination of non-taxable income, capital gains income, and ordinary income.
A charitable lead trust is a managed trust that enables you to transfer assets to your heirs at reduced gift and estate tax costs and transfer the full appreciated value of assets to beneficiaries with no further gift and estate tax at the termination of the trust. A charitable lead trust pays an annuity or a fixed percentage of the assets to the UNT Foundation for a specified number of years. At the end of this period, the assets are passed on to the beneficiaries named by the donor.
Bequests often establish a named gift fund (scholarship, memorial fund, etc.) honoring the memory of yourself or a loved one while assisting the University of North Texas with its programs in an area of your choosing. In addition to leaving a legacy at the University, naming the UNT Foundation as a beneficiary (or contingent beneficiary) in your will (or your spouse’s will) can reduce the amount of federal estate tax your heirs are assessed.