The Importance of Giving to The Santa Clara Fund
Gifts to the Santa Clara Fund Add Up
From the beginning, the expense of attending Santa Clara has been borne in part by the generosity of others. Gifts to the Santa Clara Fund play a crucial role in helping today's students achieve their potential and maintaining the University's excellence in undergraduate education. A gift to the Santa Clara Fund is a meaningful way to give back.
Flexible Funds for Top Priorities
Gifts to the Santa Clara Fund are used by the president for top priorities in undergraduate education - scholarships, academic innovation, and student life. The fund's flexibility enables the president to tailor support as circumstances change.
A Necessary Complement to the Endowment
While endowment provides for Santa Clara in perpetuity - and the principal is not spent - annual gifts serve as a vital source of expendable support. The Santa Clara Fund is not simply a "rainy day" fund: Annual gifts support extraordinary opportunities as well as help meet general needs.
Participation is Critical
Gifts to the Santa Clara Fund support vital aspects of the undergraduate program, including scholarships, academic innovations, student activities and residential life. Every gift to the Santa Clara Fund, no matter the size, makes a difference to our undergraduates. Gifts to the Santa Clara Fund, when taken together, amount to considerable sums. The Santa Clara Fund measures its success in terms of both participation - how many alumni and friends make gifts each year - and total dollars raised. Participation in giving is an indicator of the strength of an institution. It is a statistic closely watched by foundations and organizations that rank universities. In a very real sense, a commitment to annual giving is an ongoing vote of support for Santa Clara.
Santa Clara University's Tax ID is #94-1156617 and all gifts received are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. If you have more questions, please contact the The Santa Clara Fund team directly.
