Giving Opportunities
Annual
Fund
“...
At heart, stewardship is about where we place
our trust.” -
The Rev. William C. Green
The
seminary's Annual Fund is the cornerstone of
financial support for the school - it is the largest
source
of unrestricted income and accounts for approximately
one third of the seminary's budget. Our fiscal
year is July 1 to June 30.
How
does the Annual Fund impact the school?
Annual Fund gifts keep the cost of tuition as affordable as possible for
our 220 plus students by providing for the necessary operating costs. The
Annual
Fund supports our dedicated faculty and staff, our well-maintained campus
and buildings, library collections and acquisitions, computers and technology,
challenging curriculum, and continuing education and professional growth
opportunities for clergy and lay people.
Commemorative
Gifts
Annual Fund gifts and other gifts to the school can be designated in honor,
in memory, or in celebration of a special person or event.
Student
Scholarships
Scholarship support for students is essential to recruit and retain women
and men for ministry and leadership in church and community. More than 80
percent
of degree students receive scholarship support of 60 percent or more toward
tuition. Gifts for scholarships can be made in several ways. You may contribute
a gift of any amount to the scholarship fund; designate your gift for a particular
UTS student; or establish an endowed scholarship fund where the principal
remains and grows and a percentage of the interest is used each year for
scholarship
support.
Donor
Recognition Societies
The Joshua Society recognizes
special friends who have contributed cumulative gifts of $50,000
or more.
The Bossard-Ward
Society recognizes alumni/ae whose cumulative
giving in all categories totals $10,000 or more.
The Barnabas
Heritage Society recognizes friends who have included
the seminary in their estate plans or made other deferred
gifts.
How
to make an Annual Fund gift:
Online giving: The easiest way to make a gift, pledge, or pledge payment. Click
here for more information.
Send
a check to:
United Theological Seminary
Annual Fund
3000 5th St NW
New Brighton MN 55112-2598
Credit
card: Charge your gift to VISA or MasterCard. Please
call the Development Office at 651-633-4311 for this
transaction.
Stock: Contact Julie
Brown at 651-255-6111 for stock transfer information.
In-kind: Contact
the Development Office at 651-633-4311.
Employer
matching gifts: Gifts will be matched by your employer
or that of your spouse/partner's employer if applicable.
Please enclose matching gift form with your contribution.
Endowed
Gifts
“Stewardship
is a spiritual practice that expresses and shapes who
we are as children of God.” - Kathryn Matthews Huey
Endowed
Scholarships
A gift of $10,000 or more creates
an endowed named scholarship fund and provides
financial support for need-based and merit scholarships.
For additional information,
please contact Julie Brown at
651-255-6164.
Endowment
for the Religion and the Arts Program
To expand
and enhance the Religion and the Arts Program,
endowments have been created for the visual arts, music, dance, literary and
dramatic arts, and ARTS magazine. You
may designate your gift to an area you prefer. For more information on the
Religion and the Arts Program, please contact Cindi
Beth Johnson at 651-255-6137.
How
to make an endowed gift for scholarships or the Religion
and the Arts Program:
Online giving: The easiest way to make a
gift, pledge, or pledge payment. Click
here for more information.
Send
a check to:
United Theological Seminary
Development Office
3000 5th St NW
New Brighton MN 55112-2598
Credit
card: Charge your gift to VISA or MasterCard. Please
call the Development Office at 651-633-4311 for this
transaction.
Planned
or Estate Gifts
“...
the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” -
2 Corinthians 9:6
Planned
gifts are like the seeds of an apple - you cannot see them,
but they are crucial for the apple's existence. The seminary,
like the apple, needs planned gifts or seeds to grow and
flourish; we cannot live without them. Planned or estate
gifts are different from Annual Fund gifts
because they are from a person's accumulated assets and
reflect a person's ongoing commitment to the school by
providing resources for the school's future and a legacy
for themselves. People who have included the seminary in
their estate plans or have made a deferred gift become
members of the Barnabas Heritage Society. We are deeply
grateful to our friends and alumni/ae who
have invested in the seminary's future.
Bequests
and other Planned Gifts
Many friends of the seminary
have made bequests through their wills to provide for
United's future. A bequest is the easiest kind of planned
gift to make.
You can make a bequest in your will by leaving a fixed amount of your
assets, a percentage of your assets, or the residue of your estate to the
seminary. Bequests may be made using cash, securities
(stocks, bonds, certificates of
deposit), property, or a paid life insurance policy. If you wish, you may
designate your gift for a particular purpose such as
the scholarship fund, library, chapel,
or other special interest of yours, or endow a specific program.
To
include United in your will, we suggest you consult with
an attorney or use the following language for your bequest:
“I
give to United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities,
New Brighton, Minnesota, a 501©(3), Minnesota nonprofit
corporation, the following (amount of cash, securities,
or other specific asset, or percentage of my will, or
the residue of my estate) to be used for general unrestricted
purposes (or for a designated purpose.)”
There
are many other planned giving options to consider such
as charitable
gift annuities, deferred gift annuities, charitable remainder
trusts, charitable lead trusts, retirement accounts,
life insurance, or real estate. The seminary would be happy
to discuss any of these options with you.
If
you have already included United Theological Seminary in
your will or have made another kind of planned gift, please
let us know so we can thank you and include you in the
Barnabas Heritage Society.
For
more information on bequests and other planned gifts,
please contact Julie
Brown at 651-255-6111.
We
invite you to support UTS through one or more of United's
Giving Opportunities with our deep appreciation.
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