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Checks should be made payable to Pacific University. You may send your gift by mail to:

Pacific University
UC Box A-162
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116

Gifts of appreciated securities and mutual fund shares may be deducted from your taxable income at the mean fair market value on the date of transfer to the University. For more information, please contact Jan Stricklin, Associate Vice President for University Relations at 503-352-2211, or send an e-mail to jstricklin@pacificu.edu to ensure your gift is properly credited. Additional details can be downloaded here (PDF, 116KB)

For several weeks during the fall and spring semesters, Phonathon student callers reach out to alumni, parents and friends in order to raise unrestricted financial support for Pacific University. These students also establish essential connections for Pacific and maintain ties with those who are unable to visit the University.

As direct recipients of financial aid, Phonathon callers are not only calling to ask for support, they are also calling to thank you for the great opportunities and experiences they are receiving at Pacific University.

Our Phonathon callers look forward to speaking with you soon.

The Annual Fund is among Pacific's highest fundraising priorities. Each year the University reaches out to alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff, friends, corporations, foundations and other organizations to help enrich and strengthen the current resources of the campus. Tuition only covers 80% of the cost of education at Pacific. In addition, over 93 percent of our students receive financial aid. The stronger Pacific's Annual Fund, the better-equipped the University is to provide an excellent educational environment for students and to address the institution’s most urgent needs, such as financial aid, program enhancements, and special curricular and co-curricular initiatives. Gifts to the annual fund may be directed toward a particular college and/or program of your choice. Every gift, large or small, directly impacts each student at Pacific.

Our 2009-2010 Annual Fund goal is $600,000. The Annual Giving office raises money through personal visits, the phonathon, direct mail, reunion giving, and online support.

For information on making a gift to the Annual Fund, please contact Kelly Elliott, Director of Annual Giving, at 503-352-2892 or send an email to kelliott@pacificu.edu.

You believe in the work of Pacific University, and you want to ensure that we will be a force for good in the lives of generations of individuals to come. You want your gift to make a difference for us, but are concerned about your own future financial needs and those of your family.

We deeply appreciate your support and try to make it as rewarding for you as it is for us. That's why we want you to know about the financial tools you can use to plan your gift to us so that it returns benefits to you:

• You don't have to use cash to make your gift -- you can give us appreciated securities instead, and use an asset that costs you less than the tax deduction you'll get for it today.
• You may be holding assets that would benefit the University more than they do you -- such as a life insurance policy that you no longer need, a parcel of real estate like a second home or undeveloped land, or a collection of books or artwork that you no longer have room to display.
• You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime - make us a beneficiary of your will or revocable trust, or a beneficiary of your retirement plan, and leave your cash flow and current financial planning uninterrupted.
• You can make the University a partner in your giving -- you can deed us your home but continue to live there, you can sell us property at a charitable discount, and you can make a gift that pays you lifetime income.

These tools are called planned gifts. When you're ready to hear more, please contact:

Jan Stricklin | Associate Vice President | University Relations
Pacific University | 2043 University Way | Forest Grove, OR 97116
p: 503.352.2890 | c: 503.706.2043 | f: 503.352.2252 | jstricklin@pacificu.edu

Many employers offer a matching gift program which doubles or even triples their employees' charitable donations to 501 (c)(3) organizations, like Pacific University. Spouses and retired employees may be eligible as well.

To find out if your employer offers a matching gift program, please use the form below to search for your organization (results will appear in a new window):

To have your gift matched by your employer, please request a matching gift form from your human resources office and send it to Pacific along with your gift. If you have any questions regarding matching gifts, please contact your human resources office or Kelly Elliott, Director of Annual Giving at Pacific University, at kelliott@pacificu.edu or 503-352-2892.

Restricted gifts to Pacific University include gifts to scholarships, the endowment, and capital projects. If you would like more information on making a restricted gift to Pacific, please contact Jan Stricklin, Associate Vice President for University Relations, at 503-352-2211.