Unrestricted Gifts

Unrestricted gifts have no strings attached. Essentially, you let the university or each school decide how best to use your gift.

There are two kinds of unrestricted support: annual gifts, which fund current operations, and endowments, which are invested to produce a stream of unrestricted income over time. For either type of contribution, the word  to describe the importance of such gifts is "flexibility."

How are unrestricted funds used? Some fulfill needs that arise quickly and urgently; others are used to strengthen ongoing student or faculty programs; all  advance the university's educational mission.

Unrestricted funds pay for student projects, scholarships, fellowships, faculty support for research and course development, funding for student organizations and publications, support for student and faculty participation in scholarly conferences, equipment, software and library acquisitions.