Ways to Give
Your gift helps further our mission of Changing the Future of Oral Health.
When you give to the UIC College of Dentistry, you are supporting excellent and accessible patient care, state-of-the-science research, talented and hard-working students, and the communities we serve here in Illinois. There are a number of different ways to support your philanthropic interests and investments.
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Click below to learn more about the number of ways you can support our mission.
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Online
Use our secure online giving form to save time, reduce paperwork, and eliminate postage. The transaction process is encrypted, so you can safely and securely support any of our departments or programs. You may either make a one-time gift or set up recurring payments online using your credit card.
Mail
Please make gifts by check payable to the University of Illinois Foundation, indicating the purpose or fund designation of your gift in the memo field.
Mail your check to:
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION
P.O. BOX 734500
CHICAGO, IL 60673-4500For the security of your gift, please do not send cash.
Electronic Funds Transfer
EFT is a secure way to deliver your gifts directly and automatically from your bank to the University of Illinois Foundation for the benefit of the College of Dentistry. As with online giving, EFT donations allow us to minimize administrative expenses.
When you make an EFT gift, your bank disburses the funds automatically according to your instructions until you decide to stop. You may extend your contribution into installments over the entire year.
To make your gifts via EFT, simply download, complete and return the EFT Authorization Form to the University of Illinois Foundation.
Payroll Deduction
Payroll deduction is an easy way for University employees to make gifts directly and automatically from a paycheck. To make your gifts via payroll deduction, please log in and complete the payroll deduction authorization form.
Securities
To make a gift to the College of Dentistry of publicly traded stocks or mutual funds via electronic transfer, please contact the Foundation Cash Receipts Department for delivery instructions at cashdesk@uif.uillinois.edu or (217) 244-0352.
The Foundation does not publish the delivery instructions in an effort to insure proper identification of the donor transferring the gift; verify the name of the securities and appropriate number of shares to be received; and the designation of the gift prior to the transfer.
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Click below to learn more about the different types of gifts to help meet your philanthropic goals.
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Current Use/Unrestricted
Unrestricted funds are a very powerful form of private support because they allow the University to use them as it sees fit, where current (and often time sensitive) needs are greatest.
Unrestricted funds may be used for many kinds of assistance, including:
- Student support
- Faculty support
- Research aid
- Books, collections, and supplies purchases
- Technological upgrades
Endowments
Endowments make it possible for a gift to live on in perpetuity, preserving the principal and utilizing its earnings to support the intent of the fund. Endowments help fund faculty chairs and professorships, graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, program support, visiting scholars/lectureships, research support, student internships, and more. An endowment can be created through an outright gift, through a bequest in a will, or through a life income gift such as a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust. Learn more about endowments on the University of Illinois Foundation website.
Planned Gifts
The UIC College of Dentistry is continually strengthened by the generosity of our dedicated alumni and friends. As you reflect on your own goals, we hope that you will also consider a planned gift to the University of Illinois Foundation (“UIF”) to benefit the College through your will, living trust, or retirement plan. There are also ways to structure a gift to provide a lifetime income stream to yourself and/or a loved one while receiving an immediate income tax deduction. We are happy to share customized illustrations for these types of arrangements at no cost or obligation.
For further information, please contact Executive Director of Development Dina Kutinsky (dinak1@uic.edu) or the University of Illinois Foundation Office of Gift Planning and Trust Services (217-244-0473 or gpinfo@uif.ullinois.edu). We also invite you to visit http://uic.giftplans.org/ to learn more.
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Need more information about ways to give?
Dina Kutinsky
Executive Director of Development
(312) 413-7702
dinak1@uic.edu
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Support the next generation of dental students.
Our students are learning and serving by caring for vulnerable and underserved people, in our city and around the globe. Your gift helps them make this critical impact while becoming experienced oral health professionals.