Annual Gifts

A majority of Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) donors and alumni make their contributions through annual gifts. These gifts are the foundation of all support at the school and impact almost every program and more importantly the most current need. Gifts by currency, credit or personal check immediately benefit the Institution and are the easiest and most direct way to give, but pledges can also be made in support of the pharmacy school.

The majority of gifts are made by mail, phone or our on-line giving form. Each year phone calls and mail are distributed in an effort to reach all of our alumni, parents and friends. These contacts are made to allow our alumni, parents and friends the opportunity to improve the quality of education provided by our school.  The phone calls and direct mail pieces also help us update our records; communicate new initiatives or exciting programs; and answer any questions that our alumni, parents or friends might have.

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Planned Gifts

Planned gifts are a wonderful way to help others while helping yourself. While planning for your own future needs, you help to build a future for others. By designating a planned gift to Campbell University CPHS, you're helping to provide opportunities for students, scholarships, program enhancement and educational needs.

There are several ways to make your planned gift. You can:

·         name Campbell University CPHS in your will or trust;

·         make Campbell a beneficiary of an IRA or pension;

·         or use one or more of these assets to make a gift and receive lifetime income for you and your loved ones.

Campbell University will also supply any form documents and calculations needed to complete the gift (except wills), including calculating your charitable deduction using state-of-the-art commercial gift planning software and we’re with you at each step until the goals of your gift plan are completely fulfilled.

To make it easy and convenient to have a bequest included in your will; the language below shows how a bequest can very easily be included in your will.

Example bequest language-Please feel free to change the numbers or percentages as you desire.

1. Bequest of Cash
" I bequeath the sum of $10,000 to Campbell University, Inc., Buies Creek, NC."

2. Bequest of a Percent of the Estate
" I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to Campbell University, Inc., Buies Creek, NC."

3. Contingent Bequest
" If my brother John Doe survives me, I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to John Doe. If John Doe does not survive me, then I devise and bequeath 20% of my residuary estate, whether real or personal property and wherever located to Campbell University, Inc., Buies Creek, NC."
 

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Corporate & Foundation Gifts

Companies throughout the United States are looking for the highly-skilled pharmacists that we produce. Why? Our graduates are flexible, well-educated pharmacists with strong communication, analytical and patient-care skills. They have the critical thinking skills that are necessary to thrive in the industry. The CPHS offers many benefits for your corporation or foundation when participating in any of our extensive programs.

We can help you identify opportunities for:

·         Advisory board relationships

·         Continuing education

·         Educational program support

·         Faculty and employee exchanges

·         Intellectual exchange

·         Marketplace input

·         Participation in lectures and seminars

·         Recruiting/Internships

·         Research collaboration and technology transfer

·         Support of scholarships, professorships and chairs

Leadership support from corporations and foundations is critical to the school's continued success in creating and sustaining innovative programs in and beyond the classroom and in attracting and retaining exceptional students and faculty. This support provides valuable visibility among students, faculty and university administration, and ultimately enables corporations to reap the benefits of well-trained graduates and cutting-edge research and development.

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Endowed Gifts

Endowed gifts to Campbell University CPHS provide sustained support. Endowed funds are established for a variety of purposes determined by the donor — to provide scholarships for students, to advance breakthrough research, to honor distinguished faculty or alumni, to memorialize loved ones, or to simply thank Campbell University for the educational value it provided.

Below are some frequently asked questions about endowments.

What is an endowment?
An endowment is a gift made to Campbell University CPHS to be held in perpetuity. This means that the gift is invested, and only a portion of its average annual earnings is used for purposes specified by the donor. The remaining investment return is added back to the principle to offset inflation.

How are endowments managed?
The endowment investment policy of Campbell University CPHS has a dual goal of preserving the purchasing power of the assets throughout time and providing a stable flow of funds to meet distribution commitments. This, in turn, will allow future students to benefit from the endowment at the same level as a current student.

What types of endowments exist?
To ensure that an endowment produces sufficient funds in support of a particular area designated by the donor, both now and in the future, minimum monetary support levels have been established.

Faculty Chairs or Professorships (starting at $750,000)
An endowed faculty chair or professorship provides resource funds that distinguish a faculty member’s work, reward achievement in the academic world and enable the professor to pursue new areas of research or innovative teaching methods. This type of endowment allows our school to attract and retain the finest scholars.

Endowed Scholarships (starting at $25,000)
Scholarships enable CPHS to provide educational opportunities to many talented and deserving students. Endowed scholarships may be named in honor or memory of someone. Donors may determine the criteria for how the scholarship funds will be awarded whether it is based on financial need, academic standing, and/or community activities.

Operating Fund
Discretionary funds earmarked for a particular department or program will enable that area of the school to respond to unexpected opportunities and provides a significant level of flexibility to the designated area’s programs.

Can an endowed gift be funded over a period of time?
Endowed gifts can be created up to a five-year period with the ultimate goal of reaching the minimum level for that particular type of endowment. For instance, it takes $25,000 minimum to endow a scholarship. A donor may opt to pay $5,000 each year for five years to reach the scholarship endowment level. Once the minimum level is reached, additional contributions may be made at any time. However, if you are interested in awarding a $1,000 scholarship annually, and you want the first scholarship give to begin in the current year, you will need to make a $6,000 annual contribution ($5,000 toward the endowment; and $1,000 for the scholarship) until the endowment has matured (after five years)—this is sometimes called a converted endowment.

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Non-Cash Gifts

Non-cash gifts may be securities, personal property, real estate or gifts-in-kind.

Securities include stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The value of the gift is determined on the day Campbell University receives the security and is calculated by finding the mean of the highest and lowest selling price for the day.

Gifts of personal property include art objects, rare books, coin collections and other treasured items. While giving our school these gifts allows you to enjoy tax benefits, it also ensures that others will learn and benefit from having the gifts on campus. Gifting personal property, which can be utilized in a related use, may entitle you to a tax deduction equal to the gift's fair market value. If the gift is made through a will, the estate will benefit from the tax savings.

Gifts of real estate include personal residences, farms, vacation homes or timberland. To ensure maximum tax advantage for you as well as the marketability of the gift, the property is carefully appraised and assessed. The value of your gift is based on an independent, qualified appraisal provided by you, the donor.

Gifts-in-kind are typically equipment or other items such as computers or software, which can be used in the ordinary course of university business, in the classroom or in research facilities.

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Faculty/Staff Giving

Faculty and staff giving at Campbell University CPHS supports faculty endowments, research programs, equipment funds, scholarships, and more.
 
For some " insiders," the thought of making a gift to one's own employer may be a new concept. But for many others, advancing educational knowledge through personal philanthropy is merely an extension of their daily passion ... doing what it takes to improve and extend lives.

Giving is easy.  You can:

·         Make a gift on-line with your credit card right now or contact the Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement.

·         Contribute regularly through payroll deduction.  Obtain a form from the Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement.

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Alumni Relations & Giving

Campbell University is committed to providing our student with an exceptional pharmacy education, preparing them to become outstanding pharmacists.  This statement of excellence is shown through the successes of our alumni in their careers, their communities and most importantly in their family-life.

Our alumni help provide student and faculty support in so many ways including:

·         becoming members in the Pharmacy Alumni Association

·         serving as an admissions interviewer or committee representative

·         endowing scholarships

·         being active community leaders

·         acting as mentors and preceptors

·         serving as adjunct professors/lecturers

·         attending alumni/student sponsored events

·         giving monetary support to annual giving campaigns

·         showing their Campbell CPHS pride!!

CPHS alumni are an important part of our annual giving campaigns.  Most recently the alumni met there commitment of raising more than $250,000 toward the naming of the Betty M. Wallace Student Commons Area in Maddox Hall.  This continued level of participation is important to the school's continued success in graduating first-rate pharmacists. But increasing participation—both in terms of the number of alumni who contribute and the total dollars given—would ensure Campbell University CPHS's commitment to our alumni and students as both a leading pharmacy institution and as a school noteworthy for its dedication to students; finally acting as a catalyst for corporations, foundations, and other individuals to make their own gifts.

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Volunteer/Serve  

Financial support is an important part of the school's future success, but more important is giving back to CPHS through volunteering and participating in events.

There are many ways to give back and listed below are just a few of those ways:

·         serving as an admissions interviewer or committee representative

·         acting as mentors and preceptors

·         attending alumni/student sponsored events

·         becoming a member in the Pharmacy Alumni Association

CPHS is always looking for volunteers who can support the school by giving their time--a very valuable asset! 

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