What are the ways I can make a gift to Wayne State University?
You can make a gift in any number of ways. Outright gifts made immediately or pledges given over several years are made available to the university during your lifetime. Most planned gift options will benefit the university through your estate. Gifts may be designated to specific areas, or they can be unrestricted. Designated, or restricted gifts allow you to specify use for the funds, such as support for students, faculty, research or programs in a school or college, or various university programs. Unrestricted gifts are directed to support the university’s most pressing needs and often are made in appreciation for the contribution Wayne State University has made to donors’ lives and the lives of their families or children. You also may create a named fund, which enables you to honor, memorialize or recognize an individual or organization. You may have your name, or the name of someone close to you, associated with a scholarship, fellowship, research fund, facility or any number of en