UNRESTRICTED Scholarship Endowments A
s the financial-aid system grows increasingly complex, it is crucial to provide as much flexibility as possible in granting awards to incoming students. Students draw on a variety of sources to pay for their tuition – family contributions, state and federal grant aid, student or parent loans, outside scholarships, departmental scholarships, and unrestricted scholarships such as A.B. Barret awards, Presidential Scholars awards and Lynay or Pulse scholarships. Those who want to have the greatest effect on students of all majors, genders and backgrounds could invest in the following:
Don and Carol Crisp Student Affordability Endowment Friends and associates of Don and Carol Crisp are partnering with them to establish a scholarship endowment with the potential to significantly increase the dollars available each year for unrestricted scholarships. Gifts to this endowment will be a
special way to honor Don and Carol for their years of service to ACU.
Unrestricted Honor Endowments What better way to honor someone special than to establish a scholarship endowment in their name? An unrestricted honor endowment would provide scholarships for ACU students in perpetuity – a living, ongoing reminder of your gratitude to that special person. Honor endowments have been used in a variety of ways to recognize loved ones. Often family or friends of the honoree pool resources to fund an endowment; at other times, these scholarships are funded through planned-giving vehicles such as charitable trusts or estates. No matter how they begin, scholarships are distributed to students each year, and the initial gift itself continues to grow, launching future generations of students into journeys of their own. n
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