Making a Gift of a Donor-Funded Scholarship
Your gift of a scholarship provides access to an education — and an investment in the future. Here is how you can create a scholarship.
1. Select the type of scholarship
- Endowed Scholarship
- Annual Scholarship
2. Select the Criteria for the Scholarship
You can select a certain set of criteria for your scholarship, using one or a combination of the following:
- Need-Based Scholarships bridge the gap between the cost of a student’s education and their economic resources.
- Academic Merit Scholarships are scholarships based on academic achievements
- Program-Based Scholarships are scholarships given to students in a program of your choosing, contributing to experiential learning in a specific discipline
- Type of Student Scholarships are based on the type of student, for example: first-generation, traditional, non-traditional, transfer, undergraduate, or graduate.
3. Select a Funding Option
There are different options to fund your scholarship:
- Make an outright gift of cash or stock
- Make a pledge over 1-5 years
- Designate a gift through your will or estate
4. Finalize Your Plan
Contact University Development to help answer any questions or to get started on initiating a scholarship.
Contact
Grand Valley State University Development
(616) 331-6000
[email protected]
L.V. Eberhard Center, 9th floor
301 Fulton St. West
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501