Your charitable gifts to Davenport University allow us to keep our focus on the programs, resources, technology and opportunities that help our students reach for their dreams. Any gift, large or small, makes a difference.
Contributions to an endowment are never spent, so these scholarships remain in perpetuity. The dollars are invested and only a percentage of the income is used for student financial aid, preserving the fund for both current and future spending needs.
Endowed scholarships at Davenport require a minimum commitment of $25,000 – a single contribution or a donation over several years. Donors are encouraged to add to their scholarship(s) even after the minimum has been reached. By increasing the balance, more, and larger awards can become available to students.
Although all endowed assets are pooled into one investment, each scholarship maintains its own fund balance. Donors are notified annually of their scholarship balance, student recipients, and budgeted allocation.
The Davenport University Memorial Scholarship fund allows donors to honor or memorialize a loved one by making a contribution to the Davenport University Foundation. When the donation is received, the family is notified of your gift, and you will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation.
Donations to this fund are endowed and the earnings are used to assist students with tuition. There is no minimum gift necessary to memorialize an individual in this manner.
Barbara A. Mieras, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Major Gifts
616.233.3413
866.248.0012
Fax: 616.233.3462
barbara.mieras@davenport.edu