Why Your Gift Matters: School of Graduate Studies Endowed Scholarship Fund

How to Give

Gifts Other than Cash

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my gift participation matter?
Gifts to the School off Graduate Studies Endowed Scholarship Fund serve several purposes.  Income from this fund supports scholarships, assistantships, graduate student organizations, professional growth activities for graduate students, and other School of Graduate Studies’ initiatives.  Your gift directly supports these activities.  Your gift matters financially, and your act of participation provides evidence to others that Morgan graduate programs have broad support from alumni and friends.

Why does the Graduate School need my money?
Graduate education at Morgan is heavily subsidized. Tuition and fees covers less than half the cost of a student's education. In most cases, graduate students who receive assistantships, fellowships and scholarships also receive an award that pays tuition.  The endowment income strengthens our ability to continue to offer assistantships, fellowships, and scholarships.  Your gift to the endowment also supports graduate student organizations, and it helps graduate students attend conferences to present their research. Funds to provide awards to graduate students and alumni who make significant contributions to their discipline through their theses, dissertations and other publications, for example, must be raised from private sources.

I cannot afford a large gift; will my small gift really make a difference to the Graduate School?
Your gift to the School of Graduate Studies, no matter the size, is added to the principle amount in the School of Graduate Studies Endowed Scholarship Fund.  Every gift increases the size of the endowment’s principle; consequently, the income generated by the principle grows larger each year.  Remember, It is the endowment’s income that is used to support graduate education.  The endowment’s principle helps to insure that as long as Morgan State University is in existence, the School of Graduate Studies will be able to help support current as well as the next generation of graduate students.
Even a small donation makes a difference in its own right and helps to inspire other to give to the School of Graduate Studies.  The simple fact of your participation, the very act of giving to the endowment, is as important as the number of dollars raised.  Participation is itself a standard by which support for the Graduate School as a whole is measured.  As more friends and alumni participate, we become stronger.

I'm not sure how much I can afford to give. Can you recommend resources?
Here is a giving calculator that will illustrate the tax advantage you receive for the amount you select.  Remember, most charitable gifts are tax deductable.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=40

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