A gift to Whitman College’s endowment is an investment in the future. Endowed funds are held in perpetuity and invested for long term growth while providing income to the designated program. Unrestricted endowed funds are especially critical because they allow the College to respond to challenges and opportunities as they change over time. An endowed gift helps ensure that generations of Whitman students will have access to an outstanding liberal arts education.
Unrestricted
Unrestricted endowment gives Whitman the greatest flexibility to meet challenges as they arise. Gifts to general endowment help Whitman attract and reward faculty, keep abreast of new developments in teaching or technology, maintain campus facilities and grounds at an appropriately high level, and launch innovative initiatives.
Minimum to establish: $20,000.
Designated Fund
An endowed fund can be established to support any existing program or need of the College: specific academic programs, lectureships, research, internships, student or faculty awards, president’s initiatives, or library or book funds. Often a student’s experience at Whitman is shaped by his or her participation in a single academic or extracurricular program. A designated endowment can provide the funds necessary to continue an important program, make a great program extraordinary, or create a new program that will make a significant contribution to the Whitman community. Minimum varies with purpose.
Scholarship
Our vision for Whitman is to provide a financial aid package for every deserving student to attend regardless of his or her ability to pay. While Whitman provides over $16 million per year in scholarships to students, we need additional support to ensure that we can achieve this goal for access. Scholarship endowment support for need-based, merit, minority, and international student scholarships enable the college to recruit and retain outstanding students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Minimum to establish: $50,000.
Professorships and Chairs
You can make a strategic investment in the faculty and curriculum of Whitman
College through an endowed chair or professorship in a specific academic
discipline. A visiting professorship endowment brings to Whitman on a
rotating basis nationally-recognized scholars or experts to provide
differing perspectives on academic subject matter. The level of support
determines the interval and length of visiting professor appointments.
Endowed funds can also be used to support a permanent existing faculty
position or to create a new position. Each new chair or professorship
strengthens our traditional disciplines and interdisciplinary endeavors.
Minimum for visiting professorship: $1 million.
Minimum for permanent professorship: $1.5 million.
Minimum for permanent chair: $2 million.
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