Gift Opportunities
How can you help the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute?
Contributions to Research
Unrestricted General Operating Support
Unrestricted gifts are essential to the Institute's continued success. Typically, federal government and large association grants we receive only cover a portion of research expenses. The remaining funds must come from private contributions. In addition, private support provides the seed money for promising new studies before they qualify for federal funding. This seed money allows our researchers to act on interesting theories that may lead to new therapies, preventatives and treatments.
Restricted Research Funds
The Eleanor Roosevelt Institute at the University of Denver is currently working on Down syndrome, cancer, autism, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), Alzheimer's disease, obesity and type II diabetes and Recombinant (8) syndrome. Restricted contributions can be made to support any one of these areas of research.
Tribute Gifts
Gifts In Celebration and Remembrance are the perfect way to honor and remember loved ones. Each time you send a gift, the person or family you designate will receive a special letter acknowledging your remembrance. The amount is never disclosed. You will receive a receipt for purposes of tax deductibility.
How to Make a Contribution
Gifts of Cash
This is the simplest way to give. You can make your tax deductible gift to the Institute in the form of cash, check or credit card (VISA and MasterCard). Your gift should be made payable to the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.***
Give On-line
You can make your tax deductible gift to the Institute on the University of Denver's website.
Gifts of Appreciated Securities
With a gift of appreciated stock, you could obtain a two-fold income tax benefit: a charitable deduction for the full present fair market value, and no tax on the appreciation. Please call the Development Office at 303.336.5600 to obtain our brokerage account information and DTC number.***
Charitable Estate Planning — The Pioneer Society
Many of ERI's "partners in science and discovery" have chosen to advance our pioneering research programs through their wills and estates. In special recognition of their support, the Institute has established the Pioneer Society, which is composed of people who have named the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute as a beneficiary in their will, trust, or life insurance policy. Leave a legacy and maximize your charitable contribution and the benefits to you and your family by taking advantage of a charitable estate gift plan, ranging from adding a bequest in your will to setting up a charitable remainder unitrust to provide you with income during your lifetime.***
***Please consult your tax advisor or accountant about specific situations.
If you have any questions, please contact the Development Office
at 303.871.5600.
March 14, 2008
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