Annual gifts
The Library Fund
Annual gifts made to the Library Fund help meet the Library's current priority needs in many areas. These gifts support a variety of activities, such as the acquisition of library materials, the renovation of library facilities, cataloging and processing materials, and additional hours of operation.
Gifts to the Library Fund may be cash, securities, or credit card payments, or pledges (in one sum, monthly, or quarterly installments). Matching gifts from a donor's employer are added to the Library Fund and to an individual's giving totals.
Subject Specialty Libraries
Annual gifts made to any of the subject specialty or affiliated libraries are unrestricted, immediately expendable contributions that help meet that particular library's current operating needs. These gifts also help fund new library materials, the renovation of facility improvements, and additional hours of operation.
Gifts to these libraries may be cash, securities, or credit card payments, or be pledges (in one sum or installments). Matching gifts from a donor's employer are added to the specified library's fund and to an individual's giving totals.
Memorial and Honorific Gifts
Contributions given in memory or in honor of a special person or event will be recognized and family members will be notified. For gifts of $1,000 or more, the name of someone you wish to honor or remember may be mounted on a chair in the Gardner Stacks. For gifts of $250 or more, a bookplate can be mounted in a book in the Library's collections.
Memorial or commemorative gifts may also be used to create named endowment funds at a minimum level of $50,000 or more.
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Planned gifts and bequests
A planned gift can be structured to fulfill a long-desired philanthropic interest and may also allow you to increase income, save taxes, and make a legacy gift to the Library that might not otherwise be possible.
Charitable Gift Annuities are a fixed-income plan that pays the donor or another person (or both) guaranteed annual income for life. The rate of payout is determined by the beneficiary's age.
Pooled-Income Funds enable a donor to make a tax-deductible gift to the Library and provide income to one or more individuals for life. After the lifetime of the last income beneficiary, the corresponding interest in the pooled fund is transferred to the UC Berkeley Library.
Charitable Remainder Trusts are flexible financial instruments that enable the donor to claim a tax deduction the year the gift is made, provide a stream of income for the donor or a designated individual during their lifetime, and ultimately leave a significant gift for the Library. You may fund a trust with a gift of cash, appreciated securities, real estate, or other non-cash assets.
A bequest is the result of careful planning for the best philanthropic use of assets that have taken a lifetime of work, care, and stewardship to build or preserve. The bequest may be a specific sum or a percentage of an estate that may provide a very significant gi?t for the Library.
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