Other Ways To Give
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Events Center – Texas A&M University- Commerce is currently securing funding for a 3,000-seat events center. Located on TX-24 near the new Ag and Rodeo facility, the event center will be home to Lion Men’s & Women’s Basketball and Lions Volleyball. It will also serve as an event center for community, county, and state events including, but not limited to, concerts, trade shows, conventions, youth sporting events, and many others. Several naming opportunities are available.
ENDOWMENTS
An endowment generates income to the University in perpetuity. By investing the gift principal and using only the interest earned to help meet the cost of a grant-in-aid, Lion Athletics is assured of on-going funds to maintain the quality of its program. The following is a summary of the return that is available for distribution from an endowment investment.
Student-Athlete Scholarships - Our annual scholarship bill exceeds $4.5 million. A full in-state scholarship is about $24,000 and a full out-of-state scholarship is about $36,000. State funds may not be used for student-athlete scholarships, making private contributions and designated scholarship endowments a vital funding source.
Coaching Positions - Endowing a coaching position allows us to provide support and incentives that attract and retain the best coaches in the Southland Conference.
LEGACY GIFTS
A planned gift is one made to Lion Athletics with the income or other benefits from the donated money or property retained by the donor, or other beneficiary, for as long as he or she lives. Planned gifts can be a significant part of an overall estate plan. Such gifts provide an excellent method of obtaining diversification, reducing income tax, reducing estate and gift taxes, and cutting the cost of probate of one's estate. Such gifts of property, which increase in value, may also avoid capital gains taxes for a donor. Lion Athletics will be happy to assist you in designing a planned gift to achieve your personal, financial and charitable objectives.
GIFT IN KIND
Also referred to as in-kind donations, instead of giving money to buy needed goods and services, goods and services themselves can be given to help off-set the costs of projects.
For more information about any of these giving options please call 903.886.5557.
