How To Make An Endowment Gift

Endowment gifts create a self-sustaining legacy for the at UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. Donors favor endowment gifts as it creates long-term financial support.

A portion helps fund research and studies each year. The remainder is reinvested so your gift keeps giving.

Endowment gifts can include cash, stocks, bonds or real estate. Endowment gifts can also be restricted to specific projects.

Creating Your Endowment Gift, Chair or Professorship

To learn more about creating your own endowment gift to create a permanent legacy for the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, please visit the Endowments section of the UC Santa Cruz Giving site. Or, simply contact the Engineering Division’s Development Officer to make your gift.

Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics

Read about the generous gift of John “Bud” and Rebecca Colligan, longtime supporters of the Genomics Institute, who have established the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics with matching funds from the University of California Office of the President.