Creighton University

Sustaining gifts sustain the University by providing flexible funds that allow Creighton University to excel and constantly improve for our students, furthering our Jesuit, Catholic mission. Such gifts afford the University the ability to respond to exceptional opportunities as they arise, including: providing scholarships for students who otherwise could not attend Creighton; funding innovative academic initiatives; updating research laboratories; attracting and retaining respected faculty; helping Creighton University create an environment for faith in action, and more. Sustaining gifts can be designated for general University use, or for a specific school or college.

Sustaining gifts are especially valuable to meet the ever-changing, and often unexpected, challenges of the future. Sustaining gifts are put to immediate use, and help hold the line on tuition.

For more information about making a sustaining gift, please call (800) 334-8794 or view the Giving Options page.

Reunion Class Giving

Each year, members of the 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th reunion classes celebrate their milestones by giving collective class gifts to Creighton University. Reunion class gifts help today’s students and ensure that they are prepared for professional distinction, ethical leadership, and involved citizenship. Every reunion gift, no matter the size, sustains the University. Reunion gifts make a statement about the value alumni place on their Creighton education and the impact it has had on their success.

If you are celebrating a reunion or would like more information about your reunion class gift, please call (800) 334-8794 or email reuniongiving@creighton.edu. Visit us at http://giving.creighton.edu/classgift.

Student Giving

Student giving benefits Creighton by providing support for the scholarships, academic programs, and student life programs that make the Creighton experience unique. Each and every gift from a current student helps maintain the opportunities available at Creighton and supports the mission of the University, which is central to every student experience. Students can, and do, make a difference in Creighton’s future. 

For more information about student giving, please contact Hillary Bobys at hbobys@creighton.edu or visit http://giving.creighton.edu/students. 

The Edward and Mary Lucretia Creighton Society

Donors who give at the Creighton Society level sustain the University through their unrestricted gifts.  These generous contributions to the University help ensure that Creighton can provide the highest quality Catholic, Jesuit education to our students.  This unrestricted support allows Creighton to offer need-based and merit scholarships, as well as extraordinary educational experiences.

The Creighton Society was inaugurated in 1988 when 154 donors were recognized for contributing $234,000.  Today, more than 1,800 supporters generously contribute $3.9 million annually and are recognized in one of four Creighton Society giving levels. 

Level of Recognition	Annual Gift
Ignatian Circle	$10,000 and higher
Jesuit Circle	$5,000 - $9,999
Founders’ Circle	$2,500 - $4,999
Sustaining Circle	$1,000 - $2,499

Every Creighton Society gift counts – and every donor at every level of the Creighton Society matters.  Creighton University is grateful for the commitment of its alumni and friends who consistently demonstrate their willingness to lead.

For more information about the Creighton Society, please call (800) 334-8794.

 

An endowment gift will “live on” forever at Creighton University. Your gift can establish a new endowment fund, or add to an existing endowment fund.

Minimum support levels for endowments have been established to guarantee that income from the funds will be adequate to achieve the benefactor’s intent both today and in the future. Additional gifts to endowed funds may be made at any time and in any amount.

Endowment for people and programs—student scholarships, faculty support and innovative educational initiatives—is a priority of Creighton University.

If you are interested in learning more about how to make a thoughtful investment to support endowments and programs, please contact Rich McCormick, Senior Director of Major Gifts at (402) 280-3483.

Endowed Chairs

Help the University recruit and retain the very best professors and researchers.

An endowed chair provides distinguished faculty members – and Creighton University – with increased financial support, academic stature and educational renown. A recipient can receive no higher accolade than being named to a chair in his or her professional field.

    Minimum Gift (General University): $1,500,000
    Minimum Gift (Medical School): $2,000,000

Endowed Scholarships

Help to meet the ever-increasing need for student aid.

Endowed scholarships help Creighton fulfill its goal of providing a Creighton value-based education for those students most in need.

    Minimum Gift: $25,000

Endowed Book Fund

Electronic databases will never replace the printed collections of libraries. Endowed book funds help supplement dwindling acquisition budgets and increase library holdings. An endowed book fund provides resources on a perpetual basis to support the ongoing acquisition of new scholarly publications. The endowment provides a permanent source of funding that offsets escalating costs.

    Minimum Gift: $10,000

An investment in a favorite University program or department.

Creighton students, faculty and staff are involved in a wide variety of worthwhile programs that can benefit from your support.

Minimum Gift: Negotiable

Giving Options

 

Creighton supporters who contribute to capital construction and renovation breathe life into Creighton’s acclaimed master plan and move the University forward to the benefit of our students. 
 
Minimum Gift: Negotiable

 

A gift designated for an annual award scholarship makes an immediate impact on the lives of Creighton students. These scholarships are awarded for the specific period of time designated by the donor.
 
Minimum Gift: $1,000

Giving Options

 

Throughout the years, many individuals have been inspired by the same ideals and have chosen to build on the Creighton family’s foundation. Regardless of the size of your estate, what has been accumulated is a testimony to your life, your hard work, your central values and commitments. What is transferred to the next generation, and how it is done, can accurately reflect your vision and goals.

To learn more about including Creighton University in your estate plan, contact Steven Scholer, J.D., Sr. Philanthropic Advisor, or Robert Skrydlak, Associate Director of Estate and Trust Services, at 402-280-2885 or 800-334-8794.

All individuals who notify the University of a deferred gift, naming Creighton as a beneficiary, are eligible for membership in the Creighton Heritage Society.

Planned Gifts at Creighton University