Every Gift Counts ... Annual Gifts and Endowment
NC State University is state-supported, not state-funded. We rely on private donations to give us an edge in educating students and recruiting faculty. Support is needed from individuals, corporations and foundations to help the College of Natural Resources remain a driving and relevant force in natural resources education.
Whether you choose to donate to CNR as an investment or simply to demonstrate your support for higher education, contributing to CNR’s Grow with Us Campaign will make a difference. We’We have structured the campaign so everyone can participate with gifts of all sizes. It’s a great way to honor a loved one, an outstanding colleague or a corporate partner. It’s also a great way to show your Wolfpack pride.
Will You "Grow With Us?"
Annual Giving
Annual Gifts provide critical support for CNR annually by enriching programs, scholarships and fellowships, faculty recruitment, alumni communications, and development efforts to increase private support for the College. Annual gifts can be “Unrestricted” or Restricted.” Unrestricted Gifts provide flexibility to the dean and department heads to respond to exciting opportunities, urgent needs and unexpected challenges. Restricted Gifts are directed by the donors to a specific fund or purpose.
Unrestricted Funds
CNR Dean's Discretionary
Friends of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Friends of Fisheries and Wildlife
Friends of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Friends of Wood Products
Community for Diversity
Pulp and Paper Foundation
Sampling of more than 300 Restricted Funds
Pulp & Paper Class of 2007 Scholarship Endowment
Forestry Class of 1960 Scholarship Endowment
NC The Wildlife Society Summer Camp Scholarship Endowment
Wood Science and Technology Scholarship
Larry Jervis Forestry Scholarship
Phil Dooer Fisheries & Wildlife Scholarship
Myron Kelly Wood Products Scholarship
Hou Min Chang Research Fund
Dale Shepherd NC Christmas Tree Research Endowment
NC Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Research Fund
Contact CNR Development for a complete list of restricted funds.
Endowment ...The Gift That Keeps Giving
An endowment creates financial stability, allowing CNR to be less dependent on unpredictable sources of revenue, such as research sponsorship, state and national government aid. An endowment is created through the establishment of a permanent fund that is invested and managed. A portion of annual income generated is used to carry out the donor's designated purpose. Income earned in excess of the annual amount spent is added back into the endowment so that it continues to grow and maintain its purchasing power for future generations.
You do not have to be wealthy to establish an endowment, as there are a variety of ways to fund your commitment. Outright gifts and planned gifts such as charitable trusts and will bequests are popular ways to fund the initial endowment or add to it in later years. Donors often fund endowments as a single gift or in the alternative, they spread the payments over several years in the form of a pledge. Endowed funds can become family traditions, with succeeding generations adding gifts to the principal established by a founding donor.
Each endowment can be named by the donor. It’s a great way to earn permanent recognition—or to honor a loved one, an outstanding colleague or a corporate partner.
