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Ways To Help
Your gift to the Spartanburg Community College Foundation will have immediate, tangible effects on academic areas, programs and students. Your annual gift to the College also allows you to:
- participate in the College’s success by providing the resources to launch new ventures in the classroom, in the laboratory, and all across campus that will ensure the College’s standing as one of the top institutions for higher education in the region.
- express your commitment to Spartanburg Community College by giving current students the opportunity to receive an exceptional, affordable education.
- impact advancements in technology, research and learning as well as the economic advancement of this region.
Ways To Make A Contribution
Online Donation:
Click here to make a secure online donation to the Spartanburg Community College Foundation.
Online Purchase:
Click here to purchase the Spartanburg Community College fleece blankets. It makes a great gift and supports the Spartanburg Community College Foundation
Cash:
Donors can make cash contributions. Checks should be made payable to the Spartanburg Community College Foundation.
Mail to P.O. Box 4386 Spartanburg, South Carolina 29305
Non-Cash:
Non-cash gifts, such as equipment, books, and software, are also welcome. Please contact the Foundation Office to determine if your gift would be appropriate for the College.
If you are associated with a particular area of the College, please let us know your gift to that area as well. We will recognize the receipt of your gift. Please remember, that your verification of the value of your gift is a responsibility of you and your tax preparer.
Employer's Matching Gifts:
You may be able to double, triple, or even quadruple your gift if your employer has a matching gift program. Check with your Human Resource Department for more information on this gift-giving possibility.
Securities:
Stocks and bonds that have increased in value are excellent ways of giving. You receive tax deduction based on the value of the securities at the time of the gift, and you do not have to pay capital gains.
Real Estate:
Appreciated property is a good way to make a gift because the value of the gift is deductible and your profit will not be taxable as a capital gain.
Life Insurance:
The cash surrender value of an existing life insurance policy is tax deductible. Or you can take out a new policy, and the premiums are tax deductible if the College is made the irrevocable owner and beneficiary. You may name the Spartanburg Community College Foundation the first, second, or last beneficiary of an insurance policy.
Retirement Plans:
You might consider naming the Spartanburg Community College Foundation in the first, second, or last beneficiary of a retirement plan: 401K plans, SEP's, KEOG's, IRA's or tax-sheltered annuities. Or you might use a retirement plan to fund a charitable remainder trust.
Trusts and Annuities:
Cash, marketable securities, retirement plans or real property may be used to establish charitable trust or annuity from which you would receive income for life with the remainder assets going to the Spartanburg Community College Foundation upon your death or that of your heirs. Tax advantages are possible.
Bequests:
You might consider including the Spartanburg Community College Foundation as recipient of a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your assets in your will or other estate plan instrument.
Vision
At the Spartanburg Community College Foundation, we are committed to developing the best community college possible and in order to do so, we feel that we must meet the needs of all students who seek financial assistance to achieve their educational goals. We further recognize that in order for students to be successful in their chosen career and educational paths that we must provide them with state-of-the-art facilities and curriculum resources which enable them to successfully compete for career opportunities once their educational goals have been attained.
Our dream is to turn no student away who needs funds to complete their educational plan and to see that all students receive training consistent with standards they’ll encounter in their career fields.
In order for our dream to become reality we will require:
- A long-range financial and strategic plan for the College and the Foundation
- Detailed, highly specific, yet achievable annual fund-raising goals
- A well-trained foundation staff versed in seeking major gifts that enable the institution to attain its financial goals
- A committed and trained cadre of board members and community leaders who support the long-range plan and its goals and who will dedicate themselves to accomplishing these goals
- Identified major gift prospects who will move the plan toward reality
The measure of our success will be the perception that our graduates are highly competent and skilled professionals who provide this community with the business, health-care, industrial, manufacturing and services professionals who maintain the economic vitality and high quality of life in this community. |
