Ways of Giving

Make a gift online

To provide meaningful support for IU Indianapolis students, please consider making a gift online at my.iu.org. 

In the Search All Funds box, please type in keywords to find your chosen destination for your philanthropic support. Please contact avcdue@iupui.edu for any assistance with this site.

You may consider choosing one of the following featured IU Indianapolis Division of Undergraduate Education funds. To make your gift in support of one of these funds, please type one of the titles below in the Search All Funds box at my.iu.org.

University College

• University College Fund: This fund supports departmental awards, travel expenses, supplies, meals, programming, and student and staff development. 
• University College Unrestricted Scholarship Fund: This fund supports scholarships for students in University College at IU Indianapolis.
• Scott E. Evenbeck Student Emergency Fund: This fund is used to support undergraduate students. The recipients are students in University College who have demonstrated an unexpected financial hardship during the course of an academic year in which the recipients are enrolled in classes at IU Indianapolis. 

Learn more about University College at IU Indianapolis

Honors College 

• IU Indianapolis Honors College Student Fund: This fund is used to support research development, writing, and professional presentations of work by Honors students at the discretion of the dean.
• IU Indianapolis Honors College Scholarship Fund: This fund supports undergraduate scholarships in the IU Indianapolis Honors College.

Learn more about the IU Indianapolis Honors College

Institute for Engaged Learning 

• Institute for Engaged Learning Fund: This fund is used for the general support of the Institute for Engaged Learning. Specifically, it supports initiatives that provide equity and access to students for high-impact practices.
• Center for Service and Learning Fund: This fund provides general programming for the Center for Service and Learning. 
• Center for Research and Learning: This fund is used for general support of the Center for Research and Learning at IU Indianapolis.
• Galli Excellence in Research Diverse Undergraduate Student Award: This fund will support undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds who have successfully completed a faculty-mentored project and presented their findings.
• Jaguar Leadership Network Fund: This fund provides support for undergraduate students participating in the Jaguar Leadership Network, a program that helps students with unmet financial need continue their studies at IU Indianapolis while building confidence and professional skills.

Learn more about the Institute for Engaged Learning at IU Indianapolis

Study Abroad Initiatives

• Diversity Enrichment and Achievement Program Study Abroad in Ghana: This fund supports student scholarships for a cultural journey through Ghana in partnership with Diversity Enrichment and Achievement Program (DEAP) and the IU Indianapolis Multicultural Center. 
• Hatcher Global Service Learning Scholarship: This fund supports scholarships for full-time or part-time undergraduate students who are participating in an IU-approved, credit-bearing, overseas study program at IU Indianapolis as part of an educational experience for a semester, academic year, summer, or short-term study that includes a service learning or community involvement component.
• William M. Plater/Partners Printing International Scholars: This scholarship supports undergraduate IU Indianapolis students who are studying abroad.

Advising and Career Education

• JACADA Professional Development: This fund supports expenses incurred by IU Indianapolis for the Jaguar Academic Advising Association (JACADA) professional development organization.
• Career Catalyst Program Fund: Funds will be used for workshops, program-related expenses, supplies, technologies for students to use across campus, professional development for career services staff, group transportation for site visits, and travel.
• Career Catalyst Program Scholarship: This fund will establish scholarship opportunities for under-resourced students to experience job shadowing, internships, cooperative education, or apprenticeships

Student Mentoring Support

• Mentoring Impact Fund: This fund supports the mentoring program in the Bepko Learning Center in University College at IU Indianapolis. Expenditures may include, but are not limited to, support for a mentoring symposium, a mentoring journal, internships, and scholarships.

Precollege and Early College Programs

• SPAN Program Fund: This fund provides general support of the SPAN Program. Funds support a variety of needs in the SPAN program, including textbooks for students in need.
• Upward Bound Fund: This fund provides general support of the TRIO Upward Bound program in University College at IU Indianapolis. Funds are used to support programmatic and office supplies, professional development of staff, technology, and transportation.

Checks, credit cards, and electronic funds

Checks should be made payable to the "IU Foundation." Please indicate your favorite program or area of interest in the memo line. Mail checks to: Indiana University Foundation, P. O. Box 6460, Indianapolis, IN 46206-6460. Feel free to contact avcdue@iupui.edu for a private discussion about your giving wishes.

To make a gift by automatic credit card or bank account deduction, complete the mail-in electronic funds transfer form. Your gift will be automatically deducted from your bank account or billed monthly to your credit card.

Mail your gift

To make a gift by check, please indicate your favorite program or area of interest in the memo line and make your check payable to Indiana University Foundation.

Mail to:

Indiana University Foundation
P. O. Box 6460
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6460

Gifts of stock

Gifts of publicly traded stock allow you to claim a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the securities on the date the gift is made. An additional tax benefit is avoidance of capital gains on appreciated securities. Please consult your tax advisor for more specific information. To contribute securities, contact Judy Inlow at the IU Foundation at jkinlow@indiana.edu. To learn more, please visit this website.

Indiana residents

If you live in Indiana, your gifts qualify you for a state income tax credit. Be sure to review Indiana Schedule CC-40 for more information.

Thanks to the generosity of alumni, staff, faculty, and friends like you, the division is able to offer a quality education to students. Through a planned gift, you can support the mission today or design a plan as part of your estate that benefits students after your lifetime. You don't have to be a certain age or be extremely wealthy. You just need a plan, and you've come to the right place to learn more. A small amount of dollars can grow over a lifetime and become the framework for a successful educational plan for undergraduates. When you build a better education, you build a better community and workforce. It all starts here! To learn more about leaving your legacy at IU Indianapolis, please visit this website.

Thank you for giving online. There are nearly 6,000 undergraduate students in IU Indianapolis University College, part of the Division of Undergraduate Education. The average cost of attendance for resident undergraduates at IU Indianapolis is approximately $24,000 per year, and the average cost of attendance for nonresident undergraduates is approximately $45,000 per year. Students need your support to help them succeed in college and to find their place in the Indiana workforce. We take pride in customizing a scholarship to the donor’s needs. If you are interested in establishing your legacy through a new or current scholarship, please contact avcdue@iupui.edu. 

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. You can request a matching gift form from your employer and send it completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. The impact of your gift to the Indiana University Foundation may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies also match gifts made by retirees and spouses.

Contact avcdue@iupui.edu for more information and assistance.