Office of Institutional Advancement
FAQs

Ways to Give

Matching Gifts

Planned Gifts

Donor-Advised Funds

Endowed and Current Use Scholarships

CHAIRishing Campaign

Endowment and Unrestricted Gifts

Additional FAQs

Ways to Give

Every gift matters. Your gift makes a powerful difference in the lives of our students, alumni and faculty, and supports Morehouse College as a foremost contributor of Black male excellence.

Giving Inquires?
Please contact us at
470-639-0355 or
giving.inquiries@morehouse.edu
for additional assistance.

Matching Gifts

Many companies encourage employees to donate to their favorite charities by matching their contributions. You may increase the impact of your donation to Morehouse College through your employer’s gift-matching program, which could double or possibly triple your contribution. Some companies even match donations made by retirees and/or spouses. To find out if your company will match your donation to Morehouse College, please enter your employer’s name below.

My Company Participates – What’s Next?

1. Obtain a matching gift form and program guidelines from your human resources office or simply fill out the online form provided in the lookup tool above.
2. Fill in the employee section of the form and mail it to Morehouse College along with your donation.
   
   Or, if you've made your contribution online or by another method, simply complete the form and mail it to: 
   
   Office of Institutional Advancement
   Morehouse College
   830 Westview Drive SW
   Atlanta, GA 30314
   
3. We will complete the form and return it to your employer's matching gifts office for processing. The company should send its matching donation directly to Morehouse College.

Some companies disburse matching gifts on a quarterly or yearly schedule. To reduce administrative expenses, Morehouse College will not forward a notice to employees when matching contributions are received. If you ever have a question about your company's matching donation, contact your human resources or matching gifts department.

Giving Inquires?
Please contact us at
470-639-0355 or
giving.inquiries@morehouse.edu
for additional assistance.

Planned Gifts

Planned gifts make a lasting impact – now and beyond your lifetime. They are a meaningful opportunity to leave a legacy at Morehouse College.

A legacy gift with Morehouse College enables you to dedicate financial resources to your alma mater, and to do so in a way that fits your lifestyle, goals, and your family’s financial situation. You can even create a permanent gift to Morehouse College that will also provide an income stream to you or your loved ones, often with tax benefits for you and your family.

Giving Inquires?
Please contact us at
470-639-0355 or
giving.inquiries@morehouse.edu
for additional assistance.

Donor-Advised Funds

A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is an investment account that is used for charitable giving. DAFs can be relatively inexpensive to create and maintain, while also offering donors some ability to manage their tax situations through giving.

• DAFs can be easily set up through your financial institution or a community foundation to serve as a flexible charitable giving vehicle. For more information on how to establish a DAF, contact your community foundation or financial advisor. See the chart below for some options.
• Establish your DAF by making an irrevocable, tax-deductible donation to a public charity that sponsors a DAF program.
• Recommend grants to Morehouse College.
• Your advisor can mail the grant with your name, contact information and a check, cashier’s check or money order payable to “Morehouse College” to the following address:
  
  Office of Institutional Advancement
  Morehouse College
  830 Westview Drive SW
  Atlanta, GA 30314
  
• Our tax identification number (EIN) is 58-056620.

Minimum requirements for funding a DAF vary among sponsoring organizations. Some of the more common custodian’s requirements are below:

Giving Inquires?
Please contact us at
470-639-0355 or
giving.inquiries@morehouse.edu
for additional assistance.

Endowed and Current Use Scholarships

One of the most pressing needs in higher education today is funding for scholarships. Scholarships at Morehouse College allow deserving students to attain their educational goals, meet their professional objectives, and succeed to their fullest ability.

These awards provide tuition and funds toward room, board, and expenses. Scholarships are awarded to undergraduates using a variety of criteria, the most common of which is a combination of merit (e.g., academic achievement) and need. These scholarships can be renewable provided the student continues to meet the academic requirements of the College and the stipulations of the scholarship.

You can specify a minimum award amount for the scholarship, or you may prefer that the award be determined annually, thus providing more flexibility regarding the number of scholarship recipients each year.

Endowed Scholarships

• The minimum endowment to establish a major student scholarship is $1,000,000. This will provide one student full tuition for four years.
• Donors may endow partial-tuition scholarships starting with minimum gifts of $50,000 or higher. 
• Please note that endowed scholarships can be named.

Current Use Scholarships

• Current use scholarships can be established with gifts between $100 and $49,999.
• Current use scholarships cannot be named when under $50,000.

Scholarship Selection Criteria

The specific scholarship selection criteria must be described in every gift agreement, including reference to a set of endowed scholarship guidelines.  These selection criteria must not be so restrictive that the scholarship cannot be awarded; similarly, requirements for renewing the scholarship, once it's awarded, should not be so high that the scholarship recipient finds them impossible to meet. Please note that merit (e.g. academic achievement) scholarships are needed most at Morehouse College.

Questions about Scholarships?
Contact Rhonda Elmore at rhonda.elmore@morehouse.edu or 470-639-0949.

CHAIRishing Campaign

Add Your Name to Morehouse History!

The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel serves as the world’s most prominent religious memorial dedicated to the life, legacy, and Black social gospel justice tradition of its iconic namesake, Martin Luther King Jr. It is a beacon for global change and an incubator for innovative ideas that advance civil human rights ethics. For those who dream of a beloved world economic community, nonviolent social change, personal and inclusive transformation, peace, and justice, the King Chapel at Morehouse College offers a scholastic and spiritual home for the study of King and his philosophy.

A $1,500 gift will enable you to buy a new tuxedo seat with an engraved plaque that will be on display in the historic venue. Highlight your own name on a chair or honor the memory of a loved one.

An investment in preserving King Chapel, our global treasure at Morehouse, is an investment in the ideals, values, vision, and courage of emerging servant scholar-leaders, who, in ways small and grand, will carry on King’s legacy and fulfill his dream.

How to Purchase a Nameplate:

1. Go to www.giving.morehouse.edu.
2. Enter the gift amount of $1,500. In the designation search box, search for CHAIRishing King Chapel Fund. This is the fund to designate your gift to CHAIRishing.
3. After you make your gift, click here to create the nameplate for your chair: https://morehousecollege.formstack.com/forms/chairishing_campaign_collection.  
4. Each chair plaque may include as many as three lines, and each line may have a maximum of 26 characters. Spaces and punctuation are considered characters. Messages that contain inappropriate language will not be engraved.
5. To see the location of your chair and nameplate in the chapel, click here:
   (new web page to be designed that is searchable by name to locate the chair and nameplate).

Questions about the CHAIRishing Campaign?
Contact LaQuita Green at laquita.green@morehouse.edu or 470-639-0244.

Endowment and Unrestricted Gifts

Endowment Gifts

Once established, endowment gifts are a dependable and perpetual source of support. An endowment is a fund established by a gift in which the donor has imposed the restriction that the principal remains intact; only income and growth from the principal can be used to support the stated purpose of the fund.

A minimum gift of $50,000 is needed to establish a new endowment at Morehouse College.

Several endowments are already established at Morehouse College, including the Morehouse Unrestricted Endowment Fund and the Morehouse General Endowed Scholarship Fund. To search for an existing endowed fund to support, go to www.giving.morehouse.edu. Search for a fund from the Designation Search Box.

If you would like to establish a new endowment, please contact OIA Vice President, Hodan Hassan at hodan.hassan@morehouse.edu.

Unrestricted Gifts

Annual gifts of all sizes, particularly unrestricted donations, are a critical source of support for Morehouse College. Unrestricted gifts are applied to the area of greatest immediate need—without limitations to their use.

Annual gifts of this nature provide essential year-to-year support for scholarships, faculty development, infrastructure, and technology. They also provide the President with important latitude to undertake new initiatives, plan for long-term financial stability, and meet unanticipated needs.

Your unrestricted gift of any size today makes a big impact and goes to work immediately!

If you would like to make an unrestricted gift, you can make it at www.giving.morehouse.edu.

For more information on unrestricted gifts, please contact OIA Vice President Hodan Hassan at hodan.hassan@morehouse.edu.

Additional FAQs

How do I get in touch with someone for gift assistance?

Please contact us at 470-639-0355 or giving.inquiries@morehouse.edu for additional assistance.

What is Morehouse College’s Tax ID (EIN)?

Our federal tax identification number (EIN) is 58-056620.

What address do I mail a check to?

Our address is:

Office of Institutional Advancement
Morehouse College
830 Westview Drive SW
Atlanta, GA 30314

Please designate your gift by listing the fund you are supporting in the Memo section of the check.

Can I make a gift in memory or honor of someone?

Honoring a family member, friend, classmate, or faculty member with a gift is a touching way to pay tribute to a loved one. To do so, please go to www.giving.morehouse.edu.

Check the box for This gift is a tribute (to). Fields will appear to list the first and last names of the individual you are honoring, as well as a field to list if the gift is in honor of or in memory of.

In the Comments box, please also let us know the full name of the person the gift is honoring or in memory of.

Can I make my gift anonymously?

Yes. To do so, please go to www.giving.morehouse.edu.

Check the box for Anonymous.

How do I create a recurring gift?

Recurring donors provide Morehouse College with consistent sources of support. Thank you for considering signing up as one of our most loyal donors to provide critical aid at a recurring interval.

To do so, please go to www.giving.morehouse.edu.

Select RECURRING as the gift type:

Can I set the frequency of my recurring gift?

Yes. You will set your recurring gift to a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual frequency on the gift form. You will also set the start date that the recurring gift should begin.

All subsequent recurring gift payments are processed on the 15^th of the month.

Can I give to more than one designation (fund) on the online gift form?

Yes. To do this, please go to www.giving.morehouse.edu. Under the Search for Designation box, click on Add another gift to your donation.

Can I make a donation in-kind?

Alternative non-monetary gifts such as equipment or books are always appreciated. Please call 470-639-0355 or send an email to keyka.vereen@morehouse.edu for more information on making such a donation. 

What is alumni participation?

Alumni participation is an annual metric calculated using a simple formula:

• This calculation is done each fiscal year. Morehouse College operates on a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year.
• Alumni donors are any alumni who make charitable contributions directly to Morehouse College
• The total number of contactable alumni is the total number of the living Morehouse alumni population subtracting out anyone who is unable to be contacted. You are unable to be contacted if you have no valid address and no valid phone number and no valid email address.

Why does alumni participation matter?

Participation rates can have a major impact on institutional reputation.

Why is your participation so important? Annual gifts help ensure the continued excellence of the Morehouse experience. Plus, participation sends a message to the world about the quality of the Morehouse degree and alumni success. Annual giving is an essential resource for the College. Corporations and foundations look to alumni participation rates as a key measure of alumni satisfaction in their alma mater because they believe their philanthropic research dollars should go to an institution with proven results.

Tuition is so expensive; doesn't it cover most expenses?

Tuition does not cover most expenses. The actual cost of a Morehouse education greatly exceeds tuition, so Morehouse often subsidizes the overwhelming majority of students. In fact, Morehouse College has a discounted tuition rate of more than 40% (approximately $25M annually). Much of this discounting is unfunded, which means this aid has no revenue source and represents tuition revenue foregone to incentivize enrollment and ensure accessibility.