Gifts to the School may be designated to:

• Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund--Gifts support the training of future veterinarians and are an investment in the future of the veterinary medicine profession.

Ways of Giving

• Opportunity Scholarship Program--Established in 1998, the Program is designed to foster scholarship support and mentoring opportunities for students. Since the program's inception, 80 Opportunity Scholarships have been awarded. The first-year students who receive these four-year scholarships of $2,500 per annum, for a total of $10,000, are matched up for their mentoring experience with their donor(s) or a faculty member. Recipients are selected based on their strong academic qualifications and financial need.
  
  Opportunity Scholarships provide the donor the satisfaction of honoring a friend, relative or a family name, while at the same time investing in the future of the veterinary medicine profession by supporting the training of a future veterinarian. For more information, please contact Dori Myers at (215) 746-7438 or at dmyers@vet.upenn.edu.

  Opportunity Scholarship Brochure and Pledge Form
  
   

• Dean's Discretionary Fund--Gifts are used by the dean in areas that will best provide for the needs of the School.

• Friends of New Bolton Center

• Friends of the Ryan Veterinary Hospital at Penn

• Pet Memorial Program--Established in 1982, the Pet Memorial Program has grown from a handful of veterinarians to a large group of practitioners across the country who make gifts in memory of clients' pets. The funds raised enhance teaching and service, which enables the Ryan Veterinary Hospital at Penn to provide the best veterinary care for its companion animal patients and remain at the forefront of veterinary education.

  Pet Memorial Program Card Order Form

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Ways of Giving

• By making a gift with your credit card through a secure online transaction.

• By sending your check, made payable to the "Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania," to: 

Office of Development and Alumni Relations

University of Pennsylvania

School of Veterinary Medicine

3800 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6047

• Matching gifts can double or even triple your gift to the School! If you have already made a gift or are about to make one, please visit the University of Pennsylvania Matching Gifts Database to see if your and/or your spouse's employer has a corporate matching gift program. If you don't find a listing, please contact your human resources department. Don't forget, too, that many employers will match the gifts of their nonemployee directors, retired employees, and the spouses, widows, or widowers of retired employees.

• Owners of appreciated assets can obtain substantial tax benefits by transferring those assets directly to the School. First, you will receive an income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the stock on the effective date of their gift. In addition, you avoid capital gains tax on the transfer. For more information, including an example of the benefits of making a gift of appreciated securities, visit Penn's Office of Gift Planning web page on Outright Gifts. 

For transfer instructions, please contact Penn's Office of the Treasurer at (215) 898-7254 or at gifts@pobox.upenn.edu. This will help to ensure both timely receipt and appropriate allocation of the gift. To notify the Office of the Treasurer of your gift of securities, please complete the online form.

• Learn about the benefits of naming the School as a beneficiary of your will, retirement plan, life insurance policy, life income gift or other type of planned giving arrangement by visiting the Planned Giving web page.

   For more information on how to support the School, please contact Dori Myers , at (215) 746-7438 or at dmyers@vet.upenn.edu.