WAYS TO GIVE

General Information

Online Gifts

Penn Law offers a secure website to make a gift to the Law School. To make a gift online, click here

Gifts by Check

Please make checks payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. You can send them to the University of Pennsylvania Law Development & Alumni Relations Department, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Gifts by Credit Card

Gifts can be made via our secure website located here. However, if you are uncomfortable with sending your credit card information over the internet, please call the Law Development and Alumni Relations office at 215.898.5653.

Appreciated Securities

Penn Law welcomes gifts of appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. Please contact Jean Suta, the Securities Gifts Administrator, at (215) 898-7254 for assistance when considering or making gifts of appreciated securities. It is important to specify Penn Law School as the recipient of the gift to ensure that it is properly credited and acknowledged. Transfer Request Form (.doc)

Estate Gifts & Planned Giving

Contributions can be made as Planned Gifts and Bequests, which can provide valuable tax, income, and estate planning benefits for the donor and his or her family. For more information please contact Al Russo.

All gifts made to Penn Law are counted toward Bold Ambitions: The Campaign for Penn Law, the most ambitious fundraising drive in the history of the Law School.

Annual Giving

The best way to support the Law School is through the Penn Law Annual Giving Fund, which provides critical funding for scholarship programs that allow Penn Law to attract the most exemplary students, regardless of their financial status.

BFS Giving Societies

Penn Law is grateful for the loyal contributions of our many alumni and friends. Your dedication to the Law School's mission and founding principles -- legal education, scholarly research and service to the community -- ensures our position as one of the nation's preeminent centers of legal education. Those who contribute annually and enhance the Law School's future are recognized through the following gift societies:

Benjamin Franklin Society Ambassadors

Donors who give $25,000 or more each year to Law Annual Giving

Benjamin Franklin Society Founders

Donors who give between $10,000 and $24,999 each year to Law Annual Giving

Benjamin Franklin Society Fellows

Donors who give between $5,000 and $9,999 each year to Law Annual Giving

Benjamin Franklin Society Associates

Donors who give between $2,500 and $4,999 each year to Law Annual Giving

Red and Blue Society Members

Donors who give between $1,000 and $2,499 each year to Law Annual Giving

Annual Giving FAQs

For more information about Annual Giving, please contact:

Laura Tepper
Director of Annual Giving
Tel: 215.898.5653
Email: ltepper@law.upenn.edu

Restricted Gifts

Named Giving Opportunities are available to donors who would like to restrict their gifts for specific purposes. Penn Law offers many different opportunities, including term and endowed scholarships, term and endowed professorships, and spaces around the Penn Law campus.

For more information about restricted giving, please contact:

Cricket Brosius
Director of Major Gifts
Tel: 215.898.0860
Email: cbrosius@law.upenn.edu