Giving to Languages and Culture Studies
The Department of Languages and Culture Studies offers graduate and undergraduate programs of study in strategically selected languages, literatures, and film to develop students’ language skills, cultural knowledge, literacy, and critical thinking in order to prepare its graduates for participation and leadership in an increasingly global, multicultural, and multilingual society.
How to Give:
Credit Card
To donate via credit card, please click on the “Give Now” box and follow these instructions:
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and type in Language and Culture Studies Department Fund. Check the box next to the fund name.
- Click on the CREDIT CARD button.
- Under Gift Amount and Designations, enter the amount you wish to give and then fill in your donor information.
Matching gifts
If you or your spouse/partner work for company that matches your charitable gifts, you may be able to increase the size of your donation through a matching gift. Search our online database to see if your organization participates.
Endowments
Gifts made to create an endowed fund are invested for perpetuity. A portion of the earned income is then used to support the fund’s purpose. Any excess earnings are reinvested, allowing the fund to grow. Endowments may be created for student scholarships and fellowships, faculty chairs and professorships, or many other purposes.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts include gifts of marketable securities such as stocks and bonds; estate gifts through a bequest in a will or through a trust; charitable gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts that provide a lifetime income stream to the donor; and other gifts of real estate or tax-deferred retirement assets. For more information, please go to this website.
Checks
Please make your check payable to “UNC Charlotte Foundation” and mark LACS Discretionary Fund on the Memo line. Please mail to:
UNC Charlotte
Department of Languages and Culture Studies
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223