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Endowments

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Endowments

Endowment funds are essential to the vitality and financial security of The Ohio State University. They preserve gifts in perpetuity so they can power the university’s core mission of education, research, knowledge creation and community service.

Endowment donors have unique opportunities to see their gifts inspire, encourage and create excellence today, with the assurance that their investment will fortify Ohio State and touch countless lives for generations to come.

Endowments created at The Ohio State University enable donors to:

  • Make an enduring impact on students, faculty, researchers, patients and communities, now and into the future
  • Align their philanthropic passions and interests with permanent sources of support
  • Provide a lasting tribute for someone who has inspired them or changed their lives
  • Magnify higher education’s impact on today’s world, while also paying forward for tomorrow

Donors or their designees are kept apprised of their endowment’s ongoing impact through periodic reports and/or other communication.

The Board of Trustees approves the establishment of endowments and endowed positions, as well as the appointments of faculty or staff to the endowed positions. Appointment to an endowed chair or professorship remains the highest honor an academic institution can bestow upon a faculty member.

Endowed Faculty

From creating knowledge and advancing research to nurturing students’ growth and delivering life-saving patient care, endowed faculty are powering Ohio State to new heights of national prominence and global impact.

Endowed chairs and professorships not only help the university attract and retain the world’s most brilliant minds; they also provide protected time and resources for top faculty to pursue breakthroughs, teach the next generation and shape the direction of fields and industries that will improve lives, communities and circumstances.

Endowed Faculty

Answers to common endowment questions