Giving
Support Your Rattlers
St. Mary’s has spent more than 170 years committed to shaping ethical leaders through academic excellence and faith formation. Every gift helps support the dynamic education our students seek. Join your fellow rattlers in making a difference.
Giving to St. Mary’s University is an investment in tomorrow’s leaders. Your support helps fund scholarships, student emergency assistance, and other expenses critical to providing an exceptional education to deserving and talented students fostered in the Catholic faith and Marianist tradition.
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Explore the St. Mary’s Planned Giving website to find out which giving option is right for you. Access our resources, view articles and explore your benefits by clicking on the link below.
Traditional Giving Methods
Mail or Phone
St. Mary’s University Advancement
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-436-3802To designate your gift, simply write your preferred designation in the memo section of a check or money order.
Online Giving
Giving to St. Mary’s University is an investment in tomorrow’s leaders. Your support helps fund scholarships, student emergency assistance, and other expenses critical to providing an exceptional education to deserving and talented students. Make a gift today by giving online.
Recurring Payments
1852 Club
The 1852 Club honors individuals who donate through a recurring gift. Donors who join the 1852 Club arrange for monthly gifts of $18.52 or more.
Renew Gift
Because of your continuous generosity, we can provide rigorous academic experiences for our students that allow them to lead successful and productive lives and give back to the world.
Employer Matching Programs
Matching Gifts
Maximize your charitable contribution to St. Mary’s University through the Matching Gifts Program. Many employers offer the opportunity to double – or even triple – your impact through a matching gift.
Leave a Legacy
Planed Giving
Extend your support of St. Mary’s University to make a lasting impact. Among the many ways to make a difference is to name St. Mary’s as a beneficiary in your will or living trust.
Life Insurance Policy or Financial Accounts
Life insurance policies can be given to St. Mary’s through new or existing policies. You can also designate St. Mary’s as a beneficiary on your policy. Many checking, savings and brokerage accounts can also be bequeathed to St. Mary’s through a “payable on death” designation for the university.
Will or Living Trust
Making a gift through a savings bond will help your fully appreciated savings bond avoid taxes and help to support St. Mary’s. As a partial, primary, or contingency beneficiary of your retirement plan, St. Mary’s will receive your ongoing support.
IRA Charitable Rollover
Make a difference today and save on taxes. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD for short. You can give any amount from your IRA directly to St. Mary’s University, a qualified charity, without having to pay income taxes on the money.
Stock
The easiest way to make a gift of stock is through your broker by Depository Trust Company (DTC ) transfer. For instructions, please contact University Advancement.
University Advancement | 210-436-3802
advancement@stmarytx.edu
Charitable Lead Trust
You can benefit from the tax savings that result from supporting St. Mary’s University without giving up the assets that you'd like your family to receive someday with a donation in the form of a charitable lead trust.
More Giving Options
Rattler Athletics
Support from our St. Mary’s University Community is the heartbeat of our Athletic Program and fuels our student-athletes with passion and purpose. Support our Rattlers today and help shape the future of Rattler Athletics.
Alumni Scholarships
Your gift to scholarships can change the course of a student’s life, honor a loved one and create a lasting legacy rooted in our Catholic and Marianist values.
Endow a Fund
At St. Mary’s University, endowed funds are transformative. They provide permanent
support. When you create an endowment, your gift is invested, and
each year 4.75% of its market value is distributed in perpetuity. The principal remains
intact, growing to support future generations.
Contact Us
For more information, contact Zandra Henderson, Executive Director of Advancement Services
Zandra Henderson
210-436-3802
zhenderson1@stmarytx.edu