Giving

Capital and program support opportunities abound at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. While the opening of our new home in Miller Hall will find many spaces recognizing individual and corporate sponsors, many naming opportunities remain. Further, given the evolving curricula in traditional business education and the addition of new initiatives, such as in entrepreneurship and ethics, programmatic support needs are great.

The Office of the Dean and Development & External Relations are prepared to work closely with those who want to invest in advancing the Mason School's internationally acclaimed academic programming. Contact Kimberly Sperling at kimberly.sperling@wmbsf.org or 757-221-7848 for further information on naming opportunities.

Graduate business students are supported in part by a number of scholarship funds created to help today's students achieve the William & Mary experience. These gifts are essential in helping the Mason School attract and compete for the best and brightest students. Annual gifts of $10,000 can make a difference through an expendable partial scholarship.

Taking the long view? Endowed scholarships may be established within The W&M Business School Foundation and will benefit students every year in perpetuity. For example, an endowed fund of $500,000 established today would provide a full graduate student scholarship every year. What a great way to create a lasting legacy or to recognize a family member or a favorite business professor.

A few examples of these funds invested for student support are:

• The Priscilla E. Case Memorial MBA Scholarship
• The Penny and Bill George Graduate Scholarship
• MBA Alumni Scholarship Fund
• The Pamela J. Penny and James D. Penny Accounting Scholarship
• The Lura Dixon Showalter MBA Fellowship
• The Marvin Miles Stanley Scholarship

Making a bequest to the Raymond A. Mason School of Business is a wonderful way to ensure the future financial security of the school. Please name the WILLIAM AND MARY BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Federal Tax ID #23-7079011) as the beneficiary of your will, revocable living trust, or retirement plan. If you already have a will, you can add a codicil or amendment to your existing estate plan.

The sample language provides unrestricted support for the Business School. To specify a specific program or purpose within the school (such as a scholarship), please contact us to provide you with specific language.

Sample Language

I give, devise and bequeath [the sum of $______/______ percentage of the rest and remainder of my estate] to the WILLIAM AND MARY BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION, (Federal Tax ID #23-7079011), a 501(c)(3) Virginia corporation located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The administrative contact for estates and trusts naming as beneficiary of the WILLIAM AND MARY BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION is the Office of Gift Planning, University Advancement, Discovery I, ADV-2, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795.

Questions?

Please contact Kimberly Sperling at kimberly.sperling@wmbsf.org or 757-221-7848