Endowed Gifts

Your Gift Can Last Forever

An endowment gift to Northwestern provides a brighter picture for the University’s future. When you support Northwestern’s endowment, you give a gift with both immediate and long-term benefits.

Here’s how it works: endowment gifts are invested, and a portion of the annual income from the investment is used to address immediate needs at the University. The remaining funds are reinvested to ensure indefinite support.

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View and download your copy of Endowments: A Never-Ending Legacy.

The Best Time is Now

donorsThe stars aligned in 1955 when Jack Frable ’59 MD, ’60 GME, ’64 GME, ’97 P and Mary Ann Frable ’59 MD, ’64 GME met during their first year in medical school. The Frables have since created a lasting legacy at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine by establishing the Frable Medical Students Scholars Program, an endowment that provides merit-based scholarships to help the school attract the most talented medical students.

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Next Steps

  1. Contact Northwestern Gift Planning at 800-826-6709 or giftplanning@northwestern.edu to discuss endowed gifts.
  2. Seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor.
  3. If you include Northwestern in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.

Legal name: Northwestern University
Address: 633 Clark Street, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Federal tax ID number: Please contact us for our federal tax ID number.

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