Ways to Give


Southern Virginia University is four-year, teaching-focused, residential university aligned with Jesus Christ and His Restored Gospel as taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Please join us in this important work of expanding our capacity to bless the lives of more and more youth.

We are supported exclusively by student tuition and donations from a community of generous benefactors. We do not receive any financial subsidy from a state, endowment, or church.

Sponsorships

You can be a sponsor


Any Sponsor Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Sponsorship: varies – annually for 3 years

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities.

President Denna with Student Government

Sponsor Strategic Initiatives


Over the last decade, Southern Virginia University’s enrollment and revenues nearly doubled thanks to the leadership’s strategic investments in people, programs, and facilities. By giving to the unrestricted President’s Priority Fund, you will enable Acting President Denna to pursue strategic initiatives to usher the university into it’s next era of serving the Rising Generation.

Strategic Initiatives Pursued

  • People: doubled faculty, increased compensation, enhanced employee benefits
  • Programs: Partnered with Salesforce, created Office of Student Success, added dozens of recruiting magnets
  • Tech & Infrastructure: Partnered with Apple, upgraded facilities, added tech-rich classrooms

Results

  • Enrollments nearly doubled from 600 to 1039
  • Revenues nearly doubled from $10M to $18M

You can sponsor strategic initiatives.


President’s Priority Fund: Gifts of any amount

Picture of the 2019 Graduating Class

Sponsor Scholarships


We keep tuition as low as possible to make our premium education affordable for faithful Latter-day Saints and like-minded students. In fact, we currently charge less than half the price of comparable private colleges and universities.

In addition to affordable tuition, we offer nearly $6 million in tuition discounts every year. We award these discounts to more than 95% of our students in the form of institutional scholarships for:

  • Academics: Awarded for academic achievement.
  • Need: Awarded based on economic need.
  • Missionary Service: Awarded to Returned Missionaries
  • Seminary Attendance: Awarded to Seminary graduates
  • Talent: Awarded for talent in the performing and visual arts.

Scholarships of any size also help students avoid burdensome debt.

You can sponsor student scholarships


Scholarship Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Scholarship: $100,000 annually for 3 years

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities

Professor Armstrong in a class

Sponsor a Professorship


Learning from world class professors in small, engaging classes is the hallmark of Southern Virginia University. Our professors prioritize students and their learning above all else.

Our amazing faculty devote their time and energy to lift students one by one within a faith-promoting, spiritually safe learning environment. Their inspiring instruction coupled with meaningful mentorship shapes today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders–in the world and workforce as we as the home and the Church.

You can sponsor a professorship.


Faculty Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Professorship: $100,000 annually for 3 years

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities

Three students working on a science research project

Sponsor an Academic Program


We combine Liberal Arts with the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, resulting in a transformative, multidisciplinary education that draws from the best sources taught by the best professors.

We excel at preparing students for successfully lives and careers. Recent graduates have launched into:

Top grad schools including:

  • Harvard
  • Yale
  • Stanford
  • MIT
  • Oxford

Top companies including:

  • Deloitte
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Ford
  • Microsoft
  • Adobe

You can sponsor an academic program.


Academics Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Academic Program: $100,000 – $500,000 annually

Named gifts cover annual program costs for at least 3 years.

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities.

Picture of an Ipad being used in class

Sponsor Technology


As an Apple Distinguished School–an honor awarded to only a handful of colleges in the country–we equip every student and professor with an iPad to enhance learning outcomes while leveling the technological playing field regardless of economic means.


Using the latest Apple technology and supporting software, we strive to meet the unique and evolving learning needs ot the rising generation while reducing student costs, such as textbooks. This tech empowers students, facilitates innovation in the classroom and disrupts traditional, lecture-based teaching methods in favor of collaborative learning.

95% of students said the iPad improves their classroom experience and increases collaboration with professors.

You can sponsor technology.


Technology Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named LaunchPad Program: $100,000 annually for 3 years

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities

Cast of A Midsummer Nights Dream

Sponsor the Arts


The Arts provide an opportunity for students to hone their talents and perform in the spotlight–skills that will serve them throughout their lives and careers. Nearly one-third of our students participate in performing or visual arts, well above the national average. In many ways, the Arts are the heart and soul of our campus.

Because the Arts help recruit incremental students who may not have attended otherwise, sponsoring these programs also generates an annual return on investment for the university.

You can sponsor the Arts.


The Arts Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Arts Program: $250,000 – $500,000 annually

Named gifts cover annual program costs for at least 3 years.

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities.

Football versus Bridgewater College

Sponsor a Team


With 27 athletics teams, we’re home to the only NCAA DIII athletics program for Latter-day Saints. In the classroom and on the field, student-athletes gain unparalleled life experiences. Competing alongside faith-supportive teammates and coaches, our student-athletes learn to perform in every facet of their lives.

Because athletic teams help recruit incremental students who may not have attended otherwise, sponsoring these programs also generates an annual return on investment for the university.

You can sponsor a team.


Athletics Fund: Gifts of any amount

Named Athletics Program: $250,000 – $500,000 annually

Named gifts cover annual program costs for at least 3 years

Talk to your gift officer about naming and endowment opportunities

Smiling young woman

Office of University Development


Our goal is to strengthen the University and further its mission through charitable contributions. To coordinate gifts in kind, estate planning, or contributions of securities or annuities, please contact a helpful member of our development team.

Brett Garcia

EVP & Chief Development Officer
540-261-8444
development@svu.edu


Jessi Whipple

Director of Development Operations
540-261-8444
jessi.whipple@svu.edu


Jordan Sorensen

Senior Data Analyst
540-261-8444
jordan.sorensen@svu.edu


Bill Braddy

Gift Officer
540-784-5592
bill.braddy@svu.edu


Cameron Crowther

Gift Officer
540-319-7070
cameron.crowther@svu.edu


Richard George

University Ambassador
303-638-7753
richard.george@svu.edu


Richard G. Whitehead

University Ambassador
540-460-0051
richard.whitehead@svu.edu