Support Theatre
Giving Options
Gifts to the Theatre Department may be designed for a specific purpose or fund or given to the Department’s Enrichment Fund as discretionary funding. Be assured that it will make a difference! Common funds are shown below. Please contact Department Head Ken Martin if you would like more information or if you would like to target your gift for a purpose not shown. The Development Offices of the College and University would be pleased to have you ask about other forms of giving, such as bequests, charitable lead trusts, and gifts of the remainder interest in a personal residence or farm, and they are set up to help you evaluate the tax benefits of different gift options. All contributors making gifts of a hundred dollars or more are eligible for University recognition via the Gift Club.
The Theatre Enrichment Fund
The most general-purpose, flexible fund. This fund supports departmental activities that would not be possible within our operating budget. Examples include support for educational and cultural events on campus that benefit our students, support for student and faculty travel for research and professional development, and modernizing and updating facilities and equipment. The Geography Enrichment Fund is supported by direct donations as well as by interest payments generated by the Geography Endowment Fund.
The Carousel Theatre Campaign
One of the newest scholarships in the department. The Shelley Scholarship is to recruit and retain exceptional graduate students who contribute in significant ways to the diversity of the department. This scholarship is motivated by the belief that a socially, economically, and ethnically diverse student body helps all of us to better understand our world.
Theatre Endowment Fund
Endowment Funds are investment funds that are managed by the university. Quarterly dividends from the endowment are placed in the Theatre Department Enrichment Fund. Donations to the Theatre Endowment support long-run, sustainable financial needs of the department. Learn more about how to start an endowment, (please specify you’d like to establish the Theatre Department as beneficiary) here at the University of Tennessee Advancement page.
Where to Send Your Gift
Gifts to the Theatre Enrichment Fund can be made immediately online. Other gift designations should be sent to: The Department of Theatre, 206 McClung Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996. Please make checks payable to: University of Tennessee, being careful to use the memo line on the check to indicate “Theatre Department” and, if you wish, to indicate a specific fund. If you wish to discuss other gift opportunities, please contact Department Head Ken Martin at 865-974-6011 or by email.
