Creating a Scholarship Endowment Fund

Funding a scholarship is much easier than it might seem

Endowing a scholarship helps deserving young people realize the dream of a higher education degree from The University of Alabama. This is extremely gratifying for donors. So is the knowledge that your scholarship lives in perpetuity since awards are made from interest earnings. 

Funding a scholarship is much easier than it might seem.

A gift of $25,000, payable over five years, endows a chapter scholarship. The minimum gift of $25,000 will be increasing on 7/1/2026, so best to get started now! Best of all, the Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) provides an annual match to any contributions made to your scholarship during a fiscal year. These funds come from UA’s National Alumni Association Collegiate License Tag program. During the last five fiscal years (ending 2023-24), the NAA has awarded a match averaging 58% of annual contributions. Not only does this provide the best ROI around, but it helps you reach the $25,000 endowment level more quickly. Of course, if your employer provides a corporate match, you can endow your scholarship even faster. 

Endowed scholarships can honor a spouse, family member, friend, or colleague in a way that is meaningful to them. Endowed scholarships can also provide the comfort of memorializing a loved one with a living legacy that will touch generations to come. 

To learn more about endowing a chapter scholarship to help deserving Houston-area students, please email our scholarship chair.

Note: Only scholarships endowed through Alabama's National Alumni Association, in association with an alumni chapter, are eligible for the collegiate license tag match.