Gift Purpose
Gift purposes are designated for unit use and are not included in the reporting completed by UVAFinance. The use of gift funds may be specified for purposes such as professorships, fellowships, scholarships, books, teaching, research, lectures, etc., that can be supported by varying amounts of funding. A gift must be set up with an appropriate primary gift purpose and an alternative purpose can be designated if desired by the unit.
A list of the most common gift purpose selections has been provided below. Additional purpose selections may be added within Workday on an ad hoc basis and may not be defined within the list provided.
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Gift Purpose |
Description |
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Capital Projects |
A gift that will be used for construction expenditures or for the acquisition of University property |
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Fellowship-General |
A gift that awards scholarships to graduate students without Donor restriction |
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Fellowship-Specific |
A gift that awards scholarships to graduate students with Donor restriction |
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Hospital |
A gift that supports the patient care operations of the University Medical Center |
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Journal |
A gift used for journal publications |
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Lecture |
A named endowed fund to provide a lecture program for a school, department, or program |
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Library |
A gift used to support Library activities |
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Loans |
A gift that create a student loan program |
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Operational |
A gift given for operational uses (instruction, administration, libraries, student services, institutional support, etc.) |
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Prize and Premium |
A gift that is given to establish an award or prize fund |
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Professorship |
Endowed chairs established by private donors |
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Research |
A gift that supports the general research activities of the University |
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Research – Restricted |
A gift that supports research activities of the University with Donor restriction |
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Scholarship-General |
A gift that awards scholarships to undergraduate students without donor restriction |
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Scholarship-Merit Based |
A gift that awards scholarships only to students based on merit |
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Scholarship-Need Based |
A gift that awards scholarships only to students based on need |
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Scholarship-Specific |
A gift that awards scholarships to undergraduate students with Donor restrictions (not need or merit based) |
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Student Programs |
A gift given for the primary purpose of supporting student programming |
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Student Support |
A gift given for the primary purpose of contributing to the students’ wellbeing and overall development |
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Unrestricted-Dean |
A gift given for unrestricted use by the Dean |
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Unrestricted-Department |
A gift given for unrestricted use by the Department |
Gifts provided to be an endowed professorship must be designated with the gift purpose of Professorship. This distinction identifies that the professorship can be used within the Workday HCM module.