Unrestricted Giving

Flexible support for Penn’s highest priorities

SCROLL

Unrestricted and flexible-use giving empowers Penn’s leaders to support the most important priorities of the day. They allow our leadership to support exciting new initiatives, and they help the University to respond to the unexpected—including funding gaps, emergencies, or opportunities that demand immediate attention.

Whether supporting The Penn Fund (undergraduate needs across the University), annual giving in a specific School or Center, or Dean’s discretionary fund, your unrestricted gift will always go where it is needed most.

The following funds represent ways to give to immediate needs.

Explore Opportunities

Penn students smiling on campus, representing The Penn Fund’s impact on student opportunity and community at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Penn Fund

Gifts to The Penn Fund support a wide range of undergraduate needs—from financial aid and emergency funding to student life initiatives, clubs, and activities.

Learn More
Joyful group of diverse graduates in cap and gowns at their commencement ceremony.

School and Center Annual Giving Funds

Annual giving to individual schools and centers provides flexible, budget-relieving resources that can be used for urgent priorities like student aid or emerging opportunities.

Learn More
An exterior view of Van Pelt Library at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dean and Center Director Discretionary Funds

At Penn, unrestricted giving to these funds give deans and center directors the ability to support top priorities beyond the reach of their regular operating budgets.

Learn More

Stories

View All Stories
Two dancers perform in in case of fire, speak, a collaboration between the Martha Graham Dance Company and PHILADANCO! presented with Penn Live Arts.

Now, All the City’s a Stage

Artists are taking the stage across Philly—and at Penn—for America 250, thanks to the formidable Katherine Sachs, CW’69, and ArtPhilly

Read Story
Cherry blossoms frame College Hall on Penn’s campus under a bright sky

Forging a Path to Success

A new gift from Sapna and Ashish Shah strengthens Penn First Plus and reimagines the transition to college

Read Story
Guests at the Benjamin Franklin Society New York event gather at the New York Historical.

An Evening with the Benjamin Franklin Society at The New York Historical

Members gather in New York City to celebrate the impact of leadership annual giving at Penn

Read Story