Annual donations

Many donors contribute over several years, and some even for an entire lifetime.

Corporate matching programs

Many companies have a matching gift program with a number of charitable organizations, in which they match donations made by their employees.

Planned giving

A planned gift can be an outright donation, a deferred donation or a combination of the two.

A deferred donation can make a lasting impact as it extends a donor’s generosity over a long period.

Different forms of planned giving

• Gifts of securities (shares, stocks or bonds)
Donating your securities offers a twofold tax benefit. The taxable portion of capital gains that you would normally pay upon the sale of securities is eliminated when those securities are transferred to a charitable organization.  What’s more, you receive a receipt for income tax purposes, based on the closing value of the security on the day the transfer is made.

• Bequests
A gift by will (or bequest) is a donation involving part or all of a deceased person’s estate. Such donations are generally considered to have been made in the year of the testator’s death. A tax receipt is issued to the estate, which can be used for income tax purposes in the deceased individual’s final return.

• Gifts of life insurance
Donating a life insurance policy gives you the opportunity to make a substantial contribution while paying out relatively small monthly or yearly premiums. You can thus make a more sizeable gift than you may have originally planned. Life insurance can be an excellent planned giving tool and leaves the estate intact for the heirs.

• Gifts-in-kind
These are donations such as equipment, software, and other items suitable for university use. An official receipt for income tax purposes is issued in the amount equivalent to the gift’s fair market value.

Designated capital funds

Capital funds are invested in an endowment fund belonging to one of Campus Montréal’s three universities and managed according to established policies. The fund’s capital is non-transferable and protected so that only the expendable income is used to support the purpose designated by the donor.

Donors can choose to use the fund’s earnings to benefit one of Campus Montréal’s three institutions, a department, a field of study, a scholarship, a chair or an institute. The fund may bear the donor’s name or another name of the donor’s choosing; these naming opportunities are determined in accordance with established institutional policy.

Named scholarship or award

You can create a scholarship or award in your name or in the name of someone you wish to honour, in accordance with established institutional policy. As the donor, you can also define the recipient category (student, professor, researcher).

Memorial gifts

Memorial gifts pay tribute to the memory of a person who has passed away or to support a cause that was particularly important to the person being memorialized.