What Donations Will Meet the Lenfest Challenge?

Several types of gifts will count as a match toward the Lenfest Challenge:

• Gifts made to the Lenfest Faculty Support Challenge Endowment. Gifts of any amount made to this endowment provide flexible funds to increase faculty salaries.

• Gifts endowing a named deanship ($5 million minimum.)  These gifts provide endowed support for competitive faculty compensation, while naming one of the most senior and prestigious faculty positions. 

• Gifts endowing a named professorship or an academic directorship ($1.25 million minimum, only until December 31, 2010.) These gifts provide endowed funds to recruit, support and retain outstanding faculty for existing positions.  Learn about Gerry Lenfest's special incentive to endow professorships through the Lenfest Challenge. 

• Gifts endowing a coaching position, including the position of Athletic Director ($1 million minimum.)  These gifts may be directed to a specific area within the Athletic Department, and will help to underwrite the salary of a specific coaching and teaching position.

• Gifts endowing a named term professorship ($500,000 minimum.) These prestigious awards help keep compensation competitive and honor faculty for their outstanding teaching. Term professorships recognize a different professor every three to five years.

• Gifts to support school or departmental faculty endowments ($100,000 minimum.) These gifts support faculty salaries in a donor’s particular area of interest.

The University will accept outright gifts and pledges counting toward the Lenfest Challenge by
December 31, 2010.