Endowment Giving
Lasts Beyond a Lifetime
An endowed gift to the IDEA Promise Foundation is not a donation — it is a permanent investment. Your principal is protected forever, and its returns fund IDEA scholars year after year, long after you are gone.
Why Endowment Giving Is Different
Most charitable gifts are spent once. An endowment gift works forever. Your contribution joins a managed investment fund — your principal is never touched, and the annual returns fund scholarships in perpetuity. One gift. Infinite impact.
Perpetual Impact
Endowment funds are permanent. Your gift, once made, will support IDEA scholars every single year — for decades, generations, and beyond. It never runs out.
Principal Protection
Your endowment principal is never spent. Only the returns are distributed, following a formal Investment Policy Statement reviewed by our Finance Committee each year.
Your Name, Your Legacy
Endowed funds can be named in honor of you, your family, a loved one, or your company — creating a meaningful and lasting recognition tied to student achievement.
Flexible Ways to Make Your Gift
Cash Gift
The simplest and most immediate form of endowment investment. One-time or multi-year pledge commitments both accepted.
Appreciated Securities
Donating stocks or mutual funds that have appreciated in value may allow you to avoid capital gains tax while maximizing your gift's impact.
Bequest / Will
Name the IDEA Promise Foundation as a beneficiary in your will or trust. A bequest costs nothing today and creates a legacy that will endure.
IRA Charitable Rollover
If you are 70½ or older, you can transfer up to $105,000 per year directly from your IRA to the Foundation — tax-free and satisfaction-guaranteed.
See How Endowment Grows Over Time
An endowed fund of $25,000, invested at a conservative 5% annual return, distributes approximately $1,250 per year in perpetuity. Over 20 years, that's $25,000 in scholarships — in addition to your original gift, which remains intact forever.
A $100,000 endowment generates approximately $5,000 in scholarships every single year — helping 2–4 students annually, compounding impact year over year.
- Endowment principal is never spent — only returns are distributed
- Funds are professionally managed by an independent investment committee
- Annual payout rate is reviewed and approved by the Board
- Endowment performance is reported to donors annually
Years your fund will give
From Our Donors
Why Investors Choose IDEA Promise
"A Return You Can Feel."
"We've made many charitable investments over the years, but the IDEA Promise Foundation is different. Every year, we receive a report about the student our scholarship funded. We watch them graduate. That's not a donation — that's a return you can actually feel."
— Corporate Partner, Texas-Based Financial Services Firm
"My Parents' Legacy, Now Permanent."
My parents were immigrants who believed education was everything. When I established the Garcia Family Endowed Scholarship, I gave their belief a permanent home. Every student who receives it carries their legacy forward."
— Individual Donor, Garcia Family Scholarship Fund
Starts Today.
Whether you give $5 a month or establish a $100,000 endowment, you are choosing to invest in a future where every IDEA student who earns a seat in college also earns their degree. That future starts with you.
