Ways to give

If you’re eager to make an impact, making a gift online is the simplest way to give to the causes you care about. You can make a one-time gift, set up a recurring monthly gift, or pay an existing pledge online.

Looking for a particular fund? Type the name of the fund into our Find a Fund search bar or visit UBC's Memorial website to search for an in memoriam page.

If you need assistance, please contact Ana Merino at ana.merino@ubc.ca or at 604.822.6197. 

To send a gift by cheque, please make your cheque payable to the “University of British Columbia.” If you would like your donation to support a specific fund, please include a note with your cheque and mail it to:

UBC Annual Giving
500—5950 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3

A tribute gift is a meaningful way to convey sympathy to the bereaved, memorialize a loved one, or honour a person’s life and accomplishments.

Search UBC’s Memorial website to give a tribute gift in memory or in honour of someone special today. Sending a cheque? Simply write the name of the individual on the memo line, and we’ll take care of the rest. If you would like to notify the family or honouree, please provide their name and contact details. 

Let us help you celebrate a loved one’s life and legacy through a UBC Memorial Fund.

We can assist you in creating an online memorial page to provide friends and family with a place to share photos and memories, along with a powerful way to pay tribute through gifts in their honour. If a simple link to an online form will do, we can help with that too.

Complete this form to get started or call us at 604.827.4111 if you have any questions.

The world urgently needs what UBC Applied Science graduates have to offer. Whether they go on to become leaders in health, technology, design, or climate action, awards help to unlock a student's potential, making their future accomplishments possible.

Annual Awards

You can choose to fund an award on a year-to-year basis with an annual gift. If you choose to establish an ongoing award annually, an initial commitment of at least three years and a financial commitment of at least $10,000 is required.

Endowed Awards

An endowment supports your award in perpetuity. The university uses only the investment income generated by the capital to provide the award yearly. In this manner, the fund begins to build for the future, enabling the value of the award to increase over time. The university requires a minimum commitment of $50,000 for an endowed award.

If you are interested in creating an award to support UBC Applied Science students, please contact Lindsay Barber at lindsay.barber@ubc.ca or at 604.822.5854.

When you create an endowment, your gift is invested for the long term and the annual interest is distributed according to the terms you have established. Endowments provide stable, dependable support for UBC programs and students, for this generation and generations to come. For more information, visit the UBC Endowments page.

While there are many types of planned gifts designed to help you leave a lasting legacy, gifts in wills are a popular choice for their simplicity. For more information on bequests and the benefits of leaving a gift in your will, visit our Gift & Estate Planning page.

If you are considering a planned gift to support UBC Applied Science, please contact Karen Cheng at karen.cheng@ubc.ca or at 604.822.9976 to discuss your options.

A gift-in-kind is a non-cash donation and includes items such as equipment, materials, computer programs and real estate. Applied Science welcomes any gifts-in-kind for which it has a use from individuals and companies. Tax receipts for the fair market price are issued once the gift has been appraised and received.

If you’re interested in donating a gift-in-kind, please contact Ana Merino at 604.822.6197 or at ana.merino@ubc.ca.

A gift of securities is one of the most cost-effective ways to support UBC. When publicly listed securities including shares, bonds, warrants, stocks, mutual funds and segregated fund are donated to UBC, the tax on the capital gains is eliminated. This means you will receive substantially greater tax saving when you donate publicly traded securities directly to UBC.

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Cheng at karen.cheng@ubc.ca or 604.822.9976