How to make your gift

Recognising your gift

The College would be delighted to recognise significant gifts to the Library restoration within the building, and there are a number of ways that can be arranged – large and small, traditional and creative – to reflect your relationship with this special space.

If you are interested in funding the restoration of a whole area of the Library – for example, the newly designed Annexe or the iconic upper wing – then the Rector and Director of Development would be delighted to discuss those opportunities with you. All donors to the project, regardless of the amount they choose to give, will be recognised within the Library once the restoration is complete, as a way of celebrating their generous support of Exeter College.

How to make your gift

UK

If you are a UK taxpayer and you make the gift from your personal income, it is possible to Gift Aid your donation which generates tax benefits for you the donor. An example is laid out below:

1A donor who pays tax at 40% and makes a gift of £20,000. The charity (Exeter College) receives £25,000 and the donor can claim higher-rate tax relief of £5,000 meaning the donation only costs the donor £15,000. 2 A donor who pays tax at 40% and wants to make a gift of £600,000 can give £480,000. The College, as a registered charity, can claim Gift Aid from the government of £120,000 to make up the difference. As a higher- rate taxpayer the donor can claim £120,000 back from HMRC via their self-assessment form.

So the gift only costs £360,000.

USA

It is possible to make a tax effective gift in USD via Americans for Oxford, Inc. This is the University’s primary charitable organisation in North America, and has been determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be a tax-exempt public charity with 501(c)(3) status. In compliance with IRS regulations, the Board of Directors of AFO maintains complete discretion over allocation of the gifts it receives. Gifts to AFO qualify for an income tax deduction to the full extent allowed by law. If you would like to discuss making your gift via AFO then please do contact the Development Office at Exeter College.

“Libraries are spaces of discovery, contemplation and understanding. The physical space they offer is never more important than now in our digitally dispersed world. The Library project commits to this importance and the resulting space will I hope benefit generations of students.”

Christopher Fletcher Fellow Librarian at Exeter College