Endowments

Invest in the future of Nicholls

  • What is an Endowment?

    An endowment is a long term investment into the future. While all gifts to Nicholls contribute to the high quality of educational opportunities, endowments are particularly meaningful as they offer a dependable, perpetual source of funding. The investment made with the creation of an endowment provides the type of support that makes a real difference in the lives of our students, faculty, and staff by enhancing their education, research, daily work and academic excellence.

Support your passion, honor someone you love.

An advantage of creating an endowment is the freedom to choose how your investment will support Nicholls. Once you have chosen an area to support, you should assess the impact you would like your gift to have. Endowments inherently bring about a profound impact because of their longevity. The perpetuity of your gift will help Nicholls sustain support in the area of your choosing.

Endowments are also an excellent way to permanently honor your family, a mentor, or a loved one. Once you have created an endowment, your gift becomes part of Nicholls tradition. 

How Does an Endowment Work?

Endowed funds differ from others in that the total amount of the gift is invested. Each year, only a portion of the income earned is spent while the remainder is added to the principal for growth.  The Nicholls Foundation will invest the funds and will use 5% of the interest earned to benefit the area of support chosen by the donor.  With this method, an endowment is a perpetual gift to Nicholls State University. 

Endowments begin at $10,000, funded fully at its initiation or made as a pledge, payable over time. Donors may contribute any amount to an existing endowed program or pool resources with other like-minded individuals or companies to create a new endowment.

Endowed Scholarships

The endowed scholarships program permits Nicholls to draw students of high academic skills, personal merit and/or financial need. Because of scholarships established by alumni and friends of the University, many students are able to attend college and graduate with undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Scholarships are administered by the Nicholls Foundation and the Office of Financial Aid.

At the present time Nicholls has over 260 scholarships available to our students!

Create an Endowed Scholarship

An endowed scholarship is a fund where the earnings from the endowment will be used for a scholarship. Once the minimum endowment is established, which is $10,000.00, and the investment reaches the minimum amount to award, the scholarship will be available. Additionally, since the principal of the endowment will never be touched, the scholarship will exist in perpetuity.

Scholarship Information

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Endowment Details

Scholarship Requirements

1. Check the required status of scholarship recipient:
2. Check all classifications that apply for scholarship recipient:
3. Does the applicant have to be a graduate of a particular high school?
4. Does the applicant have to be a resident of a particular parish?
5. Does the recipient have to maintain a certain grade point average?
6. Once the recipient has been selected, for how long is the scholarship valid?
7. Does the recipient need to have a specific major?

Endowed Professorships

Endowment Professorships provide an excellent way for Nicholls to attract and retain highly qualified faculty. Faculty who are on the cutting edge of their respective disciplines help insure that students are receiving the finest instruction possible. Furthermore, in today’s time of such uncertainty with state budgets, a known source of income that is designated to our professors is vital to the success of the university.

Currently, Nicholls has 63 endowed professorships. For a full list, please click here:
Nicholls Endowed Professorships

For information about Endowements or any type of important level of gift making, please contact Jeremy Becker at 985.448.4006 or jeremy.becker@nicholls.edu.