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Our legal name is University of Victoria. Our charitable registration number is:

10816 2470 RR0001

Thank you so much! Your support is greatly appreciated. You can right away.

On the form where it says "Designation", choose "Other fund" and write the name of the fund, project or award in the box that opens up below. We'll get in touch if we need more clarification.

You can also call 250-721-7624 or email giving@uvic.ca for help making a gift.

Yes. You can specify this when making your donation online, by mail or however you make your gift. We will mark you as anonymous to ensure that your name is not published anywhere. If you made a gift to a tribute fund or to honour someone, we won’t share your name with the honouree.

All of your donation goes directly to the fund you choose. For example, if you give to an annual student award, 100% goes to student recipients. UVic does not take an administrative fee from your gift.

For research-related donations, standard indirect costs may apply to support the infrastructure that makes groundbreaking work possible—like labs, equipment, and research staff. This will be clearly outlined in the gift agreement.

Review our giving options and check our gift acceptance policies and procedures.

If you graduated from UVic, or are the family member of a UVic alum, you can make your donation directly to the University of Victoria by credit card or cheque. Get more information about giving as an international donor.

Contact Donor Relations and we will look up your donation records.

Contact the Annual Giving office at 250-472-4924 to provide your new credit card number. If you’ve missed a payment, you have the option to double-up on your next gift.

Contact the Annual Giving office at 250-472-4924 or email giving@uvic.ca.

Consolidated tax receipts for monthly donations are sent out in February for donations made in the previous year. If you haven’t received your tax receipt, email Donor Relations and we will send you a copy.

If you made your gift online, you should receive a tax receipt via email within 24 hours. If we don’t have an email on file for you, we will issue your tax receipt via mail within 30 days. We follow the Canada Revenue Agency guidelines for issuing charitable tax receipts.

If you have set up a recurring gift, consolidated tax receipts for monthly donations are sent out in February for donations made in the previous year.

We can send replacement tax receipts. Contact Donor Relations with as many details about the gift(s) as possible, such as what you supported, the gift amount and the date of the gift. Even if you don’t remember this information, we can still reissue the receipt.

Contact Donor Relations with the tax receipt number, your correct full name and address (for identification purposes) and the name on the original tax receipt.

Note: we can only issue tax receipts to the person who provided the funds.

As a Canadian university, we process donations in Canadian dollars. Gifts received are automatically converted by our financial institution.

If you are a UVic alum living in the US, you may be able to use your Canadian dollar tax receipt for your US tax return. Check with your accountant or local tax office for more info. Read more information for international donors.  

Contact Donor Relations or call 250-721-7624 so we can update our records.

Contact Donor Relations or call 250-721-7624 so we can update our records. UVic alumni can use the change of address form.

Visit our current donors page to learn about how we communicate with donors and to change your communication preferences.

You may get a phone call from one of our student callers to keep you updated on alumni benefits and services, events and other university news. They also call to share how you can make an impact with a donation to UVic, and to thank you for gifts you’ve made in the past.

The caller ID will be 250-721-6002. You can trust this is a safe number and is not a spam call.

Contact Kristy Colpron, Manager, Legacy Giving and Estate Administration, or call 250-721-8967.

A new annual fund can be established with a gift of $3,000 (distributed at $1,000 per year for three consecutive years). A new endowed fund can be established with a gift of $25,000 (distributed at $1,000 per year in perpetuity). You can also build towards this amount with smaller gifts over a five-year period. 

You can support your loved ones and the university by thoughtfully dividing your estate or assigning assets like life insurance, pensions or RRIFs. An estate planner or financial advisor can help you make the most of your plan, balancing generosity with tax savings. Read more about planned giving options.

Yes. The legacy giving team can work with you and your lawyer to draft tailored wording to specify your intentions.

You can set up a tribute fund in memory of someone special or in honour of a person, special event or anniversary. Learn more about setting up a fund.

Visit the create a fund or award page to learn about your options. Or, start a conversation with us.

If you are the main contact for an award, Donor Relations will send you notices of recipients and award dispersals annually. Depending on the type of the award, you may also receive some letter(s) from student recipients.

According to the UVic privacy policy, and to protect the privacy of students facing challenging financial situations, we cannot provide individual names of bursary recipients or the amounts they received.

All awards available to students are searchable on the SAFA website.

Information about donor awards can be viewed on the awards background page.

You can set up funds or awards on an annual basis or through an endowment.

Annual funds are not invested and will be spent down each year.

Endowed gifts are invested by the University of Victoria Foundation. Once set up, only the investment income generated is spent annually. The capital remains in perpetuity.

Visit the create a fund or award page to learn about your options. Or, start a conversation with us.