Giving to Penn Vet
Supporting Penn Vet is a powerful and direct means of making a positive impact on the field of animal care for animals at our hospitals and beyond. The generous contributions from donors enable us to attract top-tier faculty, support our students, and enhance our facilities for more effective teaching and treatment.
Annual Funds
Your contributions to Penn Vet annual funds directly impact Penn Vet’s ability to lead in the field of veterinary medicine. Every donation, regardless of size, makes a meaningful difference in advancing our mission of training the next generation of veterinary leaders. Whether enabling the everyday operations at one of our hospitals or our graduate school, your support allows us to create transformative experiences and opportunities for our community of students, clinicians, clients, and the animals we help.
Friends of Penn Vet Fund
Gifts to this fund support our mission to train the next generation of veterinary leaders to advance healthcare outcomes and access, to ensure global health, bolster sustainable agriculture, create and support interdisciplinary career paths, and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession.
Friends of the Ryan Veterinary Hospital Fund
Help provide critical funding for one of the nation’s best and busiest 24/7 tertiary veterinary providers. As a recognized leader in companion animal medicine, Ryan combines exceptional clinical care, hands-on training for students, and groundbreaking research to provide life-changing care.
Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund
Help alleviate Penn Vet students from the financial burden of their training to become veterinarians. Gifts to this fund help defray the cost of tuition for students, and ensure we can recruit the best and brightest students.
Friends of New Bolton Center Fund
Support the nation’s largest veterinary teaching hospital of its kind at Penn Vet’s campus in Kennet Square, PA. Gifts to this fund allow New Bolton Center to remain at the forefront of horse and food animal care, clinical studies, and biomedical research.
Barbaro Fund for Excellence
Enhance the care provided at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, a world-renowned treatment center for horses. This fund was created in memory of Barbaro, 2006 Kentucky Derby Champion, who was a patient at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center.
Additional Gift Funds
Good Samaritan Fund
Offer relief to owners facing unexpected financial burdens at Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, allowing their beloved pets to receive care that offers a promising chance of recovery which dually advances the field of veterinary medicine.
Laminitis Research Fund
Help end the pain of laminitis by supporting pioneering laminitis research, and the treatment of horses suffering from the disease.
Working Dog Center Fund
Provides funding for this national research and development center for scent detection dogs. Gifts to this fund optimize the performance of lifesaving dogs.
In Honor of Pets, Horses, and Ruminants, and the People Who Love and Care for Them
Tribute Giving
In Honor of Pets, Horses, and Ruminants, and the People Who Love and Care for Them
Tribute Giving
Memorial Giving
The human-animal bond is one of the strongest bonds that exists. Our animals sustain us in so many ways. They provide companionship, protection, and devotion while accepting and returning our love unconditionally.
If you’ve ever lost an animal that you love, you know that the loss is real and the grief can be overwhelming. Commemorating a beloved animal friend with a gift is a great way to remember.
You can also honor the loss of a person you love with a gift in their memory.
Your gift will support Penn Vet’s commitment to improving animal well-being by maintaining its global leadership role in innovative and novel studies. These studies benefit not only our beloved animals but will also contribute, through our One Health approach, to human health as well.
Making a Gift by Mail
If you want to mail in your gift, that’s easy! Just download our brochure and form (PDF) and mail it to our office below.
Office of Institutional Advancement
3800 Spruce St., Suite 151E
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Memorial Acknowledgment
Our Memorial Giving Program provides an opportunity for you to show your compassion towards a grieving friend or family member during their time of loss.
When you make a gift in someone’s memory, we will send an acknowledgment to tell that special someone that you’ve thought of them in their time of loss. Through your commemorative gift, you are supporting Penn Vet’s commitment to improving animal well-being by maintaining Penn Vet’s global leadership role in innovative and novel studies.
You can brighten someone’s day while contributing to Penn Vet where animals are our passion and where finding cures and treatments for the illnesses that make them suffer and take their lives is our mission.
Please provide the recipient’s mail and/or email address with your gift made online or via mail to have a memorial donation notification sent to them.
Memorial Cards for Veterinary Practices
The compassion that veterinarians share through pet memorial cards helps clients who are grieving over the loss of a precious member of their family. Over the past four decades, the Pet Memorial Program has grown from a handful of veterinarians to a large group of practitioners across the country making thoughtful contributions in memory of their clients’ pets.
Your gift will support Penn Vet’s commitment to improving animal well-being by maintaining its global leadership role in innovative and novel studies. These studies benefit not only our beloved animals, but also contribute to human health through our One Health approach.
If you would like to order Pet Memorial Cards for your practice, please see the Pet Memorial Order Form (PDF) and email us at pvmemorialfunds@vet.upenn.edu or call (215) 898-1480 to fulfill your order. We’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.
- You can also mail your order form to:
Office of Institutional Advancement
3800 Spruce St., Suite 151E
Philadelphia, PA 19104 - Or, fax the form to (215) 573-3544 and the office will contact you for your payment information.
Please reach out to us with any questions.
Legacy Paver Program
Leave your mark on Penn Vet’s campus: Legacy Pavers at Hill Pavilion Plaza support Penn Vet’s mission of teaching, research, and service while offering a visible, tangible way to memorialize a beloved pet, honor an exceptional veterinarian, celebrate a reunion class, or commemorate another meaningful connection to Penn Vet.
A limited number of marble Premium Bench Seats are available for $25,000, Medium Pavers for $10,000, and Small Pavers for $5,000. If you are contributing towards a legacy paver, please be sure to include details about the honoree in the giving form.”
Your gift will help provide crucial facility upgrades on Penn Vet’s campus. For additional information, please contact Kelsey Rhodes-Soldatos at kerhodes@vet.upenn.edu.
Alumni Giving
Your support and connection to Penn Vet shows current veterinary students how to become leaders in their fields. Thank you for your support!
Reunion Giving
Class gifts bring together classmates for a central purpose and provide funds to an area that is special to them. Alumni celebrating milestone reunions are encouraged to make a gift with their class to a specific cause determined by each individual year.
Ways to Give
Gift by Mail
Send your check, made payable to the “Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania”, to:
Office of Institutional Advancement
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street, Suite 151E
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6047
Find answers to the most commonly asked questions about giving to Penn.
Contact your broker to initiate a transfer.
- Firm: Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, attention: Kristine Hankins, 610-260-8531
- DTC: 0015
- Customer Name: University of Pennsylvania, TaxID (TIN/EIN): 23-1352685
- Account Number: 858-010018
Penn Contact:
University of Pennsylvania
Securities Gifts and Accounting
2929 Walnut Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5099
Telephone: 215-898-7254
Fax: 215-573-5118
Email: stockgifts@lists.upenn.edu
Questions? Call us! 215-898-1480
You can start the process by choosing your gift destination on the University of Pennsylvania’s online giving form.
You can then fill out the Penn Securities Transfer Request Form (PDF), which you can then either fax or mail directly to your broker.
Any corporation in the Philadelphia area that participates in a United Way workplace campaign will have the opportunity to designate funds to Penn Vet. Choose United Way ID number 50178 on your company-specific form.
If you are an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, you can take part in Penn’s Way by visiting https://www.upenn.edu/pennsway, and search for “50178” or “University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine”.
You can give a specific amount or a percentage of your estate. You can also direct your gift to support an area of Penn Vet that is most meaningful to you.
Matching gifts to Penn can increase the impact of your support. Many companies offer programs that match charitable gifts made by employees, retirees, and sometimes spouses.
If you are considering a legacy or planned gift, please email vet-advancement@vet.upenn.edu
Planned gifts can be designed to generate life-long income, obtain significant income tax deductions, and reduce or eliminate estate taxes. They can be funded with gifts of cash, stock, retirement assets, life insurance, and real estate, and include:
- Charitable Lead Trusts
- Charitable Gift Annuities
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Gift Planning staff are always willing to meet with donors and their financial advisors to discuss planned giving opportunities.
When you include Penn Vet in your long-term plans, you become a member of the Veterinary Heritage Circle, Penn Vet’s membership society for planned giving donors, and the University’s Charles Custis Harrison Society. Benefits of membership include an annual luncheon, invitations to special events and seminars, a subscription to Penn Vet’s Bellwether Magazine, and the University’s gift planning newsletter, Key.
The 1884 Circle of Friends recognizes Penn Vet’s most dedicated supporters. In addition to being listed in our annual honor donor roll, Circle of Friends members receive invitations to webinars hosted by our faculty, our bi-annual Bellwether magazine, digital newsletters, and more.
For additional information, please contact us at vet-advancement@vet.upenn.edu.
- 1884 Bronze Circle: Donors who have made their first gift this year.
- 1884 Silver Circle: Donors who have given for three years or more.
- 1884 Gold Circle: Donors who have given for five years or more.
- Veterinary Heritage Circle: Donors who have included Penn Vet in their long-term plans or made contributions through qualified charitable gift distributions.
Meet the Team
Jonathan Evans
Senior Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations
evans22@upenn.edu
Development
To learn more about transformation philanthropy, including endowed professorships, campus enhancements, research initiatives, and many other ways to leave a lasting legacy such as estate giving, contact a member of our team.
Claire Wilson
Director of Major Gifts
clwilson@upenn.edu
Shoshana Milovsky
Associate Director of Major Gifts
milovsk1@vet.upenn.edu
Jocelyn Terranova
Associate Director of Major Gifts
jterra@upenn.edu
Amber McElrath
Assistant Director of Major Gifts
amcelrat@vet.upenn.edu
Alumni Relations
If you are an alum of Penn Vet and want to give to the school, discuss your estate plans, update your records, volunteer, or attend an event, please reach out at vetalumni@vet.upenn.edu.
Laura Brown
Director of Alumni Relations
Brittany Tinsley
Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Events
Advancement Services
To inquire about any of Penn Vet’s annual funds, the status of a gift you’ve made, missing receipts, updating your records, Tribute Giving, or our giving societies, we would love to hear from you at vet-advancement@vet.upenn.edu.
Mary Berger, Executive Director of Advancement Operations
Sarah Trout, Associate Director of Advancement Services
Kelsey Rhodes-Soldatos, Associate Director of Donor and Board Relations
Chase Engel, Assistant Director of Annual Giving
Raquel Feldman, Development Coordinator
Penn Vet Office of Institutional Advancement
Phone: (215) 898-1480