How to Support Penn Vet

Give to the Annual Giving Campaign to support Penn Vet's broadest goals or select a cause close to your heart and customize your impact. Give money, time or engagement. Find the way that works best for you to become a friend of Penn Vet.

Give Online

By making a gift with your credit card through a secure online transaction, you can support Penn Vet. Here are some online giving options:

Barbaro Fund for Excellence Barbaro Fund for Excellence
The Barbaro Fund For Excellence was created in honor of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby Champion. This fund supports the care of equine patients at Penn Vet's New Bolton Center, a world-renown treatment center for horses on Penn Vet’s Kennett Square, Pennsylvania campus.
- Give now to the Barbaro Fund for Excellence...
Friends of New Bolton Center Friends of New Bolton Center
Our Friends of New Bolton Center Fund offers unrestricted support of the nation's largest veterinary teaching hospital of its kind and this world-renowned treatment center for horses at Penn Vet’s campus in Kennett Square, PA. Providing support for routine and critical emergency care, sophisticated diagnostics and treatment for horses and food animals, donor gifts allow NBC to remain at the forefront of animal care, clinical studies and biomedical research.
- Give now to the Friends of New Bolton Center Fund...
Friends of Penn Vet Friends of Penn Vet
Our Friends of Penn Vet Fund is a vital source of unrestricted gift revenue for the School of Veterinary Medicine, a global leader in veterinary teaching, service and research. Critical to the advancement of Penn Vet's mission, this fund enables Penn Vet to respond quickly to unforeseen needs and new opportunities like developing academic programs, supporting innovative studies and purchasing new equipment and technologies.
- Give now to the Friends of Penn Vet Fund...
Friends of Ryan Hospital Friends of Ryan Hospital
Friends of Ryan Hospital Fund provides critical funding for one of the nation's best and busiest 24/7/365 tertiary veterinary providers. Offering broad-based, comprehensive clinical programs that give veterinary students exceptional training, Ryan Veterinary Hospital treats every kind of companion and small-animal patient and offers a large array of clinical trials for dogs and cats. Ryan Hospital manages over 30,000 patient visits per year..
- Give now to the Friends of Ryan Hospital Fund...
Good Samaritan Fund Good Samaritan Fund
The Good Samaritan Gift Fund provides financial assistance to qualifying families of companion animals seeking veterinary services at Ryan Hospital.
- Give now to the Good Samaritan Fund...
Laminitis Research Fund Laminitis Research Fund
The Laminitis Research Fund provides funding to advance the understanding of laminitis, and treatment and cure of horses who suffer from the disease.
- Give now to the Laminitis Research Fund...
Robert R. Marshak Memorial Fund Robert R. Marshak Memorial Fund
Robert R. Marshak was the ninth dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. With a career that spanned decades, he was one of the School’s most dedicated and transformative leaders.

Gifts to the Robert R. Marshak Memorial Fund support the Farm of the Future initiatives and renovations/reconstruction of the Marshak Dairy to further agricultural sustainability.
- Make a gift today to the Robert M. Marshak Memorial Fund...
Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund
The Vet Student Scholarship Fund helps to alleviate some of the financial debt that our vet students take on while training to become veterinarians. This fund helps to defray the cost of tuition, allowing the School to recruit the very best and brightest students.
- Give now to the Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund...
Working Dog Center Fund Working Dog Center Fund
The Penn Vet Working Dog Center Gift Fund provides needed funding for this national research and development center for detection dogs.
- Give now to the Penn Vet Working Dog Center...

Other Ways to Give

Make a Gift by Mail

By sending your check and this form, 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
Questions? Call us: 215-898-1480
Call Us

Call 215-898-1480 to give your gift or to make a pledge.
Gifts of Stock and Securities
Please be sure to contact your broker to initiate the transfer.
- Firm: Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, attention: Kristine Hankins, 610-260-8531
- DTC: 0015
- Customer Name: University of Pennsylvania, TaxID: 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
1. You can start the process by choosing your gift destination on the University of Pennsylvania's online giving form.
2. You can then fill out the Penn Securities Transfer Request Form (PDF), which you can then either fax or mail directly to your broker.
3. Questions? Call us! 215-898-1480
United Way of Penn Vet

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.
Questions? Call us: 215-898-1480
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".

Legacy Gifts & Planned Giving

Honor a Pet or Loved One with a Special Gift

Planned giving offers you the opportunity to honor a special pet or person in your life, gain peace of mind and security for you and your family, and support the School’s mission of teaching, healing, and scientific discovery.

Making a Gift in Your Will

One of the simplest ways to support Penn Vet is with a gift in your will. You can give a specific amount or a percentage of your estate. You can also direct your gift to an area of the School that is most meaningful to you, such as scholarship, research, or hospital support.
Questions? Call us! 215-898-1480
Other Types of Long-Term Gifts
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 Gift Annuities
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Charitable Lead Trusts
Questions? Call us! 215-898-1480
The Veterinary Heritage Circle

By including the School in your long-term plans, you can become a member of the Veterinary Heritage Circle, the School’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.
Most importantly, members benefit from knowing that their gift helps shape the future of veterinary medicine for the benefit of animals and humans alike.
Gift Planning staff are always willing to meet with donors and their financial advisors to discuss planned giving opportunities and to provide examples tailored to your particular situation and interests.
Questions? Call us! 215-898-1480

The Barbaro Fund – Make the Difference in the Lives of Horses

Barbaro before the Derby A devastating injury at the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown, shattered famous Thoroughbred racehorse Barbaro's right hind leg and all hopes of the highest honor in the world of racing.

The injury brought this amazing equine athlete into the international limelight, allowing him to show the world that his heart was even bigger than could have been imagined.

Barbaro spent the next eight months at New Bolton Center where he endured multiple surgeries to fix three bones shattered into more than 20 fragments.

Miraculously, the fractures healed and Barbaro was able to walk again, until he developed laminitis. The devastating condition would prove to be the only competitor that Barbaro could not best.

Learn more about how to make a gift to the Barbaro Fund...

Pet Memorial Program

Hand in hand 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. Commemorate a beloved animal friend, or honor the loss of someone you love. It's a great way to remember those you love.

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