The Fromm Institute Appreciates Your Financial Support

Membership fees collected cover just over half of our program costs.  As an independent non-profit at USF, the Fromm Institute reimburses the University of San Francisco for the use of all campus resources. We rely on the generous financial support of the community. Won’t you please help? Contributions to the Fromm Institute can be made through the Friends of the Fromm Institute.

Friends of the Fromm Institute

The Friends of the Fromm Institute is the financial supporting organization of the Fromm Institute’s lifelong learning program. Its Federal Tax ID number is 94-2427266. It is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and it is exempt from state franchise or income tax under Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. Contributions through the Friends of the Fromm Institute supplement the membership fees paid by Fromm Institute students enabling a balanced, fiscally responsible budget. All contributions made to the Fromm Institute are acknowledged to the donor under the Friends of the Fromm Institute. Gifts to the “Friends” are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.

Ways to Give

Annual Appeal

This yearly, direct mail appeal highlights the mission of the Fromm Institute and its lifelong learning effect on thousands of Bay Area retired people every year. It states the case for our fundraising need and asks for help from the donors it reaches. Internally managed by the Fromm Institute staff, no third party, fund-raising agency profits from any gift. 100% goes directly to the purpose intended, the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning. To make a contribution through the Fromm Institute’s Annual Appeal, please contact Scott Moules or Derek S. Leighnor.

Fromm Society

Members of this planned giving association have designated a charitable bequest of any size to the Fromm Institute in their will, trust or retirement plan. To be recognized as a member of this Living Legacy Society, please complete this form or contact Derek Leighnor at 415-422-6805 or by email at Leighnor@usfca.edu. 

Gifts in Recognition

The Fromm Institute has a recognition program that sends an original Fromm Institute card to an intended recipient. Please consider a gift in recognition of your family or friends for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, or memorial recognition. To make a gift to the Fromm Institute in honor of another, contact Scott Moules  at the Fromm Institute. Tax-deductible gifts may also be made to the University of San Francisco with the designation that they should be directed to the Fromm Institute.