Make A Gift
For more information about making a gift and our naming opportunities at the Stone Center, please contact Kara Endsley, Philanthropy Officer, at (919) 962-9001.
We have a bold plan to evolve, grow, and innovate in a way that prioritizes the Center’s sustainability for decades to come.
Regardless of its size, your gifts have a real and meaningful effect on the work of the Stone Center. Whether you support deserving students through fellowship opportunities, research that leads to innovative revisions to existing schools of thought, community outreach projects, international initiatives, or our visual and performing arts programs, your gift helps us to make a difference in the lives of real people.
Your gift, which can conveniently be made on the Giving to Carolina web page, makes possible the many programs we provide to the campus and surrounding community. In supporting the Center, you play an important role in advancing the Stone Center’s mission and vision.
The Gift Fund helps the Stone Center respond to pressing programmatic needs and pursue new opportunities. Through this important and increasingly popular form of giving, you can enable the Center to support in-house initiatives such as the Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, as well as collaborate on innovative projects with faculty, students, and staff.
20-for-20 celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center building (2004-2024). The opportunity invites a monthly recurring gift of $20 for 20 years (pledged in 5-year increments) to the Stone Center Gift Fund.
The Harbor is our newly renovated student-centered space on the Stone Center's 3rd floor. Funds directly support the ongoing provision of resources to and maintenance of the suite, which is designed to transform student learning and experience.
The Seat Naming Campaign offers donors the opportunity to inscribe their name, a loved one’s name, their business, or in memoriam, to create a lasting legacy. A permanent brass plate with your inscription will be installed on the seat you select in the Stone Center Auditorium. Your named seat serves as a reminder of your commitment to the Stone Center’s mission.
Engage in some friendly competition! Each month, the affinity group (fraternities, sororities, intramural clubs, varsity sports, signature student groups such as EROT, Black Ink, and Black Student Movement) with the most combined giving total will have a banner flown outside of the SHSC and have bragging rights banners to post to social media. Set up your monthly recurring gift of $100 or more today!
CommUniversity Youth Program (CYP) is the Stone Center’s longest-running outreach program. CYP, founded by UNC students in 1992, serves an enrichment program for K-12 scholars. Communiversity Youth Programs is supported by volunteers from the campus community and takes place after school, four days per week during the academic year.
Service-learning, community-building, leadership, literacy, interpersonal skills development, and increasingly, STEM-based and STEM focused learning, are integral to helping to improve student performance through education and practical experience.
The Beth and Daniel Okun Collegium Fund is a recurring award endowed by a generous gift by Beth and husband Daniel Okun, Kenan professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Sciences. The Collegium Fund supports a term-long study/research project by a team made up of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members, if applicable.
The Pamela Nicole Cummings fund supports visiting artists, scholars, and cultural workers while they are in residence with the Stone Center. This fellowship offsets expenses for scholars during their time with us as they facilitate workshops, lectures, and forums on relevant topics from their respective fields.
The Sean Douglas Fellowship supports professional development experiences for students through internships with the Stone Center. The Fellowship, named for UNC at Chapel Hill alum Sean Douglas, a U.S. Army veteran, aviator, and community leader, provides semester-long paid internships. Students work directly with Stone Center staff to develop meaningful service and engagement experiences on campus and in the surrounding communities.
The Stone Center Art Fund supports visual arts programs and initiatives in the Brown Gallery and other spaces in the Stone Center building.
The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship is awarded to students who desire to travel abroad for a minimum of one semester. These students choose their own plans of study and report back to us upon completion of study. Fellowships awards range up to $2500 and are offered once per year.
The Weiss Endowment for Creativity in the Performing Arts supports various performing arts initiatives of UNC faculty, students, and staff who work in collaboration with the Stone Center in fulfilling its mission.