Leadership Society Major Gifts
WHAT IS
the Leadership Society?
The Leadership Society encompasses philanthropic gifts and commitments of $25,000+ pledged over 1-5 years.
EXAMPLE:
$25,000 1-year pledge = $25,000 one-time gift to App State Athletics
$25,000 5-year pledge = $5,000 yearly gift for 5 years to App State Athletics
Ways to Give
Cash Gifts
The Leadership Society supports the pledge program for philanthropic gifts. This type of philanthropic major gift provides immediate financial support to App State Athletics. Starting at $5,000 a year for 5 years for a total minimum major gift of $25,000 at the completion of your pledge. Payment may be made with cash, check, and credit card. Contact the Mountaineers Athletic Fund staff for more information.
Stock Transfers
Philanthropic gifts to the Yosef Club or the Leadership Society in support of the Mountaineers Athletic Fund and App State Athletics can be made in the form of a stock transfer. Please contact the Mountaineers Athletic Fund staff for more details.
Honorary and Memorial Gifts
Honor the life and accomplishments of a loved one by strengthening App State Athletics programs.
Planned Giving and Special Gifts
Considering App State Athletics when planning your estate can make a tremendous difference in the lives of our student-athletes. The Mountaineers Athletic Fund staff can assist you in making planned gifts and special gifts, including bequests, real estate and stocks.
Gifts in Kind
Gifts of goods and services reduce expenses for our athletics programs and make a big “bottom line” impact.
FACILITY
Projects
Future Projects
Appalachian 105 Complex
Comprehensive in nature, the initiative is designed to impact every Mountaineer student-athlete and sports program.
Future Tennis
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New indoor and outdoor courts
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New bleachers, offices and locker room
Softball Sywassink/
Lloyd Family Stadium
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New stadium and field
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New coaches offices, locker room and player lounge
Projects in Progress
FOOTBALL
Jerry Moore Plaza
Honor the legacy of Coach Jerry Moore with your own personalized legacy brick at the new Coach Jerry Moore Plaza at Kidd Brewer Stadium! Showcase your appreciation for Coach Moore and support of App State student-athletes with a brick on the plaza.
BASEBALL
Beaver Field at Jim & Bettie Smith Stadium
- Pitching Lab
- Seating expansion
- Don & Pat Phillips Indoor Hitting & Pitching Facility expansion
- New right field berm lounge and game day pavilion
- New batter’s eye
- New First Base Terrace Seating
TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor Complex
- New eight-lane track
- New pole vault area
- New throws area
- New team locker rooms
Completed Projects
Basketball - Mark E. Harrill Basketball Practice Facility
- New hardwood floor with three regulation courts, scoreboards and eight hoop stanchions
- Lighting upgrade and new graphics
- Two new court dividers
Football - North End Zone Facility
- New football Operations Building including premium gameday club level
Football - Kidd Brewer Stadium/Wendell H. “Dell” Murphy Jr. Field
- New 25 hundred sq ft daktronics football video board, new astroturf, and digital ribbon boards
Football - Kidd Brewer Stadium/Lonnie Dent Miller Family Hill (Miller Hill)
- Regrade Enhancement
Wrestling - Varsity Gym
- Wrestling room mats, graphics, and locker room expansion
Basketball - Holmes Convocation Center
- New 1,200 square foot four-sided center-hung Daktronics video display
Volleyball - Holmes Convocation Center
- New team lounge area and locker expansion
Golf - Varsity Gym/Golf Performance Lab
- New TrackMan equipment software and indoor practice facility
Field Hockey - Brandon & Erica M. Adcock Field
- New locker rooms, showers, lounge area and public restrooms
ALL FOR APP
Initiative
All For App, a drive for excellence, will allow App State Athletics to:
- Continue supporting the University’s educational mission.
- Engage the University community; strategize and partner.
- Guide, inspire, and support Mountaineer student-athletes to be lifelong leaders and transition to successful alumni.
- Build upon the foundation of academic distinction and competitive excellence.
- Compete on the national stage in all sports.
- Continue to elevate and strengthen our national brand and become a source of pride for constituents, alumni, family, and friends.
- Give Your All For App.
ENDOWMENTS
Gifts
Our endowment and planned giving program ensure the long-term financial future and the sustainability of App State Athletics’ national brand we have worked so hard to build. By establishing a scholarship endowment, program endowment or planned gift with App State Athletics, you will support our student-athletes by funding expenses directly related to education, personal development and sports performance.
PLANNED ESTATE
Gifts
Establishing your legacy through a planned gift can impact the student-athletes of today while building a lasting tradition of support for the student-athletes of tomorrow. Many planned gifts provide substantial tax advantages while providing philanthropic support for over 415 App State student-athletes.
Please contact the Mountaineers Athletic Fund to discuss leaving your lasting legacy by establishing a scholarship endowment today!
MAF Suggested Estate LanguagePlanned gifts can take the form of:
- A will or trust
- Retirement plan assets
- Life insurance
- Real estate
- Charitable gift annuity
- Charitable remainder trust
- Charitable lead trust