The Institute continues to welcome gifts and bequests. Some of the library’s most important collections have been created by gifts and bequests to the Institute. Other aspects of the Institute’s work have likewise been sustained in this way. A donation to the Mediaeval Studies Foundation for general purpose has the advantage of allowing the Institute to direct income to the area of greatest need, but other types of arrangements are possible. Donations can be designated for the Institute, for the Mediaeval Studies Foundation, or for specific funds and named gifts.

Mediaeval Studies Foundation
The Mediaeval Studies Foundation holds in trust the endowment funds of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. It accepts further trusts and disburses earnings for the operation of the Institute’s scholarly programmes.

Permanent endowment is sought for academic positions and projects to which a donor’s name can be attached. Named Chairs are being sought to support research and teaching in all the disciplines of medieval thought and culture. Named funds can also be established for student scholarships, research grants and visiting professorships. Donors may wish to underwrite an ongoing series of publications, individual publications, or the Institute’s journal. A number of opportunities exist for named or memorial areas in the Institute including its common rooms, its classrooms, and the Library itself.

Special Funds
The Basilian Fathers Fund
Created by the Congregation of the Priests of St. Basil the earnings of this fund are to be used either (1) to support a Basilian at the Institute or (2) for the salary of a professor employed to research and teach Thomistic theology or philosophy.

The Carr Memorial Microfilm Fund
The Carr Memorial Microfilm Collection holds films of medieval papal registers. The Fund allows us to continue acquisition of films of the registers from AD 872 to 1378 including, eventually, the registers of the Avignon popes, making this Collection the most complete outside of the Vatican.

The Friends of the Library Fund
The long-term objective of the Friends of the Library Committee is to build up a fund whose earnings would support the purchase of manuscripts, books, periodicals, microfilms, CD–ROM materials, readers, and computer equipment. Please see the Friends page on this site for further details.

The Michael M. Sheehan Memorial Fund
Created in memory of Father Michael M. Sheehan, the earnings of this fund will be used to provide scholarship awards in medieval history or law.

The Edward A. Synan Memorial Fund
The earnings from this fund, created by colleagues, former students, and friends of the late Msgr Edward Synan, will support studies or research in medieval philosophy.

American Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies Corporation
“The American Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies Corporation” (1705 308 4016 038) has been established to facilitate contributions of persons and organizations in the United States. Gifts qualify for charitable exemptions as provided by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Anyone considering a gift or bequest to support the Institute’s work is asked to contact James K. McConica, CSB, President, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C4. Telephone: 416 926 7142; Fax 416 926 7292.