Texas Tech University

Giving Opportunities

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Your support drives what’s possible across our key priorities: scholarship, research, clinical programs, and community outreach. To explore giving opportunities and ways to make a lasting impact at the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, connect with our development team or schedule a visit. 

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Scholarship

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  • The cost of veterinary education shouldn’t stand in the way of what’s possible. Your support of scholarships helps remove that barrier, allowing students to stay focused on their education and the communities they will serve. In the past year alone, more than $1.2 million in scholarships were awarded as we work toward covering 25 percent of student tuition.
  • Help us close the gap and make veterinary education more accessible for every RaiderVet.

Give to Scholarships

Research

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  • The future of veterinary medicine is driven by discovery. Your support of research fuels bold innovation, advancing animal and human health, shaping how we teach, and pushing us On & On.
  • Our school is building centers of excellence focused on sustainable livestock systems, equine health, and comparative medicine. Through comparative medicine, we study the connections between animal and human disease, leading to discoveries that improve health across species.
  • This work is grounded in a One Health approach, recognizing the connection between animal, human, and environmental health. Across more than fifteen state-of-the-art laboratories, our faculty and graduate students are tackling today’s challenges with research that reaches far beyond the classroom.
  • Invest in discovery that drives the future of animal, human, and environmental health.

Give to Research

Clinical Programs

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  • This is where purpose meets practice. Your support of clinical programs powers hands-on training across of Clinical Learning Network, giving students real-world experience on campus and at partner sites across the region.
  • Our 52-week clinical year combines required rotations in small animal, equine, and food animal medicine with flexible electives in community practice, production animal health, equine health, or One Health. This model ensures students graduates with skills, adaptability, and confidence to serve communities and advance the profession from day one.
  • Invest in training that turns knowledge into real-world impact.

Give to Clinical Programs

Community Outreach

Veterinary faculty and student inside the CARES veterinary mobile unit helping a person and their dog
  • Care should reach every community. Your support of community outreach, including the CARES unit, expands access to veterinary services and ensures animals and the people who depend on them receive the care they deserve.
  • The CARES unit serves as a mobile base for veterinary care, providing a full equipped surgery suite, anesthesia equipment, diagnostic tools, and a generator for remote work. Its compact design allows it to reach communities that traditional clinics cannot, bringing essential care to Meals on Wheels clients, the homeless population in Amarillo, regional shelters, and disaster-affected areas. The school is also developing a support trailer to provide mobile kennel space, additional medical supplies, and expanded exam and surgical capabilities.
  • Help us take veterinary care further.

Give to Community Outreach

Pet Memorial Fund

Cat and Dog
  • Pets are part of your family. They leave their paw and hoof prints on our hearts that last forever. The School of Veterinary Medicine’s Pet Memorial Program is one way veterinarians, pet owners, and friends of pet owners can memorialize the life of an animal who has left an amazing impact on the lives of others.
  • Donations to this fund will be used to support students who are in their final year of their veterinary program at the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. During this year, our RaiderVets will perform hands-on clinical rotations in which they learn the trade from some of the best practitioners in the nation.

Individual Donor Form

Veterinary Clinic Donor Form

Trailblazers

While 2021 marked the official year we opened our doors to students and started operating as a fully operational veterinary school, there is an earlier chapter—often overlooked— that was crucial in laying the foundation for everything we celebrate today. Long before our vibrant campus bustled with students, and before lectures filled classrooms and clinical work shaped futures, there was a season of determined effort and unshakable belief. This formative period was defined not by buildings or enrollment numbers, but by advocacy, vision, and persistence. It was a time of strategic outreach, overcoming political hurdles, and forging alliances with individuals who shared a bold dream: to create a new kind of veterinary school in Texas. These were the days when belief had to be cultivated, momentum built from scratch, and support earned one conversation at a time. It was during this crucial phase that the Trailblazers emerged. These visionary leaders invested their voices, reputations, and resources to champion an idea that others hadn’t yet seen. 

  • Amarillo Economic Development Corporation
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hodge
  • ASCO Foundation
  • Happy State Bank and Trust Company
  • Caviness Beef Packers
  • Amarillo National Bank
  • Cactus Feeders
  • Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Windham
  • FirstBank Southwest, N.A.
  • Amarillo Area Foundation
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gilliland
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Ms. Mary T. Emeny
  • Mr. and Mrs. Garth P. Merrick
  • Yellowhouse Machinery Co.
  • Auto, LLP.
  • Dr. Shannon Herrick and Mr. Jason S. Herrick
  • Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hughes
  • Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Roberts
  • Mr. and Mrs. Joe Street
  • Toot ‘n Totum Food Stores, LLC
  • First Capital Bank of Texas
  • Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust
  • The Honorable Ginger P. Nelson and Mr. Kevin Nelson
  • Dr. Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett

Thank you, Trailblazers, for your vision, courage, and unwavering belief in our mission. 

Ways to Give

Endowments

  • An endowment is a powerful way to create a lasting impact. Your gift establishes a permanent fund that supports the area you care about most. While your principal remains intact, its earnings provide ongoing support for students, faculty, and programs for generations to come.
  • Endowments play a critical role in advancing scholarships, research, clinical programs, and community outreach. They help attract and retail exceptional students and faculty, strengthen academic excellence, and provide long-term stability for the School of Veterinary Medicine.
  • Creating an endowment is a flexible and meaningful process. You choose the purpose of your fund, determine your giving timeline, and name it in honor of yourself or someone meaningful to you. Once established, your fund begins making an impact each year and continues to support future generations.
  • Endowment Opportunities:
    • Endowed Funds (minimum $25,000) support scholarships, programs, or areas of greatest need
    • Endowed Professorships (minimum $500,000) help attract ad retain outstanding faculty
    • Endowed Chairs (minimum $1,000,000) provide long-term support for distinguished faculty
  • Through endowed giving, you invest in today’s students and in the future of veterinary medicine.

Annual Giving & Current-Use Funds

  • Every gift to the School of Veterinary Medicine moves our mission forward. Whether through annual giving or current-use funds, your support fuels opportunity, innovation, and excellence.
  • Annual giving provides reliable support for our most pressing needs, including scholarships, faculty development, and student programs. These recurring gifts create a strong foundation that allows us to plan ahead and respond with confidence.
  • Current-use funds offer immediate impact. These flexible gifts support programs or areas of need and can be put to work right away. A current-use fund may be established with a minimum commitment of $5,000, payable over five years.
  • Together, these gifts create momentum. Your support helps us meet today’s needs and build what comes next.

Planned Giving

  • A transformational gift begins with a plan. Planned giving allows you to support the School of Veterinary Medicine while also providing for your future and the people you care about.
  • These gifts are part of your long-term financial or estate planning and create lasting impact for students, programs, and communities. You can choose to support the areas that matter most to you, or make a broader investment in the school’s future.
  • Planned gifts may include bequests, retirement accounts, life insurance, charitable gift annuities, trusts, or property. Each option offers a meaningful way to build a legacy that continues for generations. Your support today helps shape what comes next.

Matching Gifts

  • Many companies offer matching programs to amplify your contribution. Some match gifts dollar-for-dollar, while others may double or triple the amount.

Ways to Fund Your Gift

  • Gifts can take many forms and are not limited to cash. We encourage you to work with your financial or tax advisor, or connect with the TTU School of Veterinary Medicine development team, to explore options and maximize your impact.
    • Cash
    • Stocks, bonds, and securities
    • Bequests from wills and trusts
    • Property and real estate
    • Commodities
    • Royalty payments
    • Retirement accounts
    • Donor-advised funds
    • Other assets and property such as artwork or historical artifacts
Contact Us

Payton Priest:
Email: payton.priest@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.5175