YOUR IMPACT
Cornell Annual Fund: Gifts of any size, for any person, any study
Whether given to specific colleges or to the university in general, unrestricted Annual Fund gifts offer tremendous possibilities, helping to provide immediate and flexible resources for a variety of Cornell's needs and priorities. These include scholarships and faculty recruitment, as well as a wide range of the university's operations. Here is a small sampling of areas supported by Annual Fund gifts.
Student teams
The Annual Fund enables student teams to participate in competitions across the nation and overseas. In the College of Engineering alone, it has supported three prize-winning student groups: the Cornell Autonomous Underwater Vehicle team, the Cornell Baja SAE team and the Cornell Chemical Engineering Car team.
Engaging communities
Last year, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art used Annual Fund monies to provide learning kits and conduct guided museum tours for more than 5,000 K-12 schoolchildren from more than 50 schools across central New York. Similarly, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology used Annual Fund dollars to promote environmental awareness in cities through its Celebrate Urban Birds program.
Promoting service learning
The fund helps provide opportunities for students to gain valuable lessons through immersive experiences outside the classroom. These include alternative spring breaks through the Public Service Center, where students serve various communities – planting urban gardens for a low-income housing complex in Brooklyn, and assisting in the operations of a homeless shelter in Cape Cod, just to name two. In addition, the fund also supports ILR School internships, such as the summer Global Service Learning Internships, which recently sent 12 students to work for a nonprofit organization in Bangalore, India.
To learn more about the power of the Annual Fund, visit http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/fund and http://now.cornell.edu/annualfund..