Alumni and Friends

 
 

Did You Know?

  • Cornell Fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30.
  • Corporate matching gifts count as coming from you and are a powerful way to double your giving to Human Ecology. If your company has a matching gift program, please ask your HR director for the right form and send it today. If you are the HR director, please consider designing a corporate matching gift program at your company!
  • Contract colleges at Cornell need your support. Without access to Cornell's endowment, and in an era of steadily shrinking support from New York State, the contract colleges (or "statutory colleges") at Cornell rely on support from alumni and friends. Check the box for Human Ecology on any Cornell Fund pledge card.
  • Your gift to Human Ecology counts as a gift to Cornell University and is added to University annual totals for fund-raising, including reunion class totals for those class years.
  • Your gift to Human Ecology can make you a member of Cornell's Giving Societies.
 

Gift Giving

How to make a gift:

 
Cornell Fund Pledge Card

When you receive your Annual Cornell Fund Pledge Card, check the Human Ecology box on your card as highlighted below:

 

Cash

Cash is the simplest, most direct and most popular type of charitable gift. A gift of cash is considered made on the date it is hand-delivered or mailed, and because of the charitable deduction, the net cost to a donor can be much less than the actual amount of the gift.

 
Stocks

Popular alternatives to cash are gifts of appreciated property, such as securities. Such gifts generate a double tax benefit. In addition to receiving on income tax charitable deduction for the true market value of the property, the donor escapes any potential tax on the capital-gain element in the gifted property. Note: To qualify for this double tax benefit, the property must have been held for more than one year.

 
Credit Cards

A quick and easy way to make a gift is to place it on your credit card. Like a cash gift, it is considered made on the date it is submitted on-line or hand-delivered or mailed.

 
Contact:

Alumni Affairs and Development
Cornell University
MVR Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Telephone: 607-255-2093
Email: heaa@cornell.edu