Corporate Matching Gifts many private companies will match charitable gifts their employees and retired employees make to Gallaudet. To find out if your company matches gifts, ask your Human Resources Department. Include a matching gift form with your gift to Gallaudet to double or triple your gift amount!

Honor and Memorial Gifts a gift in honor or in memory of a relative or friend is among the most thoughtful donations, as well as an appropriate way to recognize someone’s life and accomplishments, such as a birthday, anniversary, wedding, etc. Please include the name and address of the individual(s) to whom acknowledgement(s) should be sent.

Where Your Gift Goes?
It’s entirely your choice ­ you tell us how you want your gift used. Whether you want it divided equally among two or more categories, or whether you have a special designation in mind ­ we will accommodate your wish. Your gift will support only those areas you choose. For instance, if your gift is for scholarship assistance, it will not go to teaching and learning, but will support students deemed deserving of the assistance.

Gifts to the Fund for Gallaudet support all areas of greatest need identified by the University; however, if you wish to direct your gift exclusively to a scholarship fund, a program or training, please indicate your preference when you send in your gift.

In this fiscal year, the University has specific funding priorities to which you may want to designate your gift. Below are just a few of these needs:

Scholarships: This important support allows Gallaudet to provide financial assistance with recruiting students, graduate fellowships, and international student scholarships. Gallaudet also has about 200 endowed scholarship funds where specific kinds of students obtain needed support. Many of them are named in honor of or in memory of alumni leaders.

Gallaudet Leadership Institute: A new and exciting program where students can gain skills in educational, community, advocacy, corporate, and political leadership.

Digitization of Archival Collections: The archives aims to convert many collections into digital format, not only to preserve them but also to make them accessible to people worldwide through the Internet.

Honors Program: The enhancement of our Honors Program allows Gallaudet to attract greater numbers of highly qualified students.

Online Courses: Enhancement and development of Gallaudet's ability to provide a greater number of courses online to a variety of different constituencies.

Shared Reading Project at the Clerc Center: A project which focuses on teaching hearing parents how to read to their young deaf children.

Unrestricted Support: The Fund for Gallaudet raises unrestricted dollars, ensuring the vital flexibility necessary for Gallaudet to respond to unique opportunities and establish cutting-edge programs. These are critical dollars to Gallaudet; we depend on them, and these dollars provide President Jordan with the strength he and his team need to keep Gallaudet ascending.