Support a Sustainable Future for Our Planet
Support from donors like you is critical to the success of the Columbia Climate School.
Your gifts make possible the most important functions of our School’s education, research, and impact mission:
- Supporting our students with scholarships;
- Driving faculty research in focus areas like energy, water, food, built environment, and disaster preparedness into cutting-edge climate solutions;
- Empowering early-career scientists and researchers to embark on bold, innovative projects that cut across disciplines;
- Delivering our overall mission to advance knowledge and educate leaders to achieve solutions to the changing climate and sustainability challenges.
Climate School Fund
As the School’s annual fund, the Climate School Fund advances the Dean’s most important priorities and provides critical support for our graduate students, faculty, and impact programs.
Your contributions to the Climate School Fund are current-use and have an immediate impact on our graduate students and faculty. Some examples of the priorities that your giving will impact include:
- Catalyzing innovative research of early-career scholars through our Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program;
- Supporting the development of core faculty expertise in critical areas such as energy, disaster preparedness, food systems, the built environment, and more;
- Underwriting the development and scale of impact programs that unite faculty, students, and external stakeholders in working towards real-life climate solutions.
Questions about online giving? Contact Arianna Gallanes at [email protected] or (212) 854-8228.
Climate School Scholarship Fund
Gifts in support of the Climate School Scholarship Fund provide critical, current-use financial resources to students, enabling them to benefit from a Columbia education.
Columbia Climate School is committed to recruiting a student body that represents the next generation of climate leaders—scholarship support is often the deciding factor in a candidate’s choice to attend. Your generosity has a multiplier effect since it catalyzes the training of leaders who will be instrumental in developing and designing critical solutions to complex global problems related to climate change.
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More Ways to Give
Supporting Columbia Climate School
Beyond supporting the annual funds of Columbia Climate School, generous donors may choose to explore opportunities in specific priority areas. Such gifts support the core mission of the School and can be achieved through current-use or endowed funds.
Some examples of giving opportunities include:
- Student Scholarships (current-use or endowed)
- Professorships
- Support for faculty research
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- Impact Programs
To explore these and other ways of supporting Columbia Climate School through major giving, please contact Noelle Bannister, Interim Associate Dean for Advancement ([email protected]) or Timothy Farrell, Major Gifts Officer ([email protected]).
Planned Giving
Planned gifts enable generous donors to achieve significant benefits during their lifetimes (such as tax deductions or even annuity income) while leaving a lasting legacy that fits your philanthropic goals.
Examples of planned gifts include estate plans through a will or trust; naming Columbia Climate School as a beneficiary of an asset such as a retirement account; establishing a donor-advised fund at Columbia; entering into a charitable gift annuity with the School and more.
Planned giving donors are also welcomed as members of the University’s 1754 Society, an honorary association for alumni and friends who have included the University in their long-term philanthropic plans. Membership involves no dues or obligations, but rather permits Columbia to recognize you for your generosity during your lifetime.
To explore planned giving opportunities with the School, please contact Stacey Vassallo, Senior Director of Development and Leadership Giving ([email protected]).