Making Your Gift to Cornell College

Cornell College depends on contributions of all sizes from alumni, parents and friends in order to sustain and enhance its excellence in liberal arts education. To make a gift to Cornell College, please choose from the options below. And don't forget that you may be able to increase the impact of your support through corporate matching gifts.

Your gift will be recorded upon receipt and an acknowledgement letter and tax receipt sent to you. Thank you in advance for your support of Cornell!

Make Your Gift

There are several convenient ways to make your gift to Cornell:

• Give online: It's fast, easy and secure. Complete the secure online form to make your gift with Visa, MasterCard or Discover.

• Give by phone: Please call the office of College Advancement at 1-877-683-7666 to make your gift by phone or to ask questions about giving opportunities.

• Give by mail: Complete the gift form and include with your gift to:

Cornell College
Office of Alumni & College Advancement
600 First Street Southwest
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

•  Monthly Giving by Credit Card or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Consider enrolling in a monthly giving program where your gift is automatically deducted from your bank account or credit card and transferred to Cornell each month. This program saves you money by eliminating check-writing charges and postage. It also reduces the college's mailing and processing costs, meaning more of your gift will be used for its intended purpose. Complete the monthly giving enrollment form to take advantage of this program.

•  Transfer stock: The college welcomes gifts of stock. To ensure prompt and accurate processing of your gift it is important that you or your financial planner notify the college of your intentions be calling the Office of College Advancement at 1-877-683-7666. For more information on how to transfer stock, click here.

•  Increase your gift with a corporate matching gift: Matching gifts can increase the amount of your donation. If you or your spouse works for a company with a matching gifts program, obtain a matching gift form from your human resources department and include it with your gift to Cornell. Click here to check if your company sponsors a matching gift program.

•  Planned Giving – Providing for the future of Cornell College can be accomplished through a planned gift. Common types of planned gifts include bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and charitable lead trusts. For more information, contact:

Steve Miller
Director of Major Gifts & Planning Giving
Phone: (319) 895-4331
Fax: (319) 895-5670
smiller@cornellcollege.edu

•  Non-Cash Gifts – Sometimes items of personal property, or in-kind donations, have value to the college. For more information on in-kind gifts, click here .