Urban Engagement
in New York and beyond
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We are Columbia University in the City of New York. Embracing opportunities and addressing the challenges of cities is essential to Columbia's mission. Provide funding for initiatives that help faculty and students to study, experience, and contribute to the city—next door, beyond the Hudson, and around the world.
Here are just a few examples of the many ways that you can help Columbia thrive. Check the schools and programs lists for other related gifts in this strategic area.
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Injury Free Coalition
Mailman School of Public Health
Improve the health and safety of children, their families, and senior citizens in high-risk neighborhoods.
Funds will facilitate risk assessment, fire/burn prevention, medication, home, pedestrian, sports, all terrain vehicle (ATV), teen driving, and child passenger safety, as well as other injury-prevention projects, including the endowment of an injury prevention center with naming opportunities for both the Center and each of its office suites.
For more information, contact:
Estell Lenita Johnson, MA
Marketing and Communications Director
Injury Free Coalition for Kids
2639 Charlotte Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-651-7777
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Vanderbilt Clinic Facilities
College of Dental Medicine
Help students train more effectively and provide better care to patients by refurbishing the College's clinic.
Consider providing support for key facilities or equipment, such as patient education software or hardware, digital X-ray machines, dental chairs, the sterilization room, student lounge, or wet lab.
For more information, contact:
Nancy Mathiasen
Senior Development Manager
College of Dental Medicine
630 West 168th Street P&S 3-460
New York, New York 10032
212-342-5612
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Double Discovery Youth Program
Columbia College
Support the college dreams of community youth.
Fund the Double Discovery Center's academic after-school program for neighborhood middle and high school students, founded in 1965 by two College students, a faculty member, and an alum. Help Columbia undergrad volunteer tutors and mentors continue to prepare low-income, first generation college-bound students.
For more information, contact:
Christina Saraceno
Development Officer
Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway, Room 306
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3897
$5,000
Kernochan Center Summer Internship
Columbia Law School
Enable a first- or second-year Law student to work as an intern with a nonprofit arts or media organization.
Through the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, students spend approximately ten weeks in the legal department, or with the executive director, at one of these organizations.
For more information, contact:
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall
435 West 116th Street, Box A-2
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2680
$5,000
Architecture and Social Change Initiatives
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Support initiatives that explore how our work in the built environment can improve social problems around the world.
GSAPP's innovative applied research units enable cross-disciplinary collaboration that leads to real-world solutions to global challenges, such as public health, human rights, sustainable development, urban ecology, and poverty.
For more information, contact:
Devon Ercolano Provan
Director
GSAPP, Columbia University
403 Avery Hall, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
212-854-9543
$6,500
Summer Internship
Earth Institute
Give students the opportunity to spend three months working in the field alongside Earth Institute faculty.
This interdisciplinary program connects Columbia undergraduate and graduate students to the entire Earth Institute.
For more information, contact:
Louise Rosen
Director, Earth Institute
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-854-0643
$10,000
Community Activities Fund
Miller Theatre
Allow residents from the neighborhood and throughout the city to attend free world class concerts and rehearsals.
Gifts to this fund also provide educational activities for young people, including in-school instruction led by guest artists, free workshops, and opportunities to perform alongside professional musicians at Miller. Donors receive prominent recognition and Patron Circle membership.
For more information, contact:
Anne Scott
Miller Theatre
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-854-6402
$10,000
Columbia Alumni Arts League
Arts Initiative at Columbia University
Give the New York arts scene to 10,000 graduating students.
Congratulate new graduates and introduce them to the alumni community: Present them with a Columbia Alumni Arts League membership, which offers discounts, benefits and special events to more than 50 of the city's finest cultural organizations via one-year introductory Columbia Alumni Arts League memberships.
For more information, contact:
Malwina Lys-Dobradin
632 West 125th Street, Suite 206
New York, NY 10027
212-851-1877
$10,000
Socially Responsible Engineering Projects
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Support projects that immerse students in socially responsible engineering design, practice, and philosophy.
Each year, all incoming students provide community service, vital to "Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computing Technologies," the required Gateway Course.
For more information, contact:
Alessandra Garber
Development Officer
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 964
New York, New York 10115
212-870-3241
$25,000
Fellowships
Columbia University School of Nursing
Help fund student work with underserved populations.
The Center for Health Care for the Underserved offers fellowships to students who are completing their work as preceptors in the Center's clinical sites.
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Smith
Senior Associate Dean
Columbia University School of Nursing
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
212-305-3742
$50,000
Team-Based Professional Education
School of International and Public Affairs
Help fund annual team-based consultancies or workshops integral to the professional education of SIPA's students.
Focusing on urban and international issues and requiring both local and overseas travel, these programs include the MPA Workshop and the Economic and Political Development Workshop.
For more information, contact:
SIPA's Office of Development
1508 International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street, MC 3328
New York, NY 10027
212-854-0782
$350,000
Mobile Dental Center
College of Dental Medicine
Purchase a van equipped to provide on-premises care for children during the school year.
In the last four years, the College has provided dental care to over 2,500 children annually in over 10,000 visits. This gift will ensure that the program continues with contemporary instrumentation and updated technology.
For more information, contact:
Nancy Mathiasen
Senior Development Manager
College of Dental Medicine
630 West 168th Street P&S 3-460
New York, New York 10032
212-342-5612
$2,000,000
Community Service Professorship
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Endow the Professor of Community Service Learning to support students' work in socially responsible engineering design, practice, and philosophy.
Each year, all incoming students participate in community service projects vital to "Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computing Technologies," the required Gateway Course.
For more information, contact:
Leslie Murphy
Director of Development
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 964
New York, New York 10115
212-870-2721
