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Your gift has an immediate impact on the lives of our undergraduates – answering a need today or strengthening their ability to shape our future.

Drive Innovation

Give now to sustain the work of Columbia’s graduate schools, which push the boundaries of human understanding and create breakthroughs across a range of disciplines to address the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Make Your Impact

Stand up for scientific research, health and medical education, and patient care to help countless people live healthier, longer, and more productive lives.


 

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Members of the Columbia community have the power to play a uniquely important role in helping to protect and shape Columbia’s future.

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Your Velocity

Velocity is your chance to keep up our momentum and support those facing cancer every day.

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Support What Matters

Find the school, initiative, cause that matters to you and support our students, faculty, and research.

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Gift Planning

Thoughtful planning for a better future.

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Lavine Family Makes Historic $10M Gift to Columbia Basketball

The gift, which is one of the largest in Columbia Athletics’ history, provides support for both basketball programs and endows the women’s head coaching position.

 

Education opens up a world to people. If you give that to somebody, you improve the world for everyone.

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Alumnus Li Lu Gives $15M Gift to Support Law Library Renovation

In recognition of Li Lu’s (’96CC, ’96BUS, ’96LAW) generous gift, the new space will bear his name.

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Awards New Grant to Sustain “Mapping Historical New York”

The Foundation’s continued support will expand research, teaching, and public engagement while ensuring long-term stewardship of the project’s open-access mapping platform that visualizes over a century of New York City history.