Support AAP
Gifts of all sizes fund the future of AAP.
Use our secure online gift form and choose the areas of AAP that mean the most to you. You can make a one-time gift or set up a recurring or installment gift at the frequency of your choice.
Support
Gifts from alumni, parents, and friends are essential to AAP's mission to build a more sustainable, just, and resilient world.
Your support is critical to all aspects of this mission, including expanded scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, deeper integration across college departments, increased research opportunities and funding awards, and cultivating culture and community at AAP. Gifts from our supporters enable growth in our programs and further empower our community of thinkers and doers to make a greater impact with their world-changing work.
Funding Priorities
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Academic + Creative Excellence
Each year, we prepare our students to address the complex problems of today's world with the art and science of design. To provide the most holistic, transformative, and inspiring education, we need flexible funding each year. Gifts like current-use, annual fund gifts advance our college mission at our main Ithaca campus, and at the Gensler Family AAP NYC center and Cornell in Rome programs where students are afforded experiential learning opportunities.
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Access + Affordability
Our goal is for students to have an AAP experience free of financial limitations, as well as to ensure access to resources such as well-being support and all the materials needed for a successful creative practice. To bring out the great promise in each student, we must fully support them throughout their entire education. Gifts toward scholarships and fellowships, the student support fund, and the AAP Annual Fund make this possible.
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Diversity, Equity + Inclusion
AAP faculty, staff, and students work together in a commitment to a community that is stronger for its inclusivity and diversity. The AAP Diversity and Inclusion Fund provides support for recruitment and retention of exceptional students and faculty, as well as staff and resources to ensure access and support for student success at AAP.
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Research + Engagement
Our faculty and students are taking on some of the greatest global challenges of our time, from climate change to rapid urbanization. We can move the needle in these areas in our lifetime with a multidisciplinary approach that bridges design, planning, engineering, health care, and more at Cornell.
Ways to make your gift
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Online giving
You can make your online gift quickly and easily with our secure online form. Select the areas you love at AAP, choose a one-time or recurring gift, and know you're making a difference.
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Mail a check
Please note the area of support in the memo field and send checks payable to:
Cornell University
Box 37334
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Make a gift of securities
Gifts of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds are tax-deductible to the full extent of the Internal Revenue Code. Complete this secure online form to give to Cornell through a securities transfer or call 1-800-481-1865.
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Bequests, trusts, and planned gifts
Make your plan to support the areas of AAP you care about while also achieving your personal financial goals. Contact the Office of Trusts, Estates, and Gift Planning by email or phone at 1-800-481-1865.
