Support Rutgers

For Now and Everything to Come

Dedicated support from donors like you shapes every part of the Rutgers story: the student experience, new research endeavors and real-world solutions, and service to communities across the globe. Simply put, you make Rutgers’ mission possible.

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Support Students & Research During Crisis

Support Rutgers COVID-19 Response

Many of you have asked how you can help during this difficult time. Thank you so much for your concern and for showing the world the true meaning of Scarlet Forever. Make a gift to one of the student emergency funds or the Rutgers COVID-19 Response Fund today.

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Find Your Path

Whether you’re donating for the first time or you’re a long-time Rutgers supporter, you have options to give back in a way that works best for you.

Students

Rutgers’ student philanthropy programs strive to engage, inspire, and educate current students about the importance and impact of supporting their alma mater after graduation.

Alumni

If you’re interested in making a longer-term commitment to Rutgers, you can establish a recurring gift.

Friends and Family

If you’d like to make a gift by credit card, you can do so at your leisure through a secure online giving form.

Rutgers Staff

Rutgers employees can make charitable contributions via payroll deduction.

Corporate Giving

A partnership with Rutgers can help your business reach the next level. Corporate giving helps fund Rutgers’ priority projects, programs, research, and more.

Foundation Giving

The Foundation Relations team works to attract philanthropic support for the university’s priority projects, programs, research, and more.

Leave a Legacy

Give and Get Peace of Mind

Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for Rutgers University and its mission while accommodating your own personal, financial, estate-planning, and philanthropic goals. Make a meaningful contribution to Rutgers and leave a legacy.

Plan Ahead

Effect Real Change

Supporting Rutgers is one of the best investments you can make. Every gift, no matter the size, contributes to a circle of support. The cumulative impact of giving goes beyond the university’s borders, into the local community, and out into the world.

Change Lives

The ideas and discoveries made at Rutgers have a ripple effect—not just in academia, but in society as a whole. Rutgers students, alumni, and faculty improve the lives of others. The cumulative power of giving makes possible advanced cancer therapies, safer neighborhoods, more sustainable communities, and a more equitable society.

Support Your Community

Gifts large and small have an impact on communities and schools, the cities of Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick, the state of New Jersey, and beyond.

Fund Innovation and Discovery

As a leader in education, research, and service, Rutgers is committed to turning tomorrow’s possibilities into today’s breakthroughs. The university nourishes innovation in its labs and hospitals, in the arts, in communities, and in corporations around the world.

Spur Economic Growth

No matter which school or cause you choose to support, every dollar you invest in Rutgers produces economic growth in surrounding communities through life-changing student scholarships, breakthrough research, and impactful public service.