The Catawba Fund

Help unlock our Catawba vision.

Just as others provided support while you were here, now you hold the key to assist the next generation.

You play a vital role in the success of this new generation. Your assistance allows Catawba to offer the best facilities, hire the best faculty and attract the best students. We can direct funds immediately to things that are important to you like scholarships, academic and athletic programs, renovations and construction and even day-to-day operating costs. 

Making a gift to the Catawba Fund is a way for alumni, parents and friends of Catawba to support every aspect of Catawba.

Gifts of any size are very important. Corporations and foundations examine the rate of alumni giving when they decide which colleges will receive grants and other forms of financial support. Catawba alumni support is currently 30%.

KEY POINTS

Scholarship Support
• Enable promising students that attend Catawba
  
• Assist capable students to continue their education
  
• Work-study
  
• Financial Aid
  
  Academic Support
  
• Classroom technology
  
• Classroom materials for faculty
  
• Interactive learning systems
  
• Power point technology
  
• Computer Labs
  
• Academic materials
  
  Operational Support
  
• Improvements to residence halls
  
• Upgrades to campus living spaces
  
• Areas of immediate need
  
  
  Double Your $$$ with Employer Match Giving
  If your employer participates in a corporate matching gift program, the impact of your gift for Catawba could be doubled or even tripled. Many companies match gifts from spouses and retirees as well. Check with your employer's human resources department to see whether this benefit is available to you. Follow your employer's procedures and then contact Christine Walden at cowalden@catawba.edu or (704) 637-4394 to ensure your gift gets matched.
  
  Give Early = Give MORE!
  By making your gift early in Catawba's fiscal year, you increase the value of your gift.
  

ONLINE GIVING

In an effort to reduce our use of printed materials and facilitate giving to the college, we are proud to direct you to our online giving site through which you have the opportunity to conveniently and securely support the college.

what is the catawba fund?

The Catawba Fund is a giving umbrella under which the following categories of support for Catawba are grouped:

• General Unrestricted giving affects the entire College and every individual in it — every program, every activity, every aspect of the institution. These funds are applied directly to current operating expenses.
  
  
• Unendowed Student Aid comprises the majority of the large financial assistance program Catawba uses to assist students in attending the College. Today 98% percent of Catawba students receive some form of financial aid — scholarships, grants, loans, workstudy.

The Giving Circles of Catawba College

Catawba places great dependence on the continuing support of her alumni and friends. The Circles of Catawba were organized during the 1969-70 academic year as a means of both recognizing and encouraging this vital continuing support. The Circles program has grown and enlarged over the years with new categories of giving created to recognize special donor interests and generosity. Gifts to the Circles may be designated for any purpose-capital projects, general endowment, scholarships, awards, memorial funds, the library, etc.

Membership in a Circle is determined by the total amount given during the fiscal year.

Levels of Giving:

Guarantors, Summa Cum Laude	$50,000 & Above
Guarantors, Magna Cum Laude	$25,000 to $49,999
Guarantors, Cum Laude	$10,000 to $24,999
Founders Society	$5,000 to $9,999
Sponsors Society	$2,500 to $4,999
President’s Circle	$1,000 to $2,499
Patron Circle	$500 to $999
Heritage Circle	$250 to $499
Century Circle	$100 to $249
Young Catawbans*	$25 to $99
Sustaining Donors	$1 to $99
*Graduated within last 5 years.

a few catawba key players

questions?

For more information on how you can become involved with Catawba's success, please contact Cari Price at (704) 637-4394 or e-mail caprice@catawba.edu.