Giving

Teachers College is where the future comes first. As the nation’s first and largest graduate school of education, TC is globally recognized as the birthplace of new ideas, practices and fields of inquiry in education, psychology and health. Today, our faculty, students and 90,000 alumni and friends are extending TC’s legacy around the world. Learn how you can make a difference by supporting Teachers College.

Your Annual Fund gift supports all aspects of teaching and learning at the College, including our world-class faculty, student financial aid, visionary programs, groundbreaking research, and so much more.

Our most generous donors

Our most loyal donors

Gifts of $2,500 or more providing student scholarships

A major gift to Teachers College provides essential resources for the College to prepare the next generation of leaders, educators and innovators to create a smarter, healthier and more equitable world.

By supporting scholarship, you put the transformative power of a TC education within reach of the most talented and promising students in education, psychology and health

By supporting faculty and programs you contribute to the rich intellectual environment that is TC, enabling our faculty to forge new fields and develop innovative new programs that better education and all areas of human development.

A planned gift can help you maximize your charitable donations to TC by employing strategies and choosing gift options tailored to your particular needs and goals

Explore the many ways to establish a planned gift to Teachers College

The Grace Dodge Society recognizes individuals who have generously provided for Teachers College in their will, trust or other planned gifts

You have questions about Planned Giving? We have answers

Make a gift using a major credit card online through our secure form

Your check should be made payable to Teachers College, Columbia University. To be sure that your gift is properly credited, please note the purpose or designation of the gift.

Teachers College, Columbia University
Box 306, 525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027-669

To make a gift of stock, or to conduct a wire transfer of cash to TC’s account, please see the instructions herein.

Make a gift by naming TC as a beneficiary of a qualified retirement account.

If you are outside the U.S. and wish to make a gift online, please use our special form. Additional options are available to alumni and friends in Hong Kong and the UK.

Many companies match employee charitable donations. Ask your HR department if your gift to TC can be matched

Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) cultivates and maintains relationships with grant-making organizations that have funding interests aligned with the College’s mission