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Philanthropy fuels the groundbreaking discoveries that are Carnegie Science's hallmark. Investment in our explorations of life, Earth, and the universe pays dividends as we meet the most urgent challenges facing humanity. Make a gift to support our work today.
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If you have a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), you can make an immediate impact from the money you’ve already set aside. This secure DAF donation tool automatically notifies us of your gift intention and integrates with your DAF custodian to make recommending a grant to Carnegie Science seamless and easy.
Give Through Your DAFDonations of appreciated stock make an immediate impact on Carnegie Science and can come with advantageous tax benefits for you. Use this secure, online stock-giving platform to learn more and create a stock gift in 10 minutes or less.
Give StockIf you are 70.5 or older and have a traditional IRA, you can support Carnegie Science directly from your retirement savings! These gifts maximize your impact, can reduce your future tax burden, and can help satisfy a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). To make a charitable IRA gift, please use this secure, online tool so we can track your gift and thank you appropriately!
Make a Gift From Your IRAMake a gift of real property, such as a home, land, or fine art. Contact us at giving@carnegiescience.edu to learn more.
What legacy do you want to leave on this planet? How can you help advance scientific research for generations to come? An estate gift to Carnegie Science allows you to leave a legacy for the future while achieving your estate planning goals.
Where to Give
Greatest Needs
Support for the Carnegie Fund provides financial flexibility to meet immediate needs and seize opportunities that may arise. This could span from seed funding for novel scientific research directions to jumping on of-the-moment fieldwork opportunities.
Donate to Support Carnegie's Greatest NeedsSupport Our Divisions
We are now entering a time of scientific discovery unparalleled in our history. This new age brings a convergence of trends in scientific practice and technology that allows interdisciplinary scientific research to thrive across all three of our divisions—Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, the Earth and Planets Laboratory, and the Observatories.
BSE pursues an interdisciplinary approach to life and environmental sciences.
EPL seeks to better understand the universe that is our home.
Observatories transforms humankind’s understanding of the cosmos.
Additional Areas for Support
Carnegie’s vibrant and successful early career programs are at the heart of our mission. By supporting our growing community of up-and-coming scientific innovators, you will enable the next generation of researchers to make a decisive impact on the scientific endeavor. Carnegie is a top-tier training ground for the next generation of scientific leaders.
Donate to Our PostdocsCarnegie maintains a suite of public outreach programs designed to interest the general public in scientific research; provide educational activities and resources for elementary, middle, and high school students; and strengthen undergraduate curricula.
Donate to Our Education & Outreach ProgrammingSome members of our community have established special funds to support their scientific research interests in honor or memory of a loved one. Donors have the option to direct their gifts to any of these named funds. Should you wish to create a new fund, please contact us at giving@carnegiescience.edu.
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