Central is a special place that cares about people and equips students and faculty to make a difference in the world. Through your gifts to the college you can have an immediate and lasting impact on students’ lives through scholarships and teaching excellence.

Journey Scholarship Fund

Gifts to The Journey Scholarship Fund provides annual scholarships for students at Central College. 

Central College Endowment

Gifts to the Central College endowment allow donors the opportunity to create a life-time legacy of support of Central College.  Endowed funds may be unrestricted, which means they can be used wherever the need is greatest, or they may be designated for a scholarship, faculty position or program.  Central offers the following gift levels to create an endowed fund. Learn more.

Endowed Scholarships — $25,000 
Endowed Professorships — $500,000
Endowed Faculty Chair — $1,000,000

Academic Department Venture Funds

Gifts to academic department venture funds allow those departments to fund such things as equipment purchases, faculty and student research and travel stipends, professional conferences and other needs specific to their individual areas.  Venture funds are managed by individual departments.

Athletic Department Excellence Funds

Gifts to individual sports programs excellence funds assist our athletic teams with such things as uniform and equipment purchases, travel to tournaments, and other programmatic needs which may arise. 

Interested in making a gift? Check out all of the ways to give to Central.

Every gift to Central College matters, and your support directly assists students in realizing their goals of a Central College education.

Whether your gift is $25, $100, $500, $1000 or somewhere in between, your participation by making a gift is just as important as the amount you give, and we are grateful for your support.

Online Giving

Make a gift online!

Matching Dollars

Double, or even triple, your gift! Many companies match employee, employee spouse or retiree gifts to non-profits. Most match 1-to-1, but some even match 2-to-1 or 3-to-1. Some companies even match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses. That could double or triple your gift to Central College.

Companies use various methods by which employees can request matching gifts — online forms, automated phone systems or paper forms completed by the charitable cause. To get the best information, contact your company's human resources officer to discover your options.

See if your gift to Central qualifies for a match.

By Phone

Call the Central College Advancement Office and make a gift over the phone using your Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit card. Perhaps you have a favorite credit card that earns reward points or cash back. The call is toll-free: 800-447-0287.

By Mail

Send your gift to:

Central College
Office of College Advancement
Campus Box 5200
812 University 
Pella, IA 50219