Centenary University’s mission is simple, yet far-reaching: to educate leaders who will someday shape our world. Our benefactors—alumni, parents, business professionals, companies, and friends—play a critical role in this mission. Your gifts to Centenary University fund top academic programs, scholarships for deserving students, outstanding athletics, campus improvements, and much more. There are many ways you can support Centenary University and advance the future of our students. Make an immediate impact through an annual gift, create your own legacy, or make a long-lasting impact through planned or endowment giving. These flexible options allow you to design the gift that works best for you and your loved ones. Here are some ways to make the biggest impact:
The Centenary Fund provides immediate, flexible resources that make a direct impact on the student experience, including through scholarships and financial assistance. Through their gifts, donors fund bold learning initiatives that create extraordinary opportunities for Centenary University students.
Centenary University relies on annual gifts from donors like you to provide a predictable source of funding that supports leading academic programs, extracurricular activities and athletics, campus improvements, and more.
A select group of benefactors leads the charge in helping to shape Centenary University’s future. The dedicated members of The Centenary Society and the President’s Advisory Council (PAC) have demonstrated their commitment to the University through a high level of sustained support.
Your gift to the unrestricted scholarship fund provides opportunities for young adults to experience the life-changing power of a Centenary education. At Centenary, 99% of all incoming freshmen receive a grant or scholarship, with an average award of more than $27,000. Every gift—whether large or small—helps to make a Centenary education affordable for students who may not otherwise attend college.
Create a lasting legacy while providing crucial support for the University, now and in the future.
Planned gifts allow you to support Centenary, while receiving tax and other financial incentives.
Double the impact of your generosity to Centenary through a matching gift from your employer.
Support Centenary while gaining extra tax advantages through your gift of appreciated securities.
Members of the George H. Whitney Society have generously included Centenary in their estates or through other long-term planned gifts, the better to immediately enjoy financial benefits and assist Centenary in the years to come. The Society is named in honor of Centenary's first President, George. H. Whitney, who led the University from its opening in 1869 until 1895. As more and more alumni and friends are joining more than 60 of their peers in making these vital contributions, they may rest secure in the knowledge that they are helping the University achieve its present educational goals, while ensuring it has the necessary flexibility to achieve future success.
Members of the Society are presented with a special commemorative pin that they may wear at College events such as Homecoming & Alumni Weekend, or whenever they choose. That way, they will be immediately recognized for their commitment, forethought and generosity. In addition, members of the Society can enjoy special events both on-campus and off, as well as receiving recognition in Centenary's Honor Roll of Donors and much more. By joining the George H. Whitney Society, you leave a lasting and meaningful legacy, and join the many Centenarians whose long-term gifts will benefit Centenary's students today, and for years to come.
To enroll please contact the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations by calling 908-852-1400 x 2253
The Friends of Taylor Memorial Library is a volunteer group established to sponsor cultural events for the Centenary University community and raise funds to donate to the Library in order to enhance the services, informational resources, and equipment it provides.
By supporting Taylor Memorial Library, you are helping Centenary University provide the best possible research resources for its students and the community at large. By making gifts of time and resources, the Friends of Taylor Memorial Library will help to ensure its collections — more than 40,000 print materials, nearly 270,000 electronic journals, newspapers, and books, and a wide variety of databases and technological assets — can grow and change with the evolving needs of Centenary students.
Members of the Friends of Taylor Memorial Library will receive invitations to special Library events, as well as recognition in the Honor Roll of Donors and more. This volunteer membership group consists of alumni, faculty, staff, students and other individuals or companies in the greater Centenary University community, who are interested in promoting its goals."
Jordan Glatt
Special Assistant to President and VP for University Advancement
(908) 852-1400 ext. 2387