RPI73

Our Class Gift Goal is 73% participation by our class members.The target is to have everyone participate at a level with which they feel comfortable. Current Gift status.

One-time cash gifts or multi-year pledges of cash gifts will be directed to the Rensselaer Annual Fund. A downloadable pledge form and a secure online gift form can be found through the link: http://www.rpi.edu/campaign/cash_gifts.html or simply click here for the downloadable pledge form and/or secure online gift form.

The secure online gift form accepts Visa or Master Card.. Be sure to designate that your gift is for the Class of ’73 - 35th Reunion Class Gift. Alumni for whom corporate matching is possible are encouraged to seek additional funds from that source. They also count toward the class gift total.

Multi-year pledges are a great way to multiply the impact of your class gift for our 35th Reunion. Multi-year gifts made through a multi-year pledge are all counted toward the class gift for the 35th Reunion as long as one of those gifts occurs in the reunion year. A multi –year pledge form can be obtained by clicking here.

For those who would like to see their gift carry on into the future, the Reunion Committee has recommended, and the school has accepted, the idea that the class will establish an endowment gift to support the funding of a Class of ‘73 Scholarship. This endowment would require a minimum of $50,000.00 established in a separate fund from the traditional Class Gift through the Annual Fund. Several class members have already supplied the seed money for this special gift. Individuals interested in contributing to this fund should send their gifts to the attention of Eileen Howe at the Office of Annual Giving, Headley Bldg. 5th Floor 110 8th St Troy NY 12180 and clearly designate that the gift should be applied to the Class of '73 Endowed Scholarship Fund..

Class of '73 Endowed Scholarship Details and FAQ

Did you know that:

1. 45% of the cost of each and every student attending RPI is supported by the Annual Fund and Class Gift through scholarships, professor’s salaries, building costs, support of athletic programs etc.?

2. Part of the rating of colleges and universities in the annual US News and World Report and other magazines takes into account the % of alumni participating in financial support of the school through class gifts and annual fund campaigns? Just by participating in the Class Gift we can help improve the rating of Rensselaer in these annual ratings.

While the Rensselaer Annual Fund is the primary vehicle for supporting our class gift, there are four other ways to contribute in addition to making an outright gift of cash!

1. Support Rensselaer in your will,
2. Make Rensselaer a beneficiary of a retirement account.
3. Make a life income gift to the Institute.
4. You can give publicly or privately owned stock, real estate, partnership interests, and other non-cash assets.

A gift through your will, or a life income gift, automatically qualifies you for membership in the Rensselaer Heritage Society.

Information about the gift pportunities outlined above can be found at the Rensselaer Planned Giving web site at: www.alumni.rpi.edu/giftplan

This link provides further links to information on among other items:
How to build Your Gift
Goals and Gifts
Essentials
Ways to Give
What to Give
Q&A
Professional Advisors
Gift Calculator
Bequest Language
Lawyer Locator
Rensselaer's Charitable Trust Provider
Ways to obtain a Free Life Planning Guide

Classmates considering planned gifts should contact:

Arthur T. Tracy
Director of Planned Giving
Telephone: 518-276-2561
Email: tracya@rpi.edu