You can make a tax-deductible gift to the English Department in three ways:

1. You can mail us a check directly.
   Make checks payable to "Rutgers University Foundation," and mail it to the address on this printable form.
   
2. You can donate with a credit card online.
   Online donations must be processed through the Rutgers Campaign Secure Online Donation Form. When you fill out this form, make sure you specify "English" in the box marked "Choose an academic department." Gifts to the English Department will also be credited toward your Class Gift.
   
3. You can designate us as the recipient of your annual gift.
   Whenever you make a pledge to The Rutgers Campaign, make sure you specify that you'd like your gift to go to the English Department. Gifts to the English Department will also be credited toward your Class Gift.

Please consider checking to see if your company will match your donation.

A donation of $25 or more makes you a supporting member of Friends of Rutgers English. If you would like to discuss particular uses for your gift, please email us at FOR.English@rutgers.edu, or call us at 732-932-9896.

Why Donate?

Rutgers University receives less than one-third of its budget from New Jersey state appropriations, and twenty-three percent from student tuition and fees. Only generous gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations can maintain the status of Rutgers as one of the top public universities in the nation.

With New Jersey in a budget crisis, Rutgers departments are being asked to make due with less. Because the English Department serves so many students and runs so many programs, we make good use of every last dollar. Your contributions can help us through this crucial time.

Gifts to the English Department help to:

• Develop new curricular programs and research opportunities for undergraduates
• Fund fellowships, TAs, and RAs from our highly ranked Graduate Department
• Support faculty research projects
• Host literature-related events like the Writers at Rutgers series
• Create endowments for ongoing centers, projects, or Chaired Professorships
• Make improvements to Murray Hall, including upgrading computers, refurbishing classrooms, and renovating seminar rooms
• Continue developing Friends of Rutgers English, with publications and events for alumni

Ironically, the operating efficiency of humanities disciplines makes them particularly vulnerable to budget cuts, and small amounts of money can make a big difference. The English Department needs and appreciates your financial support.

Matching Donations

Matching gifts are a win-win situation for everybody. Corporations get to make donations to causes their employees support, you get to send more money to the programs of your choice, and recipients are very grateful for the extra funding.

Hundreds of companies have matching gift programs that allow you to magnify the impact of your generosity. To name just a few, Addison Wesley Longman, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Fidelity, Gannett, Johnson & Johnson, The New York Times Co., Norton Publishing, Reuters, Verizon, and Wiley and Sons will all match your donation. Many technology, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and financial institutions also participate, as do most foundations.

If your company has a matching gift program, talk to your human resources department about how to have your donations matched. If you are unsure whether your company will match your gift to Rutgers English, talk to your human resources department or call us at 732-932-9896 for more information.

Companies that have made recent matching donations:

American Re-Insurance Co.
Bank of America Foundation
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
The CNA Insurance Companies
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
ExxonMobil Corp.

The J.M. Huber Corp.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Prudential Financial
Schering-Plough Corp.
West Group