How to Make a Gift to Carlow

The Carlow Fund
The Carlow Fund is all about the present: by providing current income and immediate benefits that go directly to the heart of Carlow. It is an important source of support for technology, laboratories, library holdings, and Carlow scholarships to students who might not otherwise have the opportunity of a liberal arts, faith-based education to prepare them for their careers.

If you have questions, please contact:
Linda R. Madden-Brenholts '88
Director of The Carlow Fund
Phone: 412-578-6654
E-mail Linda Madden-Brenholts

Endowment Giving
Make a gift to permanently established funds which support scholarship, special student needs, faculty development or special programs. Contributions can be made to already existing endowed funds, to the general endowment or to establish a new endowed fund in your name or in a loved one’s name..

If you have questions, please contact:
Anita S. Dacal
Executive Director of Advancement and Alumnae/i Relations
Phone: 412-578-6343
E-mail Anita Dacal

Special Purpose Giving
Special Purpose giving advances the educational purposes of Carlow University.

If you have questions, please contact:
Karen E. Galentine
Vice President of Advancement and Government Relations
Phone: 412-578-6135
E-mail Karen Galentine

Make a Gift of Cash
Please mail your check payable to Carlow University.

Send to:
Carlow University
Advancement Office
3333 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Make a Gift of Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities are valued at fair market value on the date of transfer to Carlow University. For securities contact Anita Dacal at asdacal@carlow.edu, or by phone at 412-578-6343.

Make a Matching Gift
Although procedures for matching gift programs vary, matching gift forms may usually be obtained through the employer's human resource office. The employee sends the signed form with a check made payable to Carlow University. The rest is handled by the University and the employer. Click Find a Company to see if your, or your spouse’s, employer match charitable donations. >> More About Matching Gifts

More than 800 companies in the United States match employees' contributions to the University each year, raising nearly $100,000. For more information, see your personnel or human resources officer or call the Office of Development.

Make a Pledge
Carlow University encourages pledges as a way of spreading out payments on gifts to the University. To pledge now, please call The Carlow Fund office, 412-578-6654, or pledge online:

Retirement IRA Giving
Donors 70 ½ or older can make charitable gifts from their IRA accounts retroactively in 2010 without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. >>Find out more

NEW!! Retirement IRA account gifts made through January 31, 2011 can still be counted in 2010 taxes!!