CMC 1946 Challenge

Help us reach 1,946 donors in 1,946 minutes and support an area of the College:

📓 Alumni Fund: What did you love about CMC? Was it the exceptional academic experience, a faculty-student research project that informed your future work, the financial support that allowed you to attend, or a life-changing opportunity through an internship program? Make your gift to the Alumni Fund to support the College's priorities and our student's rapidly changing needs. 100% of gifts to the Alumni Fund are invested in student financial aid!

✏️ Financial Aid: Making sure young people have access to the best education regardless of socioeconomic background is a cornerstone of CMC’s mission. Financial aid is essential to sustaining our need-blind admission promise, ensuring that CMC has the resources to admit the best possible candidates to our college community no matter their ability to pay.

🏆 Athletics: CMS Athletics is dedicated to supporting Athena and Stag Scholar-Leader-Athletes in their pursuit of excellence in competition and the classroom while helping them develop the skills that allow them to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Make your gift today to one of CMS’ 21 varsity teams, CMS Recreation, Sports Medicine, or the CMS Athletics discretionary fund.

🔬Centers & Institutes: CMC believes in the benefits of hands-on learning and student-faculty research. Make your gift to one of CMC’s 11 Centers and Institutes to provide students with graduate-level research opportunities in conjunction with the College’s distinguished faculty. 

💭 Athenaeum: The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum is the College's cultural and social cornerstone and holds a special place in many CMCers hearts. Make your gift to the Athenaeum-in honor of their 40th Anniversary-and support future thought-provoking engagements!

⚖️ Diversity & Inclusion Fund: Claremont McKenna College is committed to an inclusive community that enriches the value of the CMC experience for all students, staff, and faculty. Make your gift to the Diversity & Inclusion Fund to support workshops, training, research, and campus organizations to ensure our students have the behavioral commitments, ethical courage, and effective strategies to contribute and lead in today's society. 

🧯 Emergency Fund: CMC is committed to ensuring our community is prepared for any crisis that may present itself, such as COVID-19. Make your gift to the CMC Emergency Fund to support our student's urgent needs such as health care, travel, housing, additional financial aid, and technology.

🍎 Friends Fund: A fund for friends of CMC to support the academic & intellectual rigor of a CMC education. Friends help ensure dynamic classroom experiences for students, faculty and staff development, world-class faculty research, and technology or facilities for learning. Make a gift today to help carry out the mission of the College. 

🧠 Mental Health Fund: CMC recognizes that our students face a variety of challenges in our current times, so the College responded by adapting and increasing student mental health resources. Make your gift to the Health Fund, and help Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services and the Dean of Students make sure that our students' mental health needs are met.

🎓 Parents Fund: The CMC Parents Fund is a vital source of financial support for the College. It helps enhance the full campus experience for CMC students, making it possible to support opportunities outside of the classroom such as the Athenaeum and sponsored internships. Make your gift to the Parents Fund to support the life-changing opportunities available through a CMC education.

🖋 Robert Day Memorial Fund Gift: Make your gift in honor of Robert Day '65 and help name a focus booth in the new Robert Day Sciences Center.