Let’s Do Good, Together.
A World of Good is the comprehensive campaign for Central College, raising both support for students and goodwill in our communities. Central will celebrate 175 years in 2028. Join us with a gift, by logging your service hours or attending our service and celebratory events!
Priorities
A World of Good
The greatest gift you can give is one to the campaign – Central’s greatest needs. Unrestricted annual support provides flexibility to Central to address arising needs in a timely way.
Student Scholarships
Scholarships are an impactful and immediate investment in our students. Every student at Central receives a $1,000 donor-funded Journey Scholarship. Students also receive support from our many endowed scholarships. These scholarships are fully-funded at $50k or more and last a lifetime.
Programs
Support your favorite passion – academic programs, athletics, community, visual and performing arts, student organizations, scholarships – with annual gifts or gifts to the endowment, where support is invested and provides a steady stream of impact that lasts forever. Naming opportunities for funds, rooms and buildings are available for $50k or more.
Stories of Support
I’m aware that what I am doing is creating things and bringing them into existence. It’s not just doing good in the world. I’m building the world I imagine and the places I want to inhabit.”
— Stefanie Vruwink Reiser ’85
I didn’t wait until I had ‘enough’ to give. Giving to Central was never about the amount — it was about gratitude. I want this place to be here forever. Not just 100 years after my grandmother attended, but 100 years beyond that. Central is a place where students can find themselves, explore and feel safe trying out different versions of who they want to become. That’s worth investing in.”
— Deanna Ver Steeg ’94, Board Chair-Elect
You don’t have to give it all, but if Central played a part in your life, there’s no better time to give back.”
— Larry Reynen ’71
Leave A Legacy
Central’s Leave A Legacy Challenge offers an impactful way to support future students through planned gifts. By documenting a planned gift, participants can unlock an immediate matching contribution, directing 10% of their gift’s estimated value (up to $10,000) to the scholarship, academic, athletics or campus program of their choice.
Let’s Do a World of Good Together
There are many ways you can do a world of good that align with your financial and philanthropic goals.
For more information or to request a conversation with a gift officer, please contact us at 641-628-5154
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