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The Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Institutional Advancement builds relationships and partnerships that raise philanthropic resources from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to support IIT students, faculty, facilities and operations while enhancing alumni pride and the life of the university.

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Since IIT's legendary Million Dollar Sermon, the university has prospered through the leadership and support of many benefactors. This legacy couldn't continue without the ongoing philanthropy of IIT alumni and friends. Unrestricted gifts support student life in every way, but most importantly by funding the tuition discounts and scholarships on which 95% of IIT students rely.

Prospective students and their families are currently facing very difficult economic choices. At IIT, we will continue to honor the legacies of our founders by making the IIT education as affordable as possible to deserving students in need of aid.

Please support the IIT Alumni Scholarship Fund today and help transform the life of a deserving young scholar.

Our Donors Make An Impact

When Carol Kaplan attended college on scholarship, she was always grateful to the benefactor who funded her education. But she never got to meet him.

"He had confidence in me, and I never even saw him in person," she says.

Later, after a successful career as an educator and philanthropist, when she and her husband, Ed Kaplan (ME '65), entrepreneur and CO of Zebra Technologies, decided to fund a full four-year scholarship for an IIT student, they did not wish to remain anonymous. They wanted to make a meaningful connection with the student.

So on a warm summer's day in the month before her freshman year, Meaghan Rollins, IIT Kaplan Foundation Scholar, met with the Kaplans in person�not only to learn their names, but to share a pre-college conversation and get acquainted.