Why Give?
When you give to Illinois Institute of Technology, you are supporting a national private university that has proven to be a home for extraordinary innovation and invention. IIT students routinely go on to change our nation and world for the better, by using their world-class education to create inventions such as the cellular phone, the Pentium chip, bar code technology and to make important discoveries, such as being the first to identify the hole in the ozone layer.
Our faculty are working on cures for blindness and diabetes and are making radical improvements to cat-scan and global positioning technologies. When you invest in IIT, you are helping to secure a future of technological advances that will benefit us all.
Higher education is a competitive field, and IIT relies on the generosity of friends and alumni to enhance the student experience, maintain our historic campus and conduct groundbreaking research. For over one hundred years, IIT has offered superior education and resources to students regardless of their families' level of income, and we continue to keep our promise to be a home for any student who has the talent and the work ethic to succeed.
Whether you are an IIT alumna, alumnus, or friend, each gift to IIT has a direct impact on the life and reputation of the university we hold dear. Donors to IIT are special people who give of themselves and their financial resources. And we work hard to make sure that we honor their legacies, wishes and family names.