Vision 2020

Be a Part of Fisher History

Your Support is Essential

In 2008, alumni across the United States provided 27.5% of gift income to colleges and universities. At St. John Fisher College in 2008, alumni provided 17.2% of gift income. An important goal of the Vision 2020 campaign is to increase alumni support to the College to bring giving closer to the national average. The Fisher alumni body has grown significantly in the past thirty years and numerous alumni have achieved much in their careers. Increased alumni giving will help achieve the goals of the Vision 2020 campaign and, equally important, will help provide a more consistent and broader-base of gift income for the College in the future.

The Alumni Connection

As a Fisher alumnus, you know the power of the Fisher family. Chances are you've found yourself hundreds or thousands of miles away from Rochester, N.Y. and you've run into a fellow proud alumnus or alumna. We have strong alumni chapters in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, New York City, Boston/New England, the nation's capital, Atlanta, Florida, and the West Coast. As a part of Vision 2020, we will be traveling to visit our alumni, as we have often in the past, to reconnect and spread the word about this next important phase of growth for our alma mater.

Ways to Give

Here are the many ways you can support Vision 2020:

• Outright cash gifts - An outright gift of cash by a donor, for which the donor receives an income tax deduction as prescribed by current law.
• Multi-year pledges - gifts paid over a period of years may allow a donor to make a more substantial gift while affording him/her the opportunity to adjust the timing and amount of each payment to achieve the most beneficial tax treatment. • Gifts of appreciated stock - If you transfer stock that has been held for more than a year and has appreciated in value, the College can sell the stock and you will avoid tax on the gain. To make a gift of securities please call, or have your broker call St. John Fisher College.
• Matching gifts - A matching gift program is a corporate-sponsored benefit that matches, doubles or even triples an employee's gift to St. John Fisher College. A wide array of companies and their subsidiaries as well as corporate foundations currently match their employees' gifts to charitable organizations. To find out more, please check with your Personnel Office or contact the Fisher Fund Office at 385-8006.
• Planned gifts - Planned gifts include a cash legacy in a Will, IRA charitable rollover, a charitable remainder trust, a charitable lead trust, life insurance policy beneficiary designation, charitable gift annuity contract, real estate, and art and collectibles.

Your Legacy

Over the course of Fisher history, many donors have chosen to leave a permanent legacy on campus through a naming opportunity. Many of your fellow alumni have participated in Vision 2020 in a variety of ways:

Opportunities

The College welcomes gifts that memorialize or honor both deceased and living individuals. Below is a short list of sample naming opportunities.

The College would be pleased to provide the comprehensive list of naming rights. Please call Bill O'Connor, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, at 585-385-8424 for a full listing of memorial opportunities.