Hillcrest SAE Development Fund #780108
Donating through Cornell University

• Gifts are tax deductible
• Gifts are eligible for corporate matching
• Gifts earn individual and class gift credit
• Gifts earn both SAE and Cornell credit
• Giving year runs July through June

1. Click the radio button under the first line of text, "What area(s) of Cornell would you like to give to?*" This will open a pop-up form.


2. Click the box "Other – Cornell" then "Continue" (bottom left). This returns you to the first giving screen.


3. In the "Selected Designations" box, enter the amount of your gift. Type "Hillcrest SAE Development Fund #780108" in the text box below the "Selected Designations" box. Click "Continue" (bottom right).


4. Then fill out each subsequent page according to your gift/contact specifications.

Cornell gifts that are allocated to the Hillcrest SAE Development Fund are used to fund renovations and capital improvements to Hillcrest. With the renaming and expansion of the account's charter from the old SAE Capital Improvement Fund, gifts will now be used to support reinstatement of the chapter at Cornell as well.

Decisions about how these funds are used require the joint approval of the NY Alpha Alumni Association board and Cornell University. If you are interested in sponsoring a project you would like to propose for consideration, please contact the alumni association.

A Cornell Fund Gift to the Hillcrest SAE Development Fund Goes Twice As Far

By allocating your Cornell Fund gift to the Hillcrest SAE Development Fund, both Cornell and NY Alpha are credited with the full amount of the donation. You receive full credit and recognition for your gift with both entities. That doubles the impact of your gift.

Furthermore, the actual dollar amount of your gift can be doubled through matching gift programs available through thousands of employers. Just check the box on the pledge card and enclose your company’s matching gift form with your donation. Matching gifts enable you and your employer to receive credit for supporting Cornell University and NY Alpha.

Remember that money from the Hillcrest SAE Development Fund is being used to fund renovations and capital improvements to Hillcrest, as well as to support reinstatement of the chapter at Cornell.

Our Thank-You Gift Program

New Gifts for Qualifying Donors

Phi Alpha ($150-$299):

• 100% cotton twill baseball cap with NEW LOGO embroidered on front (wheat with dark purple logo)
• Surrounded by Reality: 101 Things You Don't Know About Ithaca, NY, Autographed by Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick '09

• Hanes Tagless T-shirts: Black with NEW LOGO screen-printed in white
• Mousepads: printed with NEW LOGO!

• YETI Rambler Tumbler: 20 oz. with NEW LOGO etched in black
• Tie bars: Custom-designed tie bar with phoenix in gold electroplate (flame base in red)

Other Thank-You Gifts:

Founder's level (gifts of $300 or more):

• receive a SAE Hillcrest engraved coffee mug

• receive a framed True Gentlemen quotation or engraved coffee mug

• receive a framed Hillcrest photo, a framed photo of a Cayuga Lake sunset from Hillcrest's deck, or the "Four Homes of NYA" photo collage

• receive a framed watercolor of Hillcrest, a framed photo of a Cayuga Lake sunset from Hillcrest's deck, or the "Four Homes of NYA" photo collage

• name engraved on a special donors plaque at Hillcrest and the gift of your choice:

SAE Hillcrest engraved coffee mug.

Framed plaque of Wayland's 1899 "Definition of The True Gentleman."

Framed photograph of Hillcrest.

Framed photograph of a Cayuga Lake sunset from Hillcrest's deck.

Framed photograph of SAE's four homes.

Framed watercolor of Hillcrest.




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Annual Alumni Dues and Other Gifts
Donating to the NY Alpha Alumni Association

• Gifts are received directly by the NY Alpha Alumni Association
• Funds raised support NY Alpha Association expenses
• Lifelong membership=lifelong support
• Gifts are not tax deductible or eligible for corporate matching
• Giving year runs January through December

To pay your dues online, use the secure online dues form below. Make your online payment using VISA, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. Your gift will be credited to the current dues/calendar year, which ends on December 31.

To sign up for auto-pay for your annual dues, please click here to access the authorization form.

Other ways of giving:    

Alumni dues and contributions are critical to the fiscal stability of the NY Alpha Alumni Association board. These unrestricted funds are used primarily for alumni communications and programming, including this website, the New York Alpha News and other alumni mailings, e-communications, fundraising, and hosted events during the year, including our traditional Homecoming and Reunion gatherings. Funds from alumni dues are received directly by the NY Alpha Alumni Association and will be increasingly essential to our chapter reinstatement efforts.

Although not eligible for corporate matching or tax deductibility, dues and gifts made to the NY Alpha Alumni Association give the alumni board flexibility in allocating resources independently from Cornell.

We believe in the premise that lifelong membership requires lifelong support.

Annual dues are only $75. Please consider paying your dues and, if possible, adding a gift above the base amount (see giving societies below). Please support our efforts to keep SAE moving forward.

Online Dues Form

Be sure to check the box next to the amount you wish to contribute AND type that amount without the dollar sign in the box to the right (e.g., 45.00).