Annual Fund

Support the next generation of nurse leaders with your gift to Columbia Nursing’s Annual Fund. Your generosity ensures extraordinary students can attend Columbia Nursing and pursue careers in communities most impacted by gaps and inequities in health care.
Nursing Research Fund
We are delighted to launch our Nursing Research Fund. Help Columbia Nursing continue vital research and educate a new generation of nurse scientists committed to improving health outcomes for all.
Research conducted by our faculty, postdocs, and students creates new knowledge and clinical insights that improve the health and health care of communities in the United States and around the world. Make your gift today and ensure we can address real-world challenges and advance solutions to improve the delivery of patient care.
Make a Gift to the Nursing Research Fund
Student Scholarship Fund
Help fund scholarships to enable more students to become the leaders we need. Over 80% of our students receive financial aid. Your support reduces student debt and opens doors to enrollment. Gifts starting at the $5,000 level help fund a student for one year and provide the opportunity for a one-year named scholarship. 100% of your gift supports students.
Make a Gift to the Student Scholarship Fund
Global Fellows Fund
Make a gift to the Global Fellows Fund to enable students to have a global clinical experience of a lifetime. Your contribution will enable them to immerse themselves in a different health care system and learn how other countries practice nursing, surmount limited resources and develop sound models of care.
Between 40-50 students receive Global Fellowships each year. Global Fellowships have taken place in: Banjul, The Gambia; Panchgani and Wai, India; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Bengaluru, India; Amman, Jordan; Nairobi, Kenya; Pamplona, Spain; Torino, Italy; Mona, Jamaica; St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; and Lusaka, Zambia. 100% of your gift supports our Global Fellows.
Make a Gift to the Global Fellows Fund
Dean's Discretionary Fund
Provide the dean with the flexibility to address school’s most pressing needs. Your gift will help support the Pathways to Leadership and Advancement in Nursing (PLAN) program that provides students with the personalized resources to excel and become the next generation of health care leaders to transform nursing.
100% of PLAN Scholars graduate with 75% continuing onto the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
Make a Gift to the Dean's Discretionary Fund
Annual Fund donors who make a gift at the $500 level* and above are recognized in the Dean's Leadership Society.
*We are delighted to offer a special membership to the Dean’s Leadership Society at the $250+ level for recent Columbia Nursing graduates of classes 2013-2023.
Annual Fund Committee
- Joan Hagan Arnold, BS '69, Glen Cove, New York
- Daniel D. Billings, DNP '18, Forest Hills, New York
- Don Boyd, PhD'17, Bronx, New York, Chair
- Christa Simpson Heinsler, BS '76, Rochester, New York
- Kevin Daugherty Hook, BS ’98, Haddon Township, New Jersey
- Denise Houghton, BS ’78, Belle Mead, New Jersey
- Maria Magliacano, MS'06, New Canaan, Connecticut
- Marty Cohn Romney, MS '81, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Contact
Janine Handfus
Associate Director, Annual Fund
212-305-0079
jh2526@columbia.edu