One of the easiest ways to support John Carroll is with a cash gift. You may ...

• Make an online gift now using the University's secure giving site to process your credit card or e-check contribution.
• Mail a check, made payable to John Carroll University to:
  John Carroll University
  Attn: Advancement Services
  1 John Carroll Blvd.
  University Heights, OH 44118

Memorial and Honorary gifts can be made with a credit card online or by mailing in a check.

Online Gifts

The online form will allow you to indicate the individual that the gift is honoring and also to provide the contact information of the individual to be notified of the memorial/honorary gift.

To make an online memorial/honorary gift click here.

Gifts by Check

For gifts by check, please mail a check with a note indicating the name of the individual who the gift is in memory/honor of and the contact information of the individual to be notified of the gift.

Mail to:

John Carroll University Advancement Services 1 John Carroll Boulevard University Heights, Ohio 44118

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. The impact of your gift to John Carroll University may be doubled or possibly tripled! Additionally, some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant information provided by

A planned gift is a creative way to support John Carroll University and achieve your financial and philanthropic goals.  Planned giving vehicles include bequests, charitable trusts, life insurance, and gifts from your IRA. Learn more about the ways to give.

Giving publicly traded securities is one of the easiest ways and most tax-savvy ways to support John Carroll. When you donate long-term appreciated securities, you may be able to take a charitable deduction for the stock's fair market value on the day you give it away. In addition, you might avoid paying capital gains tax. Please consult your personal tax advisor for all tax deduction questions.

1. Provide written instructions to your bank or broker. Please indicate the purpose of your gift (Carroll Fund, scholarship, or other designation).
   For example: Per our recent telephone conversation, I wish to make an irrevocable gift to John Carroll University to support the Carroll Fund with “x” shares of “XYZ Corporation”. Please transfer the stock to John Carroll University via DTC as follows:
   Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
   DTC# 0015
   John Carroll University
   Account #305-108150-553
   Attn: T.J. Johnson or Toni R. Panovec
   216.523.3005
   888.224.9599
   440.540.4496 (fax)
   Toni.R.Panovec@morganstanley.com
2. To avoid confusion on donated stock gifts please notify John Carroll University of the instructions you provide to your to your broker by sharing the same information with Advancement Services. We would like to know the name of the donor, either the stock being given or the approximate value of the stock(s) being given, and the purpose of your gift.
   
   Please contact:
   Bridgette Chicone, Gift Accounting and Data Entry Specialist
   Email: bchicone@jcu.edu
   Phone: 216.397.4338
    
3. For Fedbook entries for Government & MBS Securities:
   ABA 021000018
   BK of NYC/MSACAT
   FFC 305-108150-553 – John Carroll University

Are you at least 70 1/2 and looking for a tax-wise way to make a charitable contribution? If so, consider making an "IRA charitable rollover," also known as a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), from your IRA directly to John Carroll. If you are elibible to make a QCD, you may transfer up to $105,000 in 2024 (indexed for inflation in future years) to JCU. A QCD may count toward your "required minimum distribution" or RMD. Learn more about IRA charitable rollover gifts here.

JCU can give through payroll deduction. 

Please complete the online Payroll Deduction Giving Form.