Help Pitt Business Grow and Succeed
Your philanthropic support ensures the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration will continue to grow and succeed. You are crucial to our efforts to develop tomorrow’s business leaders.
Areas of Greatest Need
Scholarships
Dean’s Excellence Fund
A gift to this fund provides an immediate and essential source of funding. By making an unrestricted contribution, you allow the school to direct the funding toward the areas of greatest need. Annual, expendable gifts provide Pitt Business vital flexibility to support a variety of areas and remain at the forefront of business education.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Learning, valuing and having experience working in diverse and inclusive environments is a critical skill that we strive for all Pitt Business students to achieve. Gifts to this fund will support programming to teach students how to implement a diversity strategy in the workplace and prepare our graduates to become catalysts for change. Dean Assad’s vision is that equity, diversity, and inclusion will be fully integrated in the curriculum and serve as a focal point for our school.
Impact Stories
Graduate Awards Ceremony Honors Students and Faculty
Congratulations to the students and faculty who received awards and those initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma at the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Spring 2024 Graduate Awards Ceremony Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Rivers Club in...
Katz Students Win Global Adobe Analytics Challenge
Competing among 2,000 teams from universities worldwide, two students from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business won the top prize in the 2024 Adobe Analytics Challenge. The event took place during the Adobe Summit in Las Vegas, on...
Students Learn Computational Thinking in Saaty Hackathon
Pittsburgh-area college students keen on mastering decision-making techniques and harnessing the power of generative AI to tackle complex challenges are invited to the T.L. Saaty Decision Making for Leaders Hackathon. This third annual competition on March 22- 24,...
Undergraduate Students Shine Bright at Awards Ceremony
The University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration held the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 26, 2024, at the University Club in Oakland to honor students, staff, and faculty for their accomplishments this past year. Addressing the graduates, Gene...
Climbing The Innovation Ladder: 1486 Labs, Revisited
This article was written by George Collins (BSBA ’26) and Trinity Foster (BSBA, BS ’25), two students who serve on the 1486 Labs Content Team. A year ago, we introduced you to 1486 Labs, a unique space within the University of Pittsburgh's vibrant campus. Here,...
Ways to Give
Customize Your Contribution
There are many powerful ways to give to Pitt Business. From the annual fund to creating an endowment to making a planned gift, your philanthropy has a profound impact on students, faculty, and the Pitt Business experience.
Questions?
Contact Jodi Weisfield, Executive Director of Development at 412-514-4361 or jweisfield@katz.pitt.edu
Online & Recurring Gifts
Gifts can be made to Pitt Business using our secure online giving form. Questions? Contact Simone Jurinko at 412-648-7546 or sjurinko@business.pitt.edu.
Corporate Matching
Many employers match charitable contributions made by their employees. Find out how you can double or even triple the size of your gift to Pitt by participating in a workplace matching gift program.
Endowed Funds
Endowed funds are charitable contributions that provide a perpetual stream of income in support of scholarships, fellowships, faculty chairs, instruction, and other important programs or services. They allow major gift donors to establish named funds that will exist in perpetuity and provide permanent support for students within a particular area or for a specific purpose. Minimum endowment levels guarantee that sufficient income will be available to fulfill the donor’s specific intentions.
Current Funds
Unlike endowed funds, current funds can be distributed in the same year they are received. They are a terrific alternative for those who might have excess funds available each year but who do not have the full endowment minimum to make a gift in perpetuity. Similarly, they are ideal for annual IRA disbursements or lump-sum gifts to fund research projects, travel, or faculty and student awards for a designated number of years.
Planned Giving
Planned Giving options allow you to amplify the impact of your generosity to the University of Pittsburgh and to potentially create lifetime income streams and reduce your taxes. You can leave a legacy through bequests, retirement plans, and life insurance.
Send your gift directly to Pitt Business by making a check out to the University of Pittsburgh and mailing it to:
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
PO BOX 640093
PITTSBURGH PA 15264-0093
Contact Us
Have a question about giving to Pitt Business? About opportunities or resources for alumni? Reach a member of our staff.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
I wish to give back to society and one day sponsor another student like me who could dare to dream big. This award has allowed my dream to come true – which was to pursue higher studies from the U.S. I thank you!
Your support has encouraged me to work and study my hardest to earn the best grades. I hope one day that I am able to pay your generosity forward and support the next generation of Pitt students. I had the most amazing opportunities at Pitt due to donors like you and support from the Pitt community.
