Give to JCU

In a world that continues to evolve, John Cabot University embraces the diversity that shapes our community. With students and faculty from around the globe, we celebrate the unique perspectives that contribute to our vibrant campus. Your support helps maintain the strength and stability that define our institution.

For years, we have been committed to assisting students in navigating unexpected challenges. Thanks to the generosity of JCU alumni, parents, friends, and Trustees, we've been able to provide crucial support. While progress has been made, students still benefit from your assistance. Our goal is to ensure that no student must compromise their education due to financial constraints. If you are able and willing, consider supporting our students through an online donation.

John Cabot University is a non-profit organization registered in the United States, and all donations to the University are tax-deductible for U.S. taxpayers. For more details, visit the IRS website.

Give to JCU How to Give

JCU Annual Fund

The Annual Fund at John Cabot is an unrestricted fund used for our highest priorities. Every year, dozens of alumni, their families, and friends of the university support the annual fund to provide for qualified financial aid, recruitment and retention of top faculty and staff, and improvements to our facilities. Annual Fund gifts of any size are important and, combined with others' generosity, provide meaningful resources to JCU.

Donor-Funded Scholarships

Scholarships come in two varieties: an expendable scholarship will be used immediately for tuition assistance; an endowed scholarship is established with an initial gift and is invested with our endowment advisors. The interest is then used to support tuition for students in perpetuity.

These awards are generously supported by JCU Donors who wish to establish a privately funded scholarship and provide a unique opportunity for JCU students.These Scholarships are awarded based on a variety of criteria including program of interest, financial need, residency.

Should you wish to create a donor-funded scholarship, contact the JCU Office of Development and Alumni Affairs.

Regina A. Lee Scholarship

This scholarship was established through the generosity of a donation from JCU Trustee Regina A. Lee in support of the Masters in Art History program. It is the first graduate degree program in art history based entirely in Rome offered by a US-accredited university. The program has a dual focus: the visual cultures of Rome and the Mediterranean across time, from antiquity to the present; and the acquisition of technical skills for primary research. For information on eligibility and how to apply, please contact Kirsten Rogerson at [email protected].

Facilities Fund

The objective of this fund is to maintain the original character of JCU's historic campuses while creating a modern learning environment. The continuing evolution of these facilities is essential to supporting our faculty and students in their pursuit of knowledge.

Frohring Library Fund

The Frohring Library is an essential resource for the development of innovative thinking for all students and faculty members. The Library provides an intellectual center that serves as the threshold to knowledge and research. Supporting the Frohring Library means improving the educational quality offered by John Cabot University, maximizing the students' access to databases, resources and therefore contributing to their success.

Institute for Entrepreneurship Fund

The JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship was established in 2011 to promote best practices in entrepreneurship and to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in bringing down the barriers to the achievement of their goals. The primary aims of the Institute are to provide education and training in the fundamentals of best entrepreneurial practices, and to build a strong international network of entrepreneurially-minded friends of the JCU community.

Institute For Creative Writing and Literary Translation Fund

Since its founding in 2009, John Cabot University's Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation has become a thriving community of and for writers in Rome. With workshops in the major genres (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction) and literary translation, the Institute is the place for creative writing students to spend serious time on their writing as they get to know the Eternal City.

Institute of Future and Innovation Studies Fund

The Institute of Future and Innovation Studies promotes international collaboration, transdisciplinary research, and dialogue on emerging and future innovations of high societal relevance and impact in a variety of domains: scientific, technological, economic, environmental, cultural, and social. The Institute, through its research activities promoting critical evidence-based public debate, aspires to influence accountability and good governance in these areas. Its organized activities include public debates, articles, seminars, lectures, and conferences, as well as active participation in international and national experts programs, and governmental and independent fora and initiatives.

Guarini Institute for Public Affairs

The Guarini Institute for Public Affairs was established through the generosity of the Honorable Frank J. Guarini, John Cabot University Trustee. The Institute offers an annual series of lectures, seminars, and encounters aimed at enhancing knowledge and understanding of the key issues and challenges facing the world today, in particular those affecting the United States and Europe.