Online Giving to CUPPA

The University of Illinois Foundation (UIF) teamed with us to offer convenient giving options online. You can split your charitable donation between as few or many funds as you wish.

Please indicate the donation amount and which fund(s) you would like your donation directed. After confirming the amount, you will be directed to the University of Illinois Foundation's secure Online Giving site for your personal and credit card information.

Thank you for supporting our CUPPA students and our research.

UIC CUPPA Last Mile Fund for Current Use

CUPPA’s Last Mile Fund created by the CUPPA Alumni Association and supported by BNSF Railway provides scholarship support for CUPPA undergraduate students who are within 30 credit hours of graduation and in good academic standing but have a financial hold on their account preventing registration for their final classes.

Friedman CUPPA Undergraduate Scholarship Fund

To support scholarships for CUPPA undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and academic achievement and whose parents did not graduate from college.

Public Administration Unrestricted Fund

Public Administration Unrestricted Fund

CUPPA Public Administration Student Scholarship

CUPPA Public Administration Student Scholarship

UIC Allan Lerner Memorial Endowment Fund

To support scholarships, research, lectures and other related events in the Public Administration department in CUPPA, and the Political Science department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) in memory of Allan Lerner, professor, former interim dean of CUPPA and associate provost.

Urban Planning & Policy Unrestricted Fund

Urban Planning & Policy Unrestricted Fund

UIC Urban Planning and Policy Chicago Futures Initiative Fund

To sustain the rich legacy of UIC's Urban Planning and Policy Department developed over 50 years, the Chicago Futures Initiative will boost the department's public-facing presence while raising resources for future success.

Anna Bachman Memorial Fund

The Anna B. Memorial Scholarship Award is an annual scholarship to honor the late Anna Bachman, MUPP student, who passed away on January 12, 2014.

Gao-Zhang Graduate Fellowship Fund

An endowed fund established by CUPPA alumni, Amy Gao and Shawn Zhang, to support graduate fellowships that promote innovative use of technology in urban planning.

Gao-Zhang Geospatial Technologies Research Fund

This endowed research fund in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy, established by CUPPA alumni, Amy Gao and Shawn Zhang, will be used to elevate undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research. It will be used to utilize geospatial and related technologies such as the Internet of Things, virtual reality, and more in the department.

Janet Lynn Smith Practitioner in Residence Fund for Current Use

This fund honors the memory of Janet Lynn Smith. Gifts to this fund supports a community practitioner in the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement in the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.

Thelma L. Jackson Urban Planning & Policy Scholarship Award Fund

Rob Mier Memorial Award Fund

To support scholarships to the best and brightest full-time students committed to social justice in their work in memory of Rob Mier, former professor of Urban Planning and Policy and creator of the Center for Urban Economic Development

Charles Orlebeke Scholarship Fund

To support graduate student scholarships in the department of Urban Planning and Policy.

Nicholas Trkla Fund

Provides graduate research assistant position for current Masters in Urban Planning and Policy candidates, who are interested in, and committed to urban development.

Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) Unrestricted Fund

Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) Unrestricted Fund

UIC Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) Fund for Current Use

Great Cities Institute (GCI) Unrestricted Fund

Great Cities Institute (GCI) Unrestricted Fund

Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy (IRRPP) Unrestricted Fund

Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy (IRRPP) Unrestricted Fund

Urban Transportation Center (UTC) Unrestricted Fund

Urban Transportation Center (UTC) Unrestricted Fund

UIC Joe DiJohn Memorial Fund

To support scholarships in the Urban Transportation Center (UTC) in memory of Joe DiJohn, former longtime UTC research professor and executive director for Pace Suburban Bus.

UIC Darl Hall Scholarship Fund for Current Use

Honoring the life of Darl Hall and his passion for trains and transit, the Darl Hall Scholarship Fund supports scholarships for students in the Urban Transportation Center who are pursuing an advanced degree (Masters, PhD, or certificate) in Urban Planning and Policy.

Nathalie P. Voorhees Center Unrestricted Fund

Nathalie P. Voorhees Center Unrestricted Fund

Urban Data Visualization Laboratory (GCUDV) Unrestricted Fund

Great Cities Urban Data Visualization Laboratory (GCUDV) Unrestricted Fund

CUPPA Dean's Fund for Excellence

Shirley M. Buttrick Lectureship in Social Policy Fund

UIC Wiewel Fund

This fund fund supports the Urban and Economic Development Lectureship