Gutenberg College is Distinctive
American colleges and universities promise students a version of the “good life,” but increasingly fail to deliver. At the heart of that failure is their abandonment of the art of living well. Gutenberg College offers a rare alternative, an education that cultivates students’ hearts, minds, and souls within a biblical framework. Gutenberg equips students to seek truth while engaging the surrounding culture as well as serving well vocationally. When you give, you help make it possible for tutors to invest in students to equip them to seek what it means to live well. Your financial partnership helps us all to explore together God’s purposes in a complex world. Thank you!
Financial Independence
We at Gutenberg College treasure our freedom to pursue our mission. We are not financially beholden to any denomination or religious organization. Beyond that, we strive to stay clear—as much as possible—from the influence that governmental entities exert through funding. While we do comply with all applicable laws, we do not accept any state or federal funds. Gutenberg College is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c) (3)-organization.
The Gutenberg board of governors is once again sponsoring its annual summer Board Matching Campaign from July 1 to August 31. The governors are generously pledging to match the first $14,555 of donations. In addition, the CEO of Classical Conversations, Robert Bortins, has pledged to “double match” donations up to $10,000 this year. Thus, the first $10,000 in new donations during our summer Board Matching Campaign will be matched by both the Gutenberg Board and Classical Conversations, effectively tripling every donation up to $10,000. Your donations together with these generous “matches” can provide $39,110 to help those students who need financial aid to attend the college. By contributing, you can help give students an excellent education.
Special Programs
Friends of Gutenberg is a monthly giving program that provides the cornerstone of support to the college and our students.
While Gutenberg is supported in many ways, including volunteer time, prayers, and bi-annual campaigns, there is a growing community of people who have made a commitment to give financially on a monthly basis. Theses are the Friends of Gutenberg.
Friends of Gutenberg participate more fully with us in the life of the college. We offer updates on our activities, special invitations and discounts to our conferences and events, and online learning opportunities. You’ll receive special content such as archived recordings, articles, and art.
We are extremely grateful for Friends like you who recognize the value of the Gutenberg mission to both students and the public at large. We look forward to joining with you as we deepen our understanding of our faith and the Bible in the context of our modern culture.
We invite you to become a Friend of Gutenberg today! Here’s how:
- Contact development director David Snider, and he can provide more information to get you started. Or,
- Simply follow the steps below to set up a monthly donation through our online form.
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- Click the “Give” button below.
- On the donation form, choose Monthly Giving at the top.
- In the Special Programs drop-down menu, select Friends of Gutenberg.
- Enter your payment information.
After joining, you will receive occasional emails with updates from Gutenberg and Gutenberg’s new Substack page. (Substack is a free subscription-based digital platform that helps individuals and organizations like ours periodically deliver audio and written content.) Our goal is to provide easy access to some of the “best of Gutenberg” from our teaching, conferences, music, and art. We hope these offerings will encourage you.
At Gutenberg College, we have semi-annual fundraising campaigns:
Board Matching Campaign
Each summer our dedicated board of governors generously pledges a matching gift. The funds raised from this effort go directly into financial aid that helps our students stay focused on their learning. This support offers great encouragement as we start each new school year. As an example, in 2024 our board pledged $15,200. Donors more than met the goal, giving $19,200, for a total of $34,400.
Giving Tuesday & Year End Campaign
This campaign launches on Giving Tuesday, and gifts are received until December 31. This is a season of giving for so many worthy causes, so we are always grateful that supporters choose to invest in students on their journey of a classically-based, liberal arts education that equips them to live well and serve well.
Gutenberg College offers two special scholarships to existing students as reward and encouragement to their ongoing education. Both scholarships honor and remember former faculty. To donate to one of these scholarships click on the give button above and select the scholarship from the Special Programs drop-down menu.
The David W. Crabtree Scholarship
The $1000 David W. Crabtree scholarship is given to an established Gutenberg student who exhibits those qualities that exemplify the kind of student for whom Gutenberg was designed. For this scholarship, academic performance is a consideration, but Gutenberg is about more than academics. Diligence is also an important ingredient, but Gutenberg is about more than diligence. This scholarship goes to that student whom the tutors deem to have taken the content of the curriculum most profoundly to heart. Such a student takes seriously the issues raised, thinks about them, and allows the truth to change the way he or she thinks about life and how to live. Gifts to this scholarship fund will support worthy students in the years to come.
The Ron Julian Memorial Scholarship
Ron Julian profoundly impacted the lives of many people and left an indelible mark on Gutenberg College. To remember and honor Ron’s love and devotion to students of all types, Gutenberg College, through gifts from several anonymous donors, has set up a Ron Julian Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1000 to be given each year to one or more students from the junior or senior class. The student will also receive a complimentary copy of Ron’s book, Righteous Sinners.
Ron had many interests, but throughout his life, his passion was to read, understand, and teach others about the Bible and, through that process, to help lay a biblical foundation on which students could build their lives. Furthermore, in his teaching and interactions, Ron was exceptionally patient, charitable, non-coercive, and still unapologetic in his conclusions.
Therefore, in memory of Ron, a group of Gutenberg College faculty will select one or more students (depending on availability of funds) each spring from the sophomore or junior class who best exemplifies Ron’s passion, character, and desire to pursue biblical truth. The scholarship will be awarded to the selected student or students in the following academic year.
Gutenberg College operates within an historic Jacobean building designed in 1927 by architects Lawrence, Holford, Allyn and Bean. It represents nearly a century of good friends and good memories. The quaint charm and classic style of the building holds a place in the hearts of so many who have passed through its doors. The building—both old and beautiful—needs extra special care and refurbishment in many areas.
Thanks to your generous support and many volunteer hours, we have completed a number of major projects in the last few years. The wood floors and walls were restored in our third-floor loft, the kitchen floor and cabinets were refurbished, the men’s showers were replaced and improved, the aging water heater was replaced, the windows have been re-sealed, and the entryway wood floors and carpets were refinished and replaced.
You can help us with our building in two ways:
- Come join our quarterly house work day. (Contact the office for dates.) Community members, staff, and students gather on a Saturday morning and accomplish a great deal of interior improvements, deep cleaning, and landscaping.
- Or, you can donate to house projects by selecting Campus Stewardship from the Special Programs drop-down menu on the donation form.
Our deep gratitude goes to a donor who blessed us in the Fall of 2023 with an unprecedented $500,000 gift.
As Gutenberg College starts into its fourth decade, we are excited and grateful to be looking at the long-term sustainability of the college through estate and planned gifts.
A legacy gift is a way to significantly impact Gutenberg and its students. By including Gutenberg in your estate plan, you play an important role in sustaining the college and its students for future generations.
There are a number of ways you can be a part of the college’s future as you consider your estate and planned giving, including:
- Bequests: A bequest is a gift made through your will or trust that provides flexibility and allows you to maintain control over your assets during your life.
- Beneficiary Designations: You can designate Gutenberg as a beneficiary of a retirement, investment, or bank account; stocks; or your life insurance policy.
- Real Estate: You can donate appreciated real estate, such as a home, vacation property, undeveloped land, farmland, ranch, or commercial property.
If you would like us to reach out for a conversation about planned giving to Gutenberg College, resources to help you with estate planning, or to let us know if we’re already included your estate plan, please contact the Gutenberg office at office@gutenberg.edu.
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.” —Wendell Berry