Pioneer Fund
The Pioneer Fund directly supports the Alfred State experience - the one that you also enjoyed! This includes life-changing, hands-on learning through cutting edge technologies, out-of-theclassroom learning experiences, a variety of extracurricular activities, investment in the most experienced faculty and staff, and so much more.
Support Our Students
Our students are always in need! We have set up the Support Our Students - SOS Emergency Fund to help address those immediate needs of our students that have been most heavily impacted during the pandemic. The results and responses we recceived have been incredible!! So we are looking to replenish our SOS Emergency Fund for future student needs that could impact their time on campus.
SkillsUSA
We have seven Alfred State students who have qualified to compete at SkillsUSA Nationals in Atlanta, GA on June 20. The five-day event features more than 6,500 students competing in 107 occupational and leadership skill areas. These students are working hard to raise funds to represent themselves and Alfred State on the National stage! Please help support them with a small donation or purchase of their craftmanship.
Support Doc Bruce
Former students of Professor Emeritus William “Doc” Bruce and current leaders in the construction industry, are thrilled to announce that they are raising funds to build the Doc Bruce Construction Materials Laboratory. The state-of-the-art Doc Bruce Construction Materials Laboratory will assure that his years of service to students, the college, and industry are appropriately recognized. Be a Life Changer- just like Doc Bruce was!
Taxes on your mind?
High Taxes Are Not Inevitable
Often the threat of taxes makes big news, but the ways of lowering them does not. We have tools to help you not only lower your tax burden, but also create benefits you may never have considered.
Find out more about our opportunities!
| Charitable Gift Annuity | Fund a gift annuity with us and receive an income tax deduction this year and fixed payments for life. |
| Charitable Remainder Unitrust | Fund a unitrust and receive payments on a schedule and at a rate (within limits) of your choosing. Receive an income tax deduction and provide for you and your spouse. |
| Gift of Stock | If you have appreciated assets, such as stock, you can reduce capital gains taxes by funding one of the vehicles above, or by simply transferring it to our mission. You must never sell the stock or asset but transfer it directly to us. |
| IRA Charitable Rollover | If the thought of paying income taxes on a required minimum distribution (RMD) is a bad idea to you, consider transferring money from your IRA (up to $100,000) and satisfy your MD without paying income tax on the transfer. |
DFB Members | Spring 2022
- Mr. Dale Stell, '75 | Chair
- Mr. Richard Laudisi, '80 | Vice Chair
- Mr. James H. Helms, '93 | Treasurer
- Ms. Connie Caputo, '87 | Secretary
- Mr. Douglas E. Acomb, '78
- Mr. Jon Cleveland, '67
- Mr. J. Gregory Ferry '63
- Mr. James J. Grillo
- Ms. Amanda L. Herrick, '06
- Mrs. Mary C. Huntington
- Mr. John J. Krueger, '81
- Mr. James Langdon, '80
- Mr. Joseph Laraiso, '67
- Mr. James Locker. '66
- Mr. William Snyder III, '01
Gifts & Commitments of $10k +
| Anonymous | Engineering Department/Building |
| Robert K. Livingston | Truck and Diesel Program Wellsville HVAC Initiative |
| Robert A. Healey AIA, LaBella Associates, P.C. | General Scholarship Fund ASC Development Fund |
| Barbara J. Becker* | Barbara J. Becker Memorial Endowed Scholarship ASC Development Fund |
| Dennis D. Weimer | Dennis and William Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| Gary G. Hill, Union Concrete & Construction Corp. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Joseph S. Laraiso M&C Utlilities, LLC | Heavy Equipment Fund Skip Sullivan Student Special Needs Fund Laraiso Construction Laboratory Fund |
| Alan and Mary Ellen Hunt | Alan, ’79, and Mary Ellen, ’80, Hunt Endowed Fund |
| Norbert and Shirley* Minch | Norbert and Shirley Minch Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| Lee K. Brasted | ASC Development Fund |
| Albert R. Styrcula | Styrcula Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| John Coughlin, Linder Industrial Machinery Company | Truck & Diesel Program Linder/Coughlin Heavy Equipment Fund |
| Walter P. Sass, Weisser Engineering & Surveying | Walter Sass Surveying Fund |
| James P. Smith, Advance Testing Company, Inc. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Timothy and Deborah Moore | Deborah (Wallace) and Timothy Moore Nursing Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| Reuben Q. Zielinski | Reuben Zielinski Fund |
| David Gagnon | Theta Gamma 100th Anniversary Forever Scholarship Fund |
| Douglas J. Barber | Barber Construction Management Endowment Fund |
| Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation | Max and Marian Farash Scholarship |
| Bethesda Foundation, Inc. | Bethesda Scholarship Fund |
| Conway Beam Leasing, Inc. | Truck and Diesel Program |
| Robert J. Drago | Drago Family Endowed Fund ASC Development Fund |
| New York Construction Materials Association | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Lloyd N. McCall* | McCall and Williams Family Scholarship Fund |
| Strong Memorial Hospital/UofR Medicine | Dr. Jennifer Harvey (UofR) Fellowship Annual Scholarship |
| Laborer’s Union 621 | Athletics Department, Alfred State Golf Tournament |
| Cold Spring Construction Co. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Associated General Contractors | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund, AGC Club |
| SWBR Architecture, Engineering & Landscape Architecture, P.C. | Timothy Zigarowicz, '94 Architectural Technology Endowed Scholarship |
| Balfour Beatty Construction, Inc. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Drug Enforcement Agency | Physical and Life Science Department |
| Delaval Dairy Science | Alfred State College Farm |
| J. Gregory Ferry | James G. & Marilyn A. Ferry Endowed Scholarship |
| Jeanne M. Gresko Boehlecke | Delta Chi Omega Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| Mach Architecture, P.C. | Alfred State Golf Tournament Pioneer Athletic Corporate Sponsorship |
| The Garman Family Foundation | HVAC MEET Learning Center Fund |
| Basil Family Dealerships | Automotive Trades Program |
| The Peckham Family Foundation | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Operations Technology, Inc. | Mechanical Engineering Program Fund |
| CIC of Westchester & Hudson Valley, Inc. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Alan and Jean Carpenter | Carpenter Family Applied Technology Endowed Scholarship |
| CATCO | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Yonkers Contracting Company, Inc. | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| APC Commercial Painting Group, LLC | Building Trades Program Fund |
| Auto Plus | Automotive Trades Program |
| National Fuel Gas Company Foundation | Doc Bruce Laboratory Fund |
| Thomas P. Wamp | Wamp Family Fund |
| Kenneth Stewart, C.P. Ward, Inc. | Richard A. Ash Memorial/C.P. Ward Endowed Fund |
| Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc. | Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund |
| Paul Guillaro, Unicorn Contracting Corp. | Paul & Lori Guillaro Annual Scholarship |
| Tom Neamon, MAC Tools | Automotive Trades Program Fund |
| Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation | The Ralph Wilson, Jr. Foundation Program Fund |