{"id":149,"date":"2017-06-09T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:03:31","slug":"why-give","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/alumni\/why-give\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Give"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-hero alignfull stk-block-hero stk-block stk-8928d03 stk-block-background is-style-default stk--has-background-overlay\" data-v=\"2\" data-block-id=\"8928d03\"><style>.stk-8928d03-inner-blocks{align-items:flex-start !important;justify-content:flex-end !important;}.stk-8928d03 {background-color:#000000 !important;background-image:url(https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/08\/DSC_6493.jpg) !important;padding-top:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important;margin-bottom:50px !important;}.stk-8928d03:before{background-color:#000000 !important;opacity:0.5 !important;}.stk-8928d03-container{background-color:#00000000 !important;}.stk-8928d03-container:before{background-color:#00000000 !important;}.stk-8928d03 .stk-block-hero__content{min-height:400px !important;align-items:center !important;max-width:1200px !important;min-width:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-left:auto !important;display:flex !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-block-hero__content stk-content-align stk-8928d03-column stk-container stk-8928d03-container stk-hover-parent\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-left stk--column-flex stk-8928d03-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-122b193\" id=\"why-give\" data-block-id=\"122b193\"><style>.stk-122b193 .stk-block-heading__text{color:var(--ast-global-color-5) !important;}<\/style><h1 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-left\">Why Give<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-81f0f0f6 default uagb-is-root-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><em><strong>If you could improve someone&#8217;s life, would you? If you could make the world better wouldn&#8217;t you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a Difference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Because You Care<\/strong> \u2014 No matter your passion, DCP likely has academic, research, and service programs in that area. All of which need your support. Only DCP has all of the design, construction and planning disciplines in one college or university.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It\u2019s a Sound Investment<\/strong> \u2014 Your investment fuels innovative research on an international scale. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2020\/06\/uf-ranked-no-1-nationally-in-innovation-impact\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2020\/06\/uf-ranked-no-1-nationally-in-innovation-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>report released by the George W. Bush Institute and the Opus Faveo Innovation Development<\/strong><\/a> in Fall 2020, UF is the most productive large university in the country at leveraging its research funding into new companies, jobs, and ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It Feels Right<\/strong> \u2014 When you give to DCP, you are supporting over 1,700 students who will become the next generation in design, construction, and planning industry. Your gift expresses your solidarity with other DCP alum and everyone whose life has been touched by a DCP alum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Multiplier Effect<\/strong> \u2014 Every gift, large and small, matters. Your gift to DCP adds to the gifts of other donors, empowering you to change the college far more than you could alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Give If you could improve someone&#8217;s life, would you? If you could make the world better wouldn&#8217;t you? 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