December is a popular time for donations, as it is the final chance to earn 2021 tax year deductions. Philanthropic support through the Alexander-Tharpe Fund provides Georgia Tech student-athletes with the resources and tools to achieve athletic, academic and personal success. Please consider the Georgia Tech Athletic Association in your giving plans during this holiday season.
The 2021 calendar year has been full of successful performances by Georgia Tech student-athletes – athletically, academically and in the community. Most notably in the athletic realm, men’s basketball won the ACC Championship for the first time since 1993 and eight programs finished in the top 25 nationally, including NCAA Sweet 16 appearances for women’s basketball and women’s tennis, a 15th-place national finish for golf and volleyball making not one, but two, NCAA Tournament runs – one in the spring and another in the fall. December alone has seen women’s basketball earn a monumental win over No. 3 UConn, volleyball earn the No. 8 national seed in the NCAA Tournament and advance all the way to the Elite Eight and football land a recruiting class that included the second-highest concentration of four-star prospects in the history of the program.
Off the field, Tech earned two of the college athletics’ most prestigious awards for academics (the N4A Model Practices Award) and community service (the NACDA/Fiesta Bowl Community Service Award). Individually, women’s track and field student-athlete Bria Matthews won the Wooden Citizenship Cup, women’s tennis’ Victoria Flores won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award and men’s basketball associate head coach Eric Reveno won the National Association of Basketball Coaches Guardians of the Game Award.
The continued support of A-T Fund donors is critical to maintaining and building on the success of 2021. A-T Fund priorities for the remainder of the 2022 fiscal year include the Athletic Scholarship Fund, Athletics Director’s Initiative, scholarship endowments and program endowments. Click HERE to learn more.
There are several ways you can make your year-end gift and take advantage of a 2021 tax benefit:
- Make a gift online:All credit card donations can be made online at org/donate. Donations made by credit card must be charged by 11:59 PM on December 31, 2021. Please select from funds listed or use the “Other” option for other funds not listed. Please note that credit cards sent by mail may not be received and charged in time for 2021 credit.
- Make a gift by check:Donations by check must be dated and postmarked by the US Post Office by December 31, 2021. Delivery services like UPS and FedEx are not acceptable postmarks. Please make checks payable to the “A-T Fund” and include a note with information relevant to your gift. Please mail checks to:
Alexander-Tharpe Fund
Georgia Tech Athletic Association
150 Bobby Dodd Way NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0455.
- Make a gift of stock:All gifts of stock may be directed to Truist Bank (formerly Suntrust) at (800) 874-4770, Option 2, with documentation copied to Anita Lee (alee@athletics.gatech.edu) in the A-T Fund. Specific transfer information can be found here: Stock Instructions http://atfund.gatech.edu/methods-giving
A-T FUND HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
The A-T Fund office is closed to the public due to Georgia Tech campus holiday December 27-31. A-T Fund staff are available remotely during the final week of 2021, and can also be reached at (404) 894-5414 or atfund@athletics.gatech.edu.
» Click HERE to view the A-T Fund Staff Directory.
Tax Receipt Information: All 2021 tax year gifts will be receipted in January 2022.
