A gift to the Center for the Creator Economy puts a donor’s name behind the first academic infrastructure ever built for this industry. Syracuse claimed the ground first — the first academic center of its kind — and staying first requires sustained investment to match that ambition. Philanthropic support is what allows the Center to build high quality experiences, research and pipelines, fast.
Giving can take several forms, matched to the kind of impact a donor wants to have:
- Scholarship & Student Experience Funds — Supporting the students who may not otherwise afford the full breadth of what the Center offers, including hands-on experiences like industry trips to events such as SXSW and CES
- Named Research Funds — Underwriting a specific stream of the Center’s research, from high-frequency studies to long-form investigations that set the baseline knowledge for the field
- Named Chairs & Faculty Positions — Endowing the academic leadership that gives the Center’s work its scholarly weight and continuity over time
- Facilities & Program Expansion — Funding physical space and programming — like the Center’s new podcast production booths — that gives students dedicated room to build real work
- Unrestricted Operating Support — General gifts that let the Center’s leadership direct capital where it’s needed most in a fast-moving, still-forming field