Giving to the Institute of Child Development
In 2025, ICD is celebrating its Centennial—100 years of leading the way and advancing the science of child development. In order to support the next 100 years, we are launching a $3 million fundraising campaign. We invite you to consider making a gift to support the following priority areas identified below. A financial gift—of any size—will help us continue to provide high-quality programming and research and teaching opportunities to our students.
Choose a fund
The Institute of Child Development Program Development Fund
Support a wide range of programmatic activities for the Institute of Child Development.
Institute of Child Development Alumni Doctoral Fellowship
Join a group of ICD alumni in supporting our doctoral students to become the next generation of scholars.
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Fellowship
Support the advancement of professionals who seek to deepen their knowledge in the field of infant and early childhood mental health and assume leadership roles in their communities.
N.J. Latini Fellowship
The Latini Fellowship supports graduate students with financial need and academic merit who are studying towards a degree or licensure in the area of early childhood education and/or development.
We're driven to make a difference
The Institute of Child Development (ICD) is the top-ranked developmental psychology program in the nation and is recognized worldwide for its faculty and their discoveries. ICD consistently attracts grant funding, produces new research, and recruits high performing graduate students, who go on to become leaders in the field of human development.
Giving is easy
Credit card
Use your credit card to make a gift online via our secure portal. Our secure website encrypts all your personal information so that it cannot be read over the Internet.
Check or money order
Send a check or money order, made payable to the University of Minnesota along with a letter designating the recipient of the gift to:
University of Minnesota Foundation
P.O. Box 860266
Minneapolis, MN 55486-0266
Payroll deduction
Payroll deduction is a convenient way for University faculty and staff to make a gift. Complete a payroll deduction form to make arrangements. Employer matching increases the impact of your gift. Each year more than 400 companies have matched gifts made by their employees to the U of M. Some companies may also match gifts from spouses and retirees. Search our online database or call your personnel office to see if your company has a matching gifts program.
What your gift can do
Even as state funding declines, your tax-deductible support helps us recruit the very best scholars and students. It also helps us expand our outreach activities, so we can share the science of child development with more parents, families, and communities.
Gifts have funded:
- Scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students
- Graduate assistantships
- Building and program improvements for the Child Development Laboratory School
- Staff and student engagement and development opportunities
- Community and research symposiums
- New faculty research labs and start-ups
