CAMPAIGNS to Support

Creating Impact Campaign 

The Creating Impact Fund is the Parkland College Foundation’s greatest need fund, providing vital, flexible support where it matters most.

Every gift—whether from alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, or community leaders—helps ensure Parkland College can respond quickly to urgent needs while continuing to provide an outstanding educational experience.

Your support through the Creating Impact Fund allows us to:

  • Provide immediate scholarship assistance to students
  • Strengthen resources for students and faculty
  • Advance technology and innovation across campus

By giving to the Creating Impact Fund, you empower Parkland College to meet today’s challenges, seize new opportunities, and create lasting impact for our students and community.

Gifts of $500 or more are recognized in the President's Circle.  

Gifts to the Creating Impact Fund can be made at www.parkland.edu/give.  

If you have questions regarding our annual giving programs, please contact the Parkland College Foundation at 217/351-2464 or foundation@parkland.edu


Parkland College Foundation Scholarship Campaign 

When you support the Parkland College Foundation Scholarship Campaign, you can make a difference in the way that's most meaningful to you: 

  • Help grow the general scholarship fund, which allows us to respond quickly to urgent student needs and extend support to as many students as possible.  
  • Provide student emergency assistance, offering a critical lifeline to students facing unexpected crises so they can stay enrolled and focused on their education. 
  • Honor a loved one, mentor, or colleague through a named award that creates a meaningful legacy while uplifting a student's journey. 

Join us in removing financial barriers and opening doors to opportunity. Make your gift today at www.parkland.edu/give and help Parkland students thrive.

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Institute of Aviation Campaign

Join us as we take flight to reach new heights with an ambitious fundraising campaign to raise $3 million to support the Institute of Aviation at Parkland College.  Because of generous donors, we will be able to invest in new flight simulators, purchase new and refurbish existing airplanes, provide increased scholarships, and support Institute of Aviation instruction in numerous other ways. Visit the campaign page to learn more about how you can support the next generation of aviation professionals.

Donations can be made securely at parkland.edu/aviationgive.

If you have questions about the campaign, or other ways to support the Institute of Aviation, please contact foundation@parkland.edu or aviation@parkland.edu.