Parents Fund

An Occidental liberal arts education is academically rigorous, intellectually provocative, and is designed to encourage the individual talents and aspirations of each student. We believe that the best measure of our success as a College is the success of our students – your son or daughter - yesterday, today, and in the future.

Gifts to the Parents Fund are a vital part of that equation. By supporting financial aid, student-faculty research, technology upgrades, and student services, gifts to the Parents Fund help sustain the tradition of excellence that distinguishes both the Occidental liberal arts education and the Occidental student.

Each year, gifts to the Parents Fund make it possible for highly qualified students to earn the lifelong benefits of an Occidental degree.

Leadership donors to the College may honor a family member, professor, or special friend by naming a Current Year Scholarship, an Undergraduate Student Research Scholarship, or one of a limited number of benches on the Academic Quad. Parents who make a leadership gift will share in the immediate as well as the long-term benefits of their generosity to the College.

For more information about how you can name an annual scholarship or a bench on the Quad, please phone the Office of Annual Giving at (800) 359-9151, or (323) 259-2604.

You may make your gift to the Parents Fund by check or by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express), by mail, by phone, or by using the Oxy Online Gift Form. If you would like to make a gift of stock, please contact the Office of Annual Giving for wire transfer instructions and to ensure proper credit for your gift. 

Occidental also recognizes donors through seven gift societies.

You may also be eligible for corporate matching gifts, which are combined with your personal gift to determine gift society membership. Please check with your firm’s human resources department to find out if you qualify for corporate matching gifts.

If you would like to become more involved with the Parents Association and for a list of events for parents please see our Parents Association website or contact Jim Wheat '74, Director of Parent Relations, at (323) 259-2559 or by email at jwheat@oxy.edu.