Give to CCAD
With your support, CCAD continues to gain recognition as a top-tier college of art and design, a cultural leader, and the engine of the Columbus and Central Ohio creative economy.
What’s more, CCAD is building a global reputation for delivering an innovative and relevant creative educational experience of value to its students, alumni, and society thanks to you. CCAD fosters a community that educates diverse students so they can unleash their creative power to shape culture and commerce.
Make an Impact
Your gift of any size makes a difference: on campus, in the community, and in our students’ lives. When you donate to CCAD, you can directly impact areas like:
- Student scholarships
- Faculty excellence and recruitment
- Campus enhancements
- Business and community partnerships
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Gifts have an incredible impact on our School and local communities.
CCAD is part of what makes Columbus a better place to live. In every facet of successful things about our city and region, you can often find CCAD alumni involved. We look to CCAD when it comes to certain skill sets - design, communications, graphics, technology.
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Support a Cause
Feel passionate about a particular program, project, or campus cause? You can choose where you’d like to allocate your gift.
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Student Support
Help make student scholarships possible by contributing to an existing fund or creating an endowment.
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Academic Support
Enrich our academic programming inside and outside of the classroom by supporting a specific department, program, or initiative.
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Faculty Support
Boost faculty excellence, retention, and professional development with a contribution to one of several related funds.
Meet our Interim Associate Vice President for Development
Julia Gourley
Julia Gourley is an authentic and passionate connector of people and the arts, whether as an educator, nonprofit executive, or fundraiser. Following an impactful career in museum leadership, she joined CCAD to continue to grow relationships between CCAD’s mission and community, alumni, and businesses invested in the creative sector.
In addition to serving as CCAD’s Director of Major Gifts, a position in which she helps facilitate personal passion to advance CCAD’s mission, Gourley supports the strategic direction of alumni relations and development as Interim Associate Vice President for Development.
Prior to joining CCAD, Gourley served as executive director and senior director for advancement for Krasl Art Center in southwest Michigan. Gourley holds a BFA from Ohio University and a MSEd from the University of Dayton. In addition to being a patron of the arts, Gourley commits to her own regular creative practice and she consistently makes time to stroll along waterways and hike in forests with her best pup. She is the proud parent of a young person pursuing their own higher education studies in the creative sector.
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Jensen Hykes
Donor & Alumni Relations Coordinator
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Development Operations Specialist
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Kristina Rawson
Director of Donor Experience
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Donor Appreciation: Meet Our Supporters
Thank you, donors and friends! We value your contributions and continued support of all things CCAD.
Two animation students turned young storytellers' dreams into short films. With mentorship from industry pros, Myka Williamson and Hope Margaritis brought prehistoric adventures to life—one frame at a time.
Fashion has the ability to transform wearers, filling them with confidence and celebrating their personality. A recent classroom project that paired CCAD’s Fashion Design students with clients from the nonprofit Dress for Success did that—and so much more.
What could you do in only four weeks’ time? If you’re a Columbus College of Art & Design student, you might just use that time to create—from scratch—an internationally award-winning game with a powerful social message.
A short about Emily Dickinson has won a prestigious Telly Award—and Columbus College of Art & Design filmmakers helped make it happen.
MJ Cooper (Fine Arts, 2026) has shown her paintings around the world since she was a teen. Her latest accomplishment? Seeing her work on JanSport bags.
Make a Gift
Your gift of any size directly impacts our students, our campus, and our community. Help us shape the future of commerce and culture.
