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Sponsor a project.

Contributions pay for materials and contracting on specific projects. Gifts to Engineers Without Borders at Cornell are tax-deductible through our 501(c)(3) chapter.

$50KBolivia goal
3active projects
100%student-run

01 / Impact Calculator

What a donation pays for.

Enter any amount to see what it funds across our projects, then give below.

Toward Bolivia $50,000 goal2%

$1,000 puts to work:

10
meters of sewage pipeBarrio San Cristóbal, Bolivia ($100 / meter)
6
solar panels for pumpingFestival Beach Garden, Austin ($150 / panel)
2
open-source tool buildsSoftware & Digital Agriculture/IoT ($500 / build)
Choose how to give

02 / What Your Gift Funds

Unit costs by project.

These are the line items a contribution covers across our three project areas.

International / Bolivia
$100 / meter
Sewage & sanitation
  • $100 funds 1 meter of sanitary sewage piping, connecting a household to safe sanitation.
  • $5,000 maintains utility networks: yearly repairs that keep families healthy.
  • $10,000 builds a full septic tank unit for 20+ households.
Fund Bolivia
Domestic / Austin
$150 / panel
Water & irrigation
  • $150 covers 1 solar panel powering irrigation with renewable energy.
  • $750 funds a rainwater harvesting cistern design for drought-prone areas.
  • $2,500 supplies a drip irrigation system for the community garden.
Fund Austin
Software & Digital Ag
$100 / license
Open-source tools
  • $100 sponsors a server or data hosting license, keeping our tools free.
  • $500 funds open-source development tools and web services.
  • $1,000 covers drone and rover system materials for crop detection.
Fund tech

03 / How To Give

Ways to support the chapter.

Donations are tax-deductible. Need a charitable receipt or an invoice? Email the chapter and we will sort it out.

01 / Easiest
EWB Cornell Gift Fund

Give through Cornell's official Giving page. The university issues the receipt.

Give through Cornell
02 / Receipt
Donation Form

Prefer a form or need a charitable donation receipt? Email the chapter and we will send one over.

Request the form
03 / Organizations
Corporate Invoice

Sponsoring as a company? Email us to set up an invoice and discuss recognition on our materials.

Request an invoice
04 / Full Details
Sponsorship Package

The full 2025–26 package: project briefs, the Barrio San Cristóbal budget, every funding tier, and a printable donation form.

Download PDF (5.7 MB)

Your Name, Their Future

We recognize component-level sponsors directly in our design packages, documentation, and community reporting. For major contributions, naming opportunities are available, for example a “Stantec Community Septic System”.

Mail checks to: Cornell University, Box 37334, Boone, IA 50037-0334. Make cheques out to “Cornell University” with the memo “Engineers Without Borders at Cornell”.

04 / Our Supporters

Our sponsors.

Become a partner
Stantec
Kimley-Horn
Engineers Without Borders USA
Community Engineering Corps

Fund the San Cristóbal septic system.

A successful septic system in Barrio San Cristóbal will be the first of its kind in the region and a model the local government can replicate.