Help us have a successful launch
Join us in forming lifelong disciples, not just successful students.
Your gift does more than sustain the Rice Christian Study Center. It unlocks what comes next: new programs, people, and rhythms that deepen formation and build a lasting Christian presence at Rice.
$44,800 to go by year’s end
Make a gift
Secure online giving. You’ll receive an emailed receipt for your records.
Funding the vision
Your investment creates the foundation for lasting impact.
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Year one · Fall ’26–Spring ’27
$150K
Beta launch
$105,200 raised to date- Launch repeatable rhythms and programs
- Stand up operating infrastructure
- Prove feasibility
“Have we developed the right relationships and processes to deliver programs well?”
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Year two · Fall ’27–Spring ’28
$300K
Implementation
- Run fellows and cohorts launched with mentors
- Stabilize the programming cadence
- Expand faculty engagement
- Strengthen vocational discernment offerings
“Is our formation model repeatable, measurable, scalable, and transformational?”
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Year three · Fall ’28–Spring ’29
$500K
Full operation
- Institutionalize our presence
- Scale the pipeline
- Deepen vocational integration
- Sustain operations, staffing, and systems
“Is the Rice Christian Study Center effective at sending lifelong disciples beyond Rice and into the world?”
Funding levels
Choose your impact.
- $36,000
Covers the Executive Director’s compensation for six months, the single largest investment needed to launch RCSC. Includes founding recognition in our annual impact report.
Give this gift - $30,000
Funds a full year of student programming: public lectures, reading groups, mentoring cohorts, retreats, and the Augustine Collective journal.
Give this gift - $15,000
Underwrites one full semester of programming: weekly Table lunches, public lectures, student reading groups, and gatherings that build community.
Give this gift - $10,000
Sponsors two or three signature events: a Veritas Forum faculty lunch, a public lecture with a visiting scholar, or a vocational discernment retreat for graduating seniors.
Give this gift - $5,000
Funds a semester of the weekly rhythms that anchor our community: The Table, the Daily Office, reading groups, social gatherings, and pop-up lectures.
Give this gift - $2,500
Covers one full month of operations: space rental, hospitality supplies, communications, and donor care. A tangible gift that keeps the doors open.
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Where your gift goes
Four parts of one mission.
Programming
What we offer students: lectures, reading groups, mentoring, retreats, and vocational formation pathways.
People & Staffing
Who makes it happen: our Executive Director, administrative support, program coordinators, faculty partners, and student leaders.
Culture
How we operate: space, hospitality, communications, donor care, measuring impact, and event logistics.
Ecosystem
Who we work with: campus ministries, local churches, faculty, staff, alumni, and peer study centers.
Other ways to give
Give the way that works best for you.
By check
Make checks payable to the Rice Christian Study Center and mail to P.O. Box 66656, Houston, TX 77266-6656.
Donor-advised fund
Recommend a grant to the Rice Christian Study Center, EIN 33-4463901.
Stock & planned gifts
Email [email protected] and we’ll send transfer instructions.
Church partnership
Sponsor a Friday Table lunch or partner with us as a congregation. Email us.
The Rice Christian Study Center is an independent, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 33-4463901). Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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