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Calling all alumni
CDE Alumni 2013-2025: Be a CannonBaller by donating today
Alumni membership dues are critical to ensuring the preservation of the Cannon Dial Elm Club into the future as one of the premier eating clubs on the Street. Current priorities include continued maintenance and restoration of the building; delivering more energy efficiency and cost savings by converting the Club’s HVAC system from Princeton University provided steam to hot water generated through GeoExchange.
Alumni membership dues contribution levels
| Years since you graduated | Standard annual contribution level | Leadership annual contribution level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25 | $50 |
| 2 – 5 | $50 | $125 |
| 6 – 9 | $75 | $175 |
| 10 or more | $100 | $250 |
| Exceptional contribution levels |
|---|
| Top Gun Contributor $1,000 annually |
| Cornerstone Contributor $10,000 cumulative |
We acknowledge Top Gun and Cornerstone Contributors along with their historical peers on a plaque in the Club lobby.
Alumni dues payments and donations
Please make your alumni member dues payment, Higgins Memorial Fund donation, or general donation by clicking your preferred payment method below:
Credit Card
- Click the button below to make your dues payment or donation.
- In the payment form, replace the “$0” amount with the amount of your dues payment or desired donation amount.
- In the “Use this donation for” drop list, select where your payment is to be directed: Alumni Dues, Higgins Memorial Fund, or General Donation as applicable.
- If you’d like to also cover the credit card processing fee, check the box below the drop list.
Venmo
- Venmo us at @cannonclub
- In the “What’s this for?” box, please enter “Alumni Dues,” “Higgins Memorial Fund Donation,” or “General Donation” as applicable along with your name and graduating class year.
Check
- Make your check payable to the Princeton Cannon Dial Elm Foundation.
- In the check memo field, please enter “Alumni Dues,” “Higgins Memorial Fund Donation,” or “General Donation” as applicable.
- Mail your check to the address below:
c/o Cannon Dial Elm Club
P.O. Box 7788
21 Prospect Avenue
Princeton, NJ 08543-7788
Via donation to the PPF
- At the Princeton Prospect Foundation (PPF) Donate page, please click the “Donate Online” button in the Cannon Dial Elm Club section.
- Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowable under IRS regulations for the Princeton Prospect Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Why donate?
Cannon Dial Elm Club and the other Princeton Eating Clubs face increasing competition from lower cost, off-campus dining and social alternatives offered by Princeton University. Increasingly, eating clubs can be the highest cost dining option for students. That means that while student member dues allow the club to provide the best dining on the Street and an outstanding social experience for its members, those fees now provide less of the money necessary to facilitate the operation, preservation, and restoration of our historically and architecturally significant Clubhouse, and to do so in a way that helps further the education of students who belong to the Club now and in the future.
Alumni Donors (2025-2026)
We are most appreciative of the generous alumni dues contributions that help the club provide student members with the best eating club menu on the Street along with all of the club’s exceptional social benefits.
Cannon Dial Elm Club 