Since your child is receiving FA, I’m assuming that your donation isn’t a large figure. Typically, colleges have different fundraisers. My son’s college is also need blind and we get FA, as well. The college has “Parents Fund” to which parents can donate their money to. It’s an annual giving tradition. Although we receive FA from the college, I’ve donated and will continue to donate to the Parents Fund each year. I don’t worry about being penalized by the FA office for making donations. All colleges want their alumni to donate until their grave and beyond (why legacy system was installed in the first place), and penalizing for a good habit isn’t their interest.