Harvard College Fund Associates

Generosity that shapes students and faculty, lives and scholarship, in the Yard and beyond its gates.

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Help Make the Extraordinary Possible

When you make an Associates gift, you join a select community of generous alumni, parents, and friends who champion the Harvard community. Associates help students and faculty pursue ambitious discovery and research in service of a better world. Collectively, Associates make it possible for Harvard leaders to face new challenges, seize opportunities, and change lives. 

Shape the Harvard Experience

Associates provide resources that Harvard's leaders can immediately use to support:

  • Advising and academic resources for our students
  • Athletics
  • Curriculum development
  • Faculty
  • Graduate fellowships
  • Modernizing classrooms and research spaces
  • Research computing in all academic divisions
  • Scientific research core equipment and staff
  • Student life programming
  • Undergraduate financial aid

Join a community of leaders and help Harvard scholars thrive. 

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Annual Report of Associates

Learn about the impact of Associates and see who else is part of the community!

Membership Levels and Benefits

We invite you to become a first-time Associates donor or renew your commitment this year and every year. The Associates Program has five leadership giving levels, with adjusted levels for current students and recent graduates. Donors receive benefits that correspond to their gift amounts, plus all of those accrued to the following levels.

Fund Associates ($1,000*)

You will be listed in the Annual Report of Associates Giving. College parent donors will receive an invitation to the annual Celebration of Parent Philanthropy** in the spring.

Charter Associates ($2,500)

In addition to the above, you will receive a communication from a student providing greater insight into life on campus.

Crimson Associates ($5,000)

In addition to the above, you will receive invitations to join other Associates donors at regional events** (locations vary).

Leadership Associates ($10,000)

In addition to the above, you will receive invitations to leadership programming.

President’s Associates ($25,000 or more)

In addition to the above, you will be invited to the annual President’s Associates Dinner**, held each year in conjunction with the Harvard-Yale football game. This cherished tradition includes keynote remarks by the Harvard president.

*Current students qualify for membership with an initial gift of $100 or more prior to graduation. Recent graduates qualify for membership with an initial gift of $250 or more prior to their 5th Reunion or $500 or more prior to their 10th Reunion.

**All events are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Members will be notified of event changes.

 

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To learn more about the Associates program, please contact Liz Sapia in the Harvard College Fund.

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