Inquiry that informs and challenges us is vital to intellectual and personal growth. Radcliffe is rising to the challenge. Will you?
Challenge Week
April 27–May 4, 2026
What is Challenge Week?
April 27–May 4, 2026: A group of dedicated Radcliffe supporters has pledged $250,000 if we receive 250 gifts of any amount during Challenge Week.
Many thanks to our generous funders: Kim G. Davis ’76, MBA ’78 and Judith N. Davis; Melanie Mason Niemiec ’71, MBA ’75 and David W. Niemiec ’72, MBA ’74; Gayle K. Turk ’94, MBA ’99; and Sarah B. Wigglesworth ’91.
Your Gift Matters
Philanthropy provides 96 percent of the Institute’s operating income, funding Radcliffe fellows, students, researchers, Schlesinger Library collections, and public programs.
As one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary research, we are dependent upon the generosity and partnership of our donor community to accomplish our mission.
With your donation to Radcliffe, you are helping to sustain academic freedom, fuel scientific discoveries, and cultivate art that fosters new ways of engaging with the world.
Intellectual and Cultural Impact
26
Number of Radcliffe fellows awarded MacArthur “Genius Grants”
Global Reach
1 : 7 : 84
For every 1 person attending a public program, another 7 watch live online, and 84 watch the recorded event later
Advancing University Priorities
39
Number of tenured and tenure-track faculty recruited to Harvard through the Radcliffe Professorships Program
Shayna Leng (right) with the Radcliffe fellow Lixing Sun RI '25 (center), whom she assisted in research along with Lucille Terese (left). Photo by Kevin Grady/Harvard Radcliffe Institute
At Radcliffe, Shayna Leng ’27 has found an intellectual home to explore her wide-ranging academic interests and pursue original research in the Schlesinger Library’s archives. One of her projects led her to uncover stories of the first Asian students to graduate from Radcliffe College.
Intellectual diversity, sometimes called viewpoint diversity, has become a highly contested term in discourse about higher education. Four scholars who’ve given considerable thought to this topic join Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin to consider its meaning and value in the pursuit of knowledge.
How to Give
Give by Mail
Send a check payable to Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, with “Challenge Week” in the memo line, to one of the following addresses:
USPS mailing address:
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
P.O. Box 419209
Boston, MA 02241-9209
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
P.O. Box 419209
Boston, MA 02241-9209
FedEx and UPS mailing address:
Bank of America Lockbox Services
President & Fellows of Harvard College Box 419209
2 Morrissey Blvd
MA5-527-02-07
Dorchester, MA 02125
Bank of America Lockbox Services
President & Fellows of Harvard College Box 419209
2 Morrissey Blvd
MA5-527-02-07
Dorchester, MA 02125
Planned Giving
A variety of assets, including IRA and other retirement funds, real estate, business interests, and cash, can be used to support Radcliffe during your lifetime or after your passing, through strategies such as bequests, trusts, charitable gift annuities, and more. Visit the University’s gift planning website or contact Cynthia_Scott@Harvard.edu to learn more about how these gifts can benefit both you and Radcliffe.
Want to learn about more ways to give?
Visit Radcliffe’s giving website or contact giving@radcliffe.harvard.edu.