Give to Yale
How can I help Yale this year?
President Rick Levin and the Yale administration made an unprecedented commitment to financial aid two years ago, assuring that all students admitted to Yale could attend, regardless of family circumstances. This huge increase in student aid has come as the national economic downturn has exacted a toll on applicants’ families and on the Yale Endowment, the greatest source of financial aid funding. Members of the Class of 1980 can help make up this shortfall with gifts through the Yale Alumni Fund; financial aid is just one of the immediate-use designations that help current students.
I want to make an unrestricted gift to the Yale Alumni Fund. Show me how to make an annual gift online.
Explain to me once again the difference between the Alumni Fund and Capital Gifts?
The Yale Alumni Fund offers opportunities to make unrestricted gifts, which the university applies to this year’s budget. You may ask that your donation be used wherever needed, or directed toward a pressing need such as financial aid, library funds, residential college life, faculty support, and undergraduate life. Capital Gifts serve specific funding purposes, which may include endowed scholarships or professorships, building funds, major capital improvements, and endowment bequests.
Alumni Fund and Capital Gifts pledges both count toward our 30th Reunion Gift total.
OK, now I get it. I am ready to provide an unrestricted gift to Yale. Show me how to make gift online to the Yale Alumni Fund.
Are there new programs to support?
Yes! We’re glad you asked. While Yale always has offered a broad array of programs worth your consideration, there are two new programs you may wish to consider for Capital Gifts.
The Yale Sustainable Food Project has made a profound change in the way that Yale students think about the food they eat and how it’s produced. The Yale Sustainable Food Project manages an organic farm on campus (near the Forestry School on Edwards Street, just off Prospect Street), collaborates on a sustainable dining program that encourages the use of seasonal, local and sustainable food, and runs a variety of programs that support exploration, academic inquiry and community outreach related to food and health, agriculture and the environment.
Bulldogs Across America provides nationwide opportunities for summer internships and employment for Yale students. Pioneered by our own Rowan Claypool in his native Louisville, Ky., Bulldogs Across America has expanded to Cleveland, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, New Orleans, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and St. Louis. Today, 10 percent of Yale undergrads participate.
Will the Class of 1980 aim to set yet another Reunion Gift record, as we did at the 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th Reunions?
Of course we will! We already have begun creating an impressive array of gifts from classmates. But we can’t reach our lofty goal without your help! Every gift counts, no matter the size. To make giving easier, the Alumni Fund allows you to spread your pledge over five years, with the total credited toward our 30th Reunion Gift. Annual Fund and Capital Gifts are both added to the Reunion Gift. And it’s easy! You can donate online.
I have another question. Who will help me figure out how best to give?
If you’d like to learn more about making a Capital Gift, contact Whitney Dayton Brunet,of the Yale Development Office, at (203) 432-8651 or Whitney Dayton Brunet
For questions about Annual Fund giving, contact Shannon O’Shaughnessy, our class liaison at the Yale Alumni Fund, at (203) 432-5480 or Shannon O'Shaughnessy
