Annual Gifts: Yale College Parents
What do these gifts support?
Gifts to the Annual Fund from current Yale College parents are directed to the specific residential colleges with which their children are affiliated. These gifts support residential college programs, projects, and extra-curricular activities designed to broaden perspectives and help students explore new interests.
Gifts to the Annual Fund from parents whose children have already graduated go toward unrestricted current use, helping to support the diverse curriculum that keeps Yale at the forefront of higher education.
Why participate in the Parents Annual Fund?
Learning and development are not limited to the confines of the classroom. Yale's strength lies in the University's commitment to both the education and well-being of its students. Giving to the Parents Annual Fund provides strong support for this worthy endeavor.
Support residential college programs
Participation in the Parents Annual Fund recognizes the importance of enhancing student life and awareness through the residential college system.
Get involved
Gifts to the Parents Annual Fund can directly affect the quality of your child's experience.
Show your appreciation and continue the tradition
From studying with noted scholars to forming life-long friendships that began in the residential colleges, students benefit in myriad ways from their Yale education. Through giving to the Parents Annual Fund, you are helping sustain this vibrant and exciting environment for generations to come.
What the Parents Annual Fund means to the masters of the residential colleges
"These words come as a strong personal salute to the
parents of undergraduates at Yale. Thanks to you, the residential college
system is alive and vivid. All sorts of felicities and graces spell, in unison,
the difference between a dorm, a four letter word, barracks-like and uniform,
and a Yale residential college, a tradition of diversity and enhancement
of the mind."
— Robert Thompson, Master, Timothy Dwight College
The Nathan Hale Associates
Leadership Recognition Levels for Unrestricted Current Use Annual Giving
What is the Nathan Hale Associates Program?
The Nathan Hale Associates program, currently led by Joseph McNay '56 as Chairman, was founded in 1994 to encourage and recognize increased Annual Fund contributions. The program is the University's way of acknowledging the many alumni and friends whose most generous gifts have helped nurture the dynamic, creative environment that is integral to the Yale experience.
Why join the Nathan Hale Associates?
Uphold the Yale tradition of giving
The Nathan Hale Associates join a proud tradition at Yale, almost 300 years old, representing a distinguished group of contributors willing to support and encourage excellence.
Set an example
Participants in the Nathan Hale Associates program are acknowledged in Yale publications. Their leadership serves to inspire the efforts of all at Yale to provide the very best opportunities in higher education.
All alumni and friends are invited to join the Nathan Hale Associates in the following giving categories:
| President's Council | |
| • Fourth Century Circle | $50,000 and above |
| • Woodbridge Circle | $25,000 – $49,999 |
| Hillhouse Associates | $15,000 – $24,999 |
| Sterling Associates | $10,000 – $14,999 |
| Harkness Associates | $5,000 – $9,999 |
| Elihu Yale Associates | $2,500 – $4,999 |
| Woolsey Associates | $1,000 – $2,499 |
Who was Nathan Hale?
A member of Yale's graduating Class of 1773, Nathan Hale served as a Revolutionary soldier in Cambridge, New York, and New London and eventually volunteered to be a spy under General Washington's direction.
Disguised as a schoolmaster, he found his way into the British camps in Brooklyn and New York. He was recognized while attempting to return and arrested. His papers were found in his shoes — among them his Yale diploma. Before being executed on September 22, 1776, his last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Matching Gifts
Increase your contribution at no additional cost to you!
Some companies will match charitable gifts. You can obtain a matching gift form from your Personnel or Human Resources department. Complete the requested information and return the form with your contribution. Note: Some companies also match spouses' gifts.
Click here to find out if your company matches gifts to Yale.
If you would like to make a gift to the Annual Fund, please contact:
Yale Parents Annual Fund
P.O. Box 1890
New Haven, CT 06508-1890
Phone: (800) 395-7646
E-mail: development.alumnifund@yale.edu
If you would like to speak to someone directly about Parents Giving, please contact:
Lainie Lipsher
Associate Director, Parents Annual Giving
Phone: (203) 432-5851
Fax: (203) 432-5685
E-mail: lainie.lipsher@yale.edu
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