Corporate Giving

Corporate gifts provide direct support for faculty research, curriculum development, MBA fellowships, and the HBS Global Initiative. Click on the links below to find out more about corporate giving opportunities at HBS.

• Corporate Associates Program

  HBS Corporate Associates is an annual giving program. Participating companies support faculty research, curriculum development, and MBA fellowships. These firms receive recognition on campus, in the School's publications, and on the HBS Web site.

• List of Corporate Associates

  Harvard Business School is grateful to the following corporations and foundations for the philanthropic support they provided during FY2009. Their ongoing commitment to our students, faculty, and research programs help ensure we fulfill our mission — to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.

  $50,000 and above
  General Motors Corporation
  Goldman Sachs

  $15,000 to $49,999
  General Mills, Inc.
  Google, Inc.
  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.
  WPP Group PLC

  $5,000 to $14,999
  Amko SOLARA Lighting Co., Ltd.
  Emerson Electric Co.
  ExxonMobil Corporation
  Globis Corporation
  Highland Capital Partners, LLC
  Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
  Nutter McClennen & Fish
  Polaris Venture Partners LP

• Corporate Giving Opportunities

  In some instances, companies may prefer to support specific programs and key initiatives of HBS. Current funding priorities include:
  
  

  MBA Fellowships

  HBS is committed to recruiting and enrolling outstanding students from diverse backgrounds, regardless of students' financial circumstances. Companies may support this effort in two ways:

  An endowed fellowship generates income for student support and remains active in perpetuity. The minimum gift level for an endowed fund is $250,000.

  A current-use fellowship fund is spent down in full each year. The minimum gift level is $20,000 a year, with a three-year commitment.

  Fellowships may be named for the company, a founder, or some other special tribute.

  HBS both encourages and facilitates contact between companies and their fellowship recipients. Donors and recipients are invited to an annual fellowship dinner hosted by the Dean each spring.

  • Corporate Sponsored MBA Fellowships

    The following represents a partial list.

    • Bank of Montreal Canadian Fellowship Fund
    • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Fellowship Fund
    • John (MBA '61) & Hope Carter Financial Aid Fund
    • Citi Smith Barney International Fellowship
    • Corning Glass Works Fellowship
    • William Conway Decker (MBA '27) Fellowship (Corning Glass Works)
    • Eli Lilly and Company
    • Exxon Corporation Fellowship
    • The H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33)/PepsiCo Foundation Fellowship Fund
    • Freeport McMoran Fellowship
    • Goldman, Sachs & Co. Fellowship
    • The Bruce D. Henderson (MBA '41)/Boston Consulting Group Fellowship Fund
    • R. H. Macy & Company Scholarship
    • Morgan Stanley Foundation Minority Fellowship
    • PolyOne Corporation Fellowship
    • John Peters Stevens Memorial Fellowship Fund (J.P. Stevens & Co.)
    • Sidney J. Weinberg (MBA '49)—Goldman, Sachs & Company Fellowship Fund
    • Weston Presidio Capital Fellowship

  Research

  Gifts for research enable HBS faculty to expand the scope of their activities and build new intellectual capital for global business. Companies that establish a research fund are invited to the annual HBS Research Symposium, where faculty discuss their latest work. The minimum gift level is $500,000 for an endowed fund and $40,000 for current use.

  • Corporate Sponsored Professorships
    • The Philip Caldwell Professorship of Business Administration (Ford Motor Company)
      Roy Shapiro
    • The Edward W. Carter Professorship of Business Administration (Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.)
      Sunil Gupta
    • The Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professorship of Accounting (Price Waterhouse & Co.)
      Srikant Datar
    • The Lincoln Filene Professorship (Federated Department Stores, Inc. and The Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation)
      John Quelch
    • The Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG) Professorship of Finance
      W. Carl Kester
    • The Louis E. Kirstein Professorship of Human Relations (Federated Department Stores, Inc. and The Filene Foundation)
      Jay W. Lorsch
    • The Lovett-Learned Professorship of Business Administration (Litton Industries)
      David F. Hawkins
    • The Konosuke Matsushita Professorship of Leadership (Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd.)
      Leslie Perlow
    • The Novartis Professorship of Leadership and Management (Novartis AG)
      Amy Edmondson
    • The David Sarnoff Professorship of Business Administration (Radio Corporation of America)
      Marco Iansiti
    • The UPS Professorship of Business Logistics (United Parcel Service Foundation)
      Ananth Raman
    • The UPS Professorship of Human Resource Management (United Parcel Service Foundation)
      Open
    • The UPS Professorship of Service Management (United Parcel Service Foundation)
      Open
    • The Charles Edward Wilson Professorship of Business Administration (General Electric Company)
      Toby Stuart
    • The Joseph C. Wilson Professorship of Business Administration (Xerox Corporation)
      Rafael Di Tella

  Global Initiative

  The Global Initiative enhances the School's international course-development and research activities and enables HBS to build closer ties with companies, academic institutions, and alumni around the world. Corporations that support the Global Initiative are invited to the annual HBS Research Symposium as well as other conferences where faculty research is featured. The minimum gift level is $500,000 for an endowed fund and $50,000 for current-use.

  The Global Initiative supports five international research centers: Asia-Pacific Research Center, Europe Research Center, India Research Center, Japan Research Center, and Latin America Research Center.