Donor Societies - Alumni - Harvard Business School

Leadership Giving

Recognizing donor generosity and foresight

Our donor societies celebrate the commitment of alumni and friends to ensuring the School's continued excellence. Members enjoy special recognition and benefits, including opportunities to deepen their connection with the School.

HBS Fund Investors Society

HBS Fund Investors Society members are recognized for their generosity to the HBS Fund, our annual fund. Their support helps advance core priorities and launch new initiatives.

Membership Levels & Benefits

Membership level is based on your total gifts and pledge payments to the HBS Fund in a single fiscal year.

$1,000 – $4,999 (for graduates of the last 9 years)
$5,000 – $9,999 (for all other alumni and friends)

Listing in the Investors Society Impact Report and other HBS publications
Information on the impact of leadership gifts to the HBS Fund
Invitations to selected events and programs

$10,000 – $24,999

Above benefits
Specially selected HBS publication

$25,000 – $99,999

Above benefits
Invitation to the annual MBA Fellowship Celebration, featuring dinner with current MBA students (for gifts made in July through February)

Innovators Circle ($100,000 & ABOVE)

Above benefits
Recognition on the HBS campus
Invitations to special engagements with HBS leadership

Learn About the HBS Fund

View The Report (PDF)

Questions?

Contact Joanna Bakule, Senior Director of Annual and Reunion Giving, at jbakule@hbs.edu or 617.495.2353.

John C. Whitehead Society

Alumni and friends who make planned gifts of any amount to HBS are invited to join this Society, named in honor of John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947), a visionary business leader, government official, and philanthropist.

If you have already included the School in your will or made another type of planned gift, please let us know through our online form so we can welcome you to the Society.

Membership Benefits

Recognition in HBS publications
Invitation to Harvard University's annual planned giving luncheon in New York City, featuring a presentation by Harvard Management Company
Professional, personalized planned giving services

Learn About Planned Giving

Questions?

Contact Carmen Tordiglione, Senior Planned Giving Officer, at pg@hbs.edu or 877.744.7779.

Global Leaders Circle

Our Global Leaders Circle members give generously in order to enhance the global understanding of HBS faculty and students and expand the School’s impact around the world.

Membership Benefits

Alumni and friends who contribute $1 million or more to help advance the School’s global priorities enjoy the following benefits over a five-year term:

Information on the impact of their giving
Selection of new global cases or other faculty publications
Invitations to Global Leaders Circle events with School leadership
Invitations to periodic global research symposia
Listing in the annual Global Activities Report and other HBS publications
Recognition on the HBS campus

Learn about global activities

View The Report (PDF)

Questions?

Contact Skip Nordhoff, Director of International Strategy, at snordhoff@hbs.edu or 617.495.9974.

Corporate Associates

Companies that make gifts of $5,000 or more to support the School’s priorities, including faculty research, curriculum innovation, and MBA fellowships, receive recognition in the School's publications and on the HBS website.

Members

HBS is pleased to recognize the following Corporate Associates for their support in fiscal year 2018.

$250,000 & above

Clayton, Dublier & Rice, LLC

$100,000 – $249,999

The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company

$50,000 – $99,999

J.P. Morgan

$10,000 – $44,999

General Mills
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

Questions?

Contact Erin Lawler, Director, Stewardship, at elawler@hbs.edu or 617.495.6231.