Alumni

Giving

Donor Societies

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 MBA graduates of the last 9 years)
$5,000 – $9,999 (for all other alumni and friends)
  • Listing in the HBS Fund Investors Society 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
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Questions?

Contact Liz George, Associate Director, HBS Fund, at lgeorge@hbs.edu or 617.495.3721.

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
Introducing the John C. Whitehead Society
Introducing the John C. Whitehead Society
Learn About Planned Giving
Questions?

Contact Ellen Harkavy, Interim Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883.

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
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Questions?

Contact Ellen Harkavy, Interim Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883.