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 offerings, 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

Based on total gifts and pledge payments in a single fiscal year

  • $1,000+ (MBA alumni 0–4 years out)
    $2,500+ (MBA alumni 5–9 years out)
    $5,000+ (all other alumni and friends)
  • Listing in HBS’s annual Report on Giving
  • Invitations to selected events and programs
  • Updates on the impact of leadership gifts to the HBS Fund
$10,000+
  • Above offerings
  • Specially selected HBS cases or articles that exemplify faculty research
$25,000+
  • Above offerings
  • Faculty-authored book plus invitation to members-only virtual event with author
$50,000+
  • Above offerings
  • Recognition on the HBS campus
  • Invitation to annual MBA Fellowship Celebration
  • Innovators Circle
    $100,000+ (Member)
    $250,000+ (Partner)
    $1,000,000+ (Champion)
  • Above offerings
  • Invitations to special engagements with HBS leadership
Learn About the HBS Fund
Questions?

Contact Liz George, Senior 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 email pg@hbs.edu so we can welcome you to the Society.

Membership Offerings
  • Recognition in HBS publications
  • Invitations to selected events and programs
  • Professional, personalized planned giving services

Introducing the John C. Whitehead Society

Introducing the John C. Whitehead Society

Learn About Planned Giving
Questions?

Contact Anne McClintock, Senior Director of Development, Planned Giving, at pg@hbs.edu or 877-448-3864.

Entrepreneurs Promise

The Entrepreneurs Promise is a nonbinding commitment to support the School when the time is right. By signing the Promise, alumni and friends signal their desire to help ensure that HBS remains the preeminent institution for educating leaders who make a difference in the world. They also join a special community of HBS entrepreneurs—founders, builders, and investors—and have opportunities to develop new and meaningful personal and professional relationships.

Membership Offerings

    • Invitations to entrepreneurship-related virtual and in-person events
    • Listing on the HBS website and in HBS’s annual Report on Giving
    • Annual updates on entrepreneurship at HBS
    • Access to new and relevant resources and insights from across the School’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Make The Promise
Questions?

Contact Jon Schaffrath, Senior Director, Development Strategic Initiatives, at jschaffrath@hbs.edu or 617.384.8060.

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 Offerings

Alumni and friends who contribute $1 million or more to help advance the School’s global priorities enjoy five years of membership.

    • Information on the impact of their giving
    • Selection of new global cases or other faculty publications
    • Invitations to selected School events
    • Listing in HBS's annual donor report
    • Recognition on the HBS campus
Learn about global activities
Questions?

Contact the HBS Donor Relations Office at donorrelations@hbs.edu.