Giving

Diversity and Equity

Foster Inclusion

Differences—in identities, experiences, and interests—enrich dialog, develop understanding, and deepen learning
Creating an environment where every member of the community can do their best is vital to realizing the School’s mission.
Ascend Leaders

Ascend Leaders

The Ascend Leadership Program helps first-generation and low-income MBA students thrive, both academically and socially. It encompasses practical tools, ongoing workshops, community-building events—including pre-orientation—to foster inclusion.
Growing Entrepreneurial Dreams

Growing Entrepreneurial Dreams

When City Fresh Foods, which serves meals to many in Boston’s under-resourced communities, needed go-to-market strategies for a new product line, it turned to MBA students for advice.
Researching Women's Advancement

Researching Women's Advancement

Associate Professor Katherine Coffman discusses her research, revealing that gender stereotypes and unconscious biases, such as equating confidence with competence, hinder women’s workplace advancement.
“Talent is far more evenly distributed than opportunity. Our collective efforts to accelerate and build understanding of inclusive excellence—in our classrooms and in our research—will strengthen our community, business education, and the practice of management.”
Srikant Datar
Dean, Harvard Business School
George F. Baker Professor of Administration
“Talent is far more evenly distributed than opportunity. Our collective efforts to accelerate and build understanding of inclusive excellence—in our classrooms and in our research—will strengthen our community, business education, and the practice of management.”
Srikant Datar
Dean, Harvard Business School
George F. Baker Professor of Administration
How You can Help
Advance inclusion at Harvard Business School by giving to the HBS Fund. As our annual fund, the HBS Fund supports both core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct their gift specifically to diversity and equity.

To learn about other opportunities to support HBS’s efforts in this area, please contact Ellen Harkavy, Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883.

The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual donors.

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