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Support the Annual Fund
Each year Vanderbilt relies on gifts to the annual fund from alumni, parents and friends to meet the immediate needs of our schools and programs. These gifts play a tremendous role in our ability to teach, discover and lead.
Key Dates
The following are important giving dates for our 2024-2025 Fiscal Year:
- Calendar Year End, December 31, 2024
- Giving Day 2024 - To Be Announced
- Fiscal Year End, June 30, 2025
You are Vanderbilt
You can be proud of Vanderbilt and the role you play in its future. By making a gift, you help us offer exceptional opportunities for our current and future students, as well as our faculty and staff. Support for our annual fund provides current-use dollars for day-to-day resources in the classrooms, labs, and living-learning residence halls.
As an integral member of the Vanderbilt community, your gift, combined with those of other alumni and friends, allows the university to excel as a world-class institution. Together, with our outstanding students, faculty and staff, you are Vanderbilt.
Donor Recognition
Oak Leaf Society
When you give any amount for two consecutive fiscal years, you are counted in the Oak Leaf Society. The longer you give, the more enduring the impact of your support.
Giving levels:
- Founder-2 to 9 years of consecutive giving
- Ambassador-10 to 19 years of consecutive giving
- Capstone-20 or more years of consecutive giving
Donor Societies
Donors who give $2,500 or more to a single area between July 1 and June 30 gain membership in one of our donor societies.
Giving Levels:
- Cornelius Vanderbilt $25,000+
- Dean's List/Circle $10,000 - $24,999
- Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999
- Member* $2,500 - $4,999
*Alumni who graduated within the last 10 years are eligible for recognition with an annual gift of $1,000 or more.
Individual Donor Societies
- Blair School of Music Patrons Society | Contact: Addie Sullivan
- College of Arts and Science College Cabinet | Contact: Rachel Wierenga
- Divinity School Schola Prophetarum | Contact: Kanya Womack
- Graduate School Provost's Circle | Contact: Kitty Norton
- Jean and Alexander Heard Library Heard Society | Contact: Rachel Wierenga
- Owen Graduate School of Management Owen Circle | Contact: Kelli Edmond
- Peabody College of Education and Human Development Roundtable Society | Contact: David Chambliss
- Provost's Circle | Contact: Office of Annual Giving
- School of Engineering Fred J. Lewis Society | Contact: Ashley Sain
- School of Nursing Julia Hereford Society | Contact: Teresa Rogers
- Vanderbilt Law School Founders Circle | Contact: Clay Cline
- Vanderbilt School of Medicine John E. Chapman, M.D. Society | Contact: Taylor Wood
- Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Basic Sciences Discovery Circle | Contact: Taylor Wood
Provost's Circle
Donors who give $2,500 or more cumulatively across multiple areas of the university gain membership to the Provost's Circle.
Giving Levels:
- Cornelius Vanderbilt $25,000+
- Dean's List/Circle $10,000 - $24,999
- Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999
- Member* $2,500 - $4,999
*Alumni who graduated within the last 10 years are eligible for recognition with an annual gift of $1,000 or more.