Giving Societies
2007-08 WPI Honor Roll of Donors
Last year, 4,503 alumni, parents, and friends contributed a total of $25.35 million in gifts and pledges to WPI--an impressive 58 percent increase over 2006-07. We deeply appreciate the support of every person who made WPI a philanthropic priority.
Members of WPI's leadership giving societies have an enormous impact on the university. Through their generous annual and lifetime gifts, these donors help WPI realize the philanthropic promise of its alumni and friends and assist the university in achieving its ambitious goals. They also lead the way in strengthening WPI's distinctive, forward-looking education that prepares our outstanding students for leadership in many fields of endeavor and fulfillment in all walks of life.
WPI's recognition societies include the President's Circle, the Loyalty Society, the Presidential Founders, and the Alden Society.
President's Circle
Every year, President's Circle members provide the margin of excellence at WPI. Alumni, parents, and friends investing at a leadership level help the university recruit and retain the finest community of faculty and students, enhance the value proposition of a WPI education, and strengthen our competitive position among our peers. In fiscal year 2009, 415 President's Circle donors gave more than $5.8 million, with more than $1.3 million contributed to the WPI Annual Fund.
Giving levels for the President's Circle are:
Benefactors - $50,000 to $99,999
Fellows - $25,000 to $49,999
Patrons - $10,000 to $24,999
Ambassadors - $5,000 to $9,999
Associates - $2,000 to $4,999
To encourage leadership giving among our youngest alumni, membership in the President's Circle is an annual gift of $1,000 for graduates out fewer than 10 years. This year, those would be the classes of 2001 to 2009.
To join the President's Circle today, please call our toll-free number, 1-877-WPI-FUND (1-877-974-3863), or visit our online giving page. Thank you!
Loyalty Society
Every year, Loyalty Society members ensure that WPI students can continue to experience the WPI Plan at its finest. Donors can achieve membership annually with at least three consecutive years of giving to WPI.
Presidential Founders
WPI recognizes with special appreciation and gratitude those benefactors whose desire to share in the continuing development of the university has inspired them to a level of support that equals or exceeds the $100,000 founding gift of John Boynton. These generous friends, both living and deceased, are honored as Presidential Founders of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
If you would like to learn more about the Presidential Founders, please contact Lisa Maizite, assistant vice president for development, at lmaizite@wpi.edu or +1-508-831-5073.
The Alden Society
Honoring George I. Alden, one of WPI's greatest benefactors, the Alden Society was established to recognize all deferred gifts and bequest intentions. The Alden Society enables WPI to thank--during their lifetimes--those individuals who have already given a life-income gift, a deferred gift arrangement, and/or who plan to make a gift to WPI in their will.
Membership in the Alden Society includes all of the original charter members and is also open to other alumni, parents, and friends who choose to make a planned gift to WPI. Such commitments may take the form of a transfer of cash or stock to a gift annuity fund, a pooled income fund, the creation of a charitable remainder trust, naming WPI a beneficiary of a retirement plan, creating a retained life estate, and/or through specific inclusion in a will or living trust.
WPI was fortunate to have the opportunity to express its gratitude to George Alden during his lifetime. The Alden Society affords WPI the chance to share its appreciation with a new generation of benefactors. To learn more, please visit the Alden Society Web site or contact the Office of Planned Giving at +1-508-831-6001.
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