INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING PRIORITIES
Hampshire’s foremost fundraising priorities are to raise money for...
Annual Support: Annual giving is the bedrock of support for the college. The Hampshire Fund provides over $1 million yearly (equivalent to the income generated by a $20 million endowment) to support faculty, students, and facilities, all the things that make Hampshire an extraordinary laboratory for learning. And even though our alumni are on average younger than our peers’ – our first class entered in 1970 – we aspire to triple the Fund over the next few years by increasing dramatically the number of leadership contributions and the percentage of “Hampshire people” supporting this unique educational enterprise.
Endowment and Capital Support: In addition to annual gifts, which are most often made from the donor’s income on a yearly basis, the college relies on generous benefactors making substantial endowment contributions to help underwrite components of the Hampshire experience important to them, as well as capital gifts for facilities and equipment. Current capital projects include the Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center and the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography & Video.
Faculty: Hampshire’s faculty bring knowledge, passion, and boundless energy to their work with students. In addition to a full teaching load they serve on students’ divisional committees, helping them discern their educational and intellectual focus, establishing standards for academic rigor, and mentoring them throughout the process through regular meeting and portfolio reviews. Your gift supports faculty development, start-up funds for new faculty, and endowed faculty chairs.
Financial Aid: Most colleges and universities cover the bulk of their financial aid grants through income generated by well-established, sizable endowments. As a young college, Hampshire’s endowment is still quite modest – but we are no less committed to financial aid. Hampshire devotes almost a quarter of its annual operating budget to help support students who would otherwise lack the means to attend college. 52% of our students received financial aid last year. One of our priorities for financial aid is to build endowment for the James Baldwin Scholars Program.