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Your giving makes the full Dartmouth experience possible.
Support Programs Meaningful to You
You can direct your philanthropy to specific departments and programs that are particularly close to your heart, from academics and research to athletics and the arts.
Dartmouth Scholarship Endowment
Endowed scholarships are essential for Dartmouth as we compete to bring talented students from across the world to Hanover. Gifts of all sizes can help grow this permanent source of financial aid.
Hopkins Center Renovation and Expansion
The reimagined Hopkins Center will support ambitious creation of cross-disciplinary work, attract faculty and students passionate about the arts, and inspire creative experiences for all.
Dartmouth College Fund
The Dartmouth College Fund provides nearly half of all undergraduate financial aid every year. Please give to the DCF to ensure Dartmouth can meet the financial needs of every student.
Football Program Excellence
This suite of investments—including named coaching endowments, renovations to facilities, and other support for athletic excellence—will ensure the continued strength of Big Green football.
Kirsten and Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens ’79 Scholarship Fund
The scholarship fund will honor Kirsten and Buddy Teevens for the culture of inclusivity they fostered, establishing an enduring connection between each selected scholar and the Teevens legacy.
Kirsten and Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens ’79 Center for Peak Performance
The Teevens Center will offer programs to maximize mental and physical performance for all students and advance research and innovation that increase the competitiveness of Big Green varsity teams.
Tuck School Named Scholarships
When you create a scholarship endowment at Tuck, you make an enormous difference for our students, providing them with powerful, life-changing opportunities.
Tuck Centers of Excellence
Establishing a named fund to support one of Tuck’s centers—such as the Center for Business, Government and Society and the Center for Leadership—will help prepare students for successful careers.
Friends of Dartmouth Partners in Community Service
Dartmouth Partners in Community Service has supported more than 800 students in alumni-mentored internships. Your gift helps make these transformative social impact experiences possible.
Friends of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Your financial support helps provide lifelong educational opportunities for Dartmouth community members and Upper Valley residents. Help keep our programs vibrant, welcoming, and accessible to all.
Friends of Club Volleyball
Philanthropic support is essential for our club teams. Your gift to Dartmouth Club Volleyball will help with many expenses, including team travel, entry fees, and the purchase of equipment.
Tuck Business Bridge Program
There are many ways you can support the Bridge program, which gives students a practical foundation in business analytics and experiential, project-based learning.
Koop Scholars in Prevention Science
Your gift to the C. Everett Koop Institute will help faculty and students examine the powerful influences that drive unhealthy, disease-causing behaviors, especially in children.
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
You can help keep The Dartmouth Institute a national leader in health systems research, education, and innovation with a gift today. TDI is spurring the creation of high-performing health systems.
Sailing Facility
Dartmouth is constructing a state-of-the-art boathouse and boat barn that will strengthen our sailing teams and serve the entire community. Your gift will help see the project through to completion.
The Full Dartmouth Experience
From First-Year Trips to commencement, Dartmouth students grow through academic achievement, peer engagement, and learning from leading teacher-scholars. Giving to the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) supports the best possible undergraduate student experience.
Hopkins Center Program Impact Fund
Support the future of the arts at Dartmouth with a gift to the reimagined Hopkins Center. The fund is designed to provide sustaining support for the array of impactful arts programming at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer
This new initiative gives researchers the support and entrepreneurial guidance needed to bring innovations to the marketplace for the benefit of cancer patients—and provides students with learning opportunities in biomedical entrepreneurship. The Accelerator is a joint initiative of the Cancer Center, the Geisel School of Medicine, and Dartmouth’s Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship. Your gift to the Accelerator will provide the financial resources to advance new technologies and treatments for cancer and to develop the next generation of Dartmouth biomedical entrepreneurs.
Friends of Water Polo
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Water Polo provides equipment and resources for student-athletes to train, travel, and thrive as they represent Dartmouth regionally and nationally.
Friends of Ultimate Frisbee
Gifts to the Friends of Dartmouth Ultimate Frisbee enable our team to travel to tournaments across the country and compete nationally.
Friends of Triathlon Club
Gifts to the Friends of Dartmouth Triathlon provide crucial resources needed for Dartmouth triathletes to train and compete, including team travel, entry fees, and the purchase of equipment and technology.
Friends of Men's Rugby
Your gift to Dartmouth Men’s Rugby will help create a world-class experience for the members of the team, allowing them to compete at the highest level.
Friends of Figure Skating
The Dartmouth Figure Skating Club has won six national championship titles. Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Figure Skating will support a tradition of excellence and commitment to being competitive at the highest level of collegiate competition.
Friends of Fencing
The Friends of Dartmouth Fencing provide crucial resources needed for the team to train and compete nationally—your support helped the coed team take first place at the USACFC College Fencing National Championship in 2018.
Friends of Cycling
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Cycling helps our team meet multiple expenses, including equipment, travel and race entry fees, ultimately helping us send racers to compete in national championships.
Friends of Club Sports
Every Dartmouth club sports team requires resources beyond the institutional budget to be truly successful. Your support through the Friends programs enhances our ability to train, schedule, travel, and operate our programs.
Friends of Cheerleading
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Cheerleading helps our team with uniforms, travel, and other expenses so that they can support our other Big Green teams throughout their seasons.
Friends of the Irving Institute
Your gift to the Friends of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society supports its mission to engage the Dartmouth community in helping society transition to a future where energy systems are affordable, reliable, accessible, and sustainable.
Friends of the Dickey Center
Your gift to the the Friends of the Dickey Center will help students and faculty across Dartmouth build bridges to help solve some of the most vexing challenges before our global community.
The Vox Clamantis Intergenerational Fund for Student Mental Health and Well-Being
Your gift of any size to The Vox Clamantis Intergenerational Fund for Student Mental Health and Well-Being will support student mental health initiatives at Dartmouth now and in the future.
Undergraduate Learning Fellows
Your support for the Dartmouth Learning Fellows Program will help create partnerships between professors, undergraduate students, learning designers, and faculty developers to design and deliver active and collaborative learning environments.
Tuck Annual Giving (TAG): Highest Priorities
Your gift to Tuck Annual Giving provides flexible, current- and future-use support for everything from Tuck’s core operations to our most cutting-edge innovations and strategic priorities.
Tribal Service and Solutions Project
Your gift to the Tribal Service and Solutions Project will help empower Dartmouth students, faculty, and alumni to generate positive change in Native American communities, addressing inequities that have long hindered the prosperity of tribal nations.
Thayer School Annual Fund
The Thayer School Annual Fund provides financial aid, tools, equipment, and facilities and gives all Dartmouth students opportunities to experience the creative power and real-life applicability of design thinking, problem-solving methods, and technical knowledge.
Undergraduate Research Excellence Fund
The Undergraduate Research Excellence Fund provides general support for faculty-mentored research. The fund is a flexible resource that sustains and enhances research opportunities in a broad array of academic programs.
Parents and Grandparents Fund
Your gift to the Parents and Grandparents Fund celebrates your own student’s time at Dartmouth and helps ensure that all students have an excellent Dartmouth experience.
Off-Campus Programs Travel Fund
Give to the Off-Campus Programs Travel Fund to help ensure every student has an outstanding term away from the Dartmouth campus.
Wetterhahn Symposium
Your support for the Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium advances the career of scholars from all walks of life and all stages of their careers, helping them connect, share perspectives, and brainstorm new ideas.
The Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life Gift Fund
Your gift to the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College will support distinguished visitors, research projects, and scholarly and public programming exploring the impacts of anti-Black racism on students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds.
Fund for the Geisel School of Medicine
With your gift to the Fund for Geisel, you are providing Geisel students with vital support that will help them become the best physicians, scientists, and health care leaders they can be.
Friends of the William Jewett Tucker Center
Your support for the William Jewett Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life builds relationships across identities, engages in dialogue on meaningful issues, and cultivates spiritual and ethical lives that will make a profound difference on campus and beyond.
Friends of Student Workshops at the Hopkins Center for the Arts
Gifts to the Friends of Student Workshops help fund the Ceramics Studio, the Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio, and the Woodworking Workshop. Each features professional staff who provide a hands-on introduction to their crafts through non-credit, workshop-style classes and open studios.
Guarini School Annual Fund
The Guarini Schools ultimate goal is to prepare world-leading scholars who can also drive change. Your gift to its annual fund helps fund more fellowships, attract a greater diversity of students, and create outstanding professional development programs.
Friends of Rockefeller Center
Your gift to the Friends of Rockefeller Center will strengthen and expand courses, seminars, exchanges, and other experiences for undergraduates that will support wise, effective leaders dedicated to serving others.
Friends of the Rassias Center
Your gift to the Friends of the Rassias Center will help Dartmouths Rassias Center promote cultural understanding by offering language instruction to our students and to visitors from around the world.
Friends of Ledyard Canoe Club
The Ledyard Canoe Club has been supporting flatwater and whitewater recreation since 1920. Today, the club rents canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards, and organizes extended paddling excursions, thanks to your support.
Friends of the Hood Museum of Art
The Hood Museum of Art is one of the world’s most dynamic teaching museums. Gifts to the Friends of the Hood support more than 100 special programs, lectures, gallery exhibitions, and hands-on learning opportunities.
Friends of the Handel Society of Dartmouth College
The Handel Society of Dartmouth College is the oldest student, faculty, staff, and community organization in the United States devoted to the performance of choral-orchestral major works. Your support keeps it vibrant and thriving.
Friends of Dartmouth Women's Volleyball
As the volleyball world continues to evolve and teams everywhere improve, the Friends of Dartmouth Women's Volleyball make a significant difference for our team. Your gift helps ensure that our team will continue to shine.
Friends of Dartmouth Women's Rugby
Over four decades, Dartmouth’s women’s rugby has evolved from a group of novice ruggers to a nationally ranked, elite program. Gifts to the Friends of Women's Rugby have helped make this possible.
Friends of Dartmouth Track and Field/Cross Country
Gifts to Friends of Dartmouth Track and Field/Cross Country are a crucial element in developing our roster of more than 100 student-athletes’ strength and depth, allowing them to compete at the highest level.
Friends of Dartmouth Tennis
Your gifts to the Friends of Dartmouth Tennis provide access to advanced equipment and technology that play a crucial role in enabling our teams to compete for Ivy championships and against nationally ranked opponents.
Friends of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
Your support to the Friends of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra brings world-class symphony performances to the Upper Valley and provides first-rate experiences for student musicians.
Friends of Dartmouth Swimming and Diving
Gifts to the Friends of Dartmouth Swimming make possible the team’s annual training trip, team apparel, special training equipment, and more robust recruiting so our swimmers compete at the highest level.
Friends of Dartmouth Squash
Support for the Friends of Dartmouth Squash is essential to the growth of the program, helping to purchase special equipment and expand recruiting efforts so we can continue to compete against top-ranked opponents.
Friends of Dartmouth Softball
Gifts to the Friends of Dartmouth Softball help players and coaches with the equipment and resources to prepare for the season, find and commit top recruits, and travel to games across the country.
Friends of Dartmouth Soccer
Dartmouth men’s and women’s soccer teams have won 19 Ivy League championships and made 26 NCAA tournament appearances. You can support their continued success.
Friends of Dartmouth Skiway
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Skiway helps keep the Ivy Leagues only private ski mountain vibrant and thriving for all community members.
Friends of Dartmouth Skiing
The Friends of Dartmouth Skiing elevate our alpine and Nordic programs in multiple ways, including two weeks of early-season training in Colorado and crucial training equipment, such as heart rate monitors and roller skis.
Friends of Dartmouth Ski Patrol
Members of the Dartmouth Ski Patrol promote safety and provide emergency first-responder services at the Dartmouth Skiway. Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Ski Patrol will help us purchase equipment and uniforms and reduce the cost of training and certification.
Friends of Dartmouth Sailing
The Friends of Dartmouth Sailing have helped transform Dartmouth into a highly regarded program that has won multiple national championships. Friends provide funding for essential equipment, assistant coaching compensation, and expanded travel opportunities.
Friends of Dartmouth Rowing
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing makes possible two annual training trips, team apparel and equipment, and a more robust recruitment program.
Friends of the Dartmouth Outing Club
The Dartmouth Outing Club is the largest collegiate outing club in America and the umbrella organization for several outdoor recreation groups, including the Ledyard Canoe Club and Dartmouth Ski Patrol. Your support helps ensure the DOC continues to offer a vibrant mix of programs.
Friends of Dartmouth Lacrosse
Our men’s and women’s lacrosse teams strive to compete nationally and capture Ivy League titles. With the support of the Friends of Dartmouth Lacrosse, we offer a first-class experience to our players and invest in their development.
Friends of Dartmouth Hockey
Between equipment costs and the need to recruit across the globe, hockey is one of the most expensive collegiate sports. Fortunately, the Friends of Dartmouth Hockey generously help our players compete and succeed in one of the nation’s premier hockey conferences.
Friends of Dartmouth Golf
With the support of the Friends of Dartmouth Golf, our teams can attend more top-level tournaments. This expanded schedule and better equipment, also made possible by the Friends, prepare our golfers for the Ivy League Championships.
Friends of Dartmouth Football
With the support of the Friends of Dartmouth Football, our program produces competitive teams while developing leaders who excel on and off the field. Your gift helps us with recruitment and provides players with strength and specialty coaching, technology upgrades, and training equipment.
Friends of Dartmouth Field Hockey
Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Field Hockey strengthens our entire program. Donors advance the vibrancy and competitiveness of our team, helping us improve our training and purchase new equipment.
Friends of Dartmouth Equestrian
Thanks to the Friends of Dartmouth Equestrian, our team can host shows, attend clinics, and train across the country. Your generosity helps with the care of our horses and enables us explore new competitive experiences.
Friends of the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble
Support the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble, a professionally led student performing group that showcases student and professional choreographers, exposing members to a breadth of styles and content.
Friends of the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
The Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble performs music from the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries for the local community and beyond through concerts, outreach projects, and charitable endeavors.
Friends of Dartmouth Basketball
The Friends of Dartmouth Basketball provide crucial resources that enable the men’s and women’s teams to compete and win in the Ivy League and beyond. Your generosity supports player development, team travel, and recruiting.
Friends of Dartmouth Baseball
Dartmouth fields competitive baseball teams, with two Ivy titles and eight Red Rolfe championships in the past decade. Your gift to the Friends of Dartmouth Baseball supports salaries, recruitment efforts, and the annual spring trip.
Friends of the Coast Jazz Orchestra
The Coast Jazz Orchestra explores the full spectrum of jazz and creative music, from Ellington and Mingus to the latest original compositions. Support creative interaction, structural innovation, and American ingenuity.
Friends of Al-Nur
Al-Nur—“the Light” in Arabic—is the Muslim student association and is affiliated with the Tucker Center. It provides spiritual support for students and welcomes the entire Dartmouth community. Support its work by joining the Friends of Al-Nur.
Faculty Excellence Fund
Our teacher-scholars are at the heart of the Dartmouth educational experience. Recruiting, retaining, and nurturing the best faculty is a top priority. With your help, Dartmouth will expand its faculty support.
Engineering and Computer Science Building
The Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center is redefining how to deliver a technology education within Dartmouth’s distinctive liberal arts experience. Your gift will foster collaborative innovation.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Accelerator Gift Fund
Your gift to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Accelerator Gift Fund will help provide a strong foundation for positive change on campus and beyond.
Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning
By making a transformative gift to the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, you will help remove barriers, promote evidence-based practices, and nurture a culture that values and rewards outstanding teaching.
Conference Grants for Undergraduates
At Dartmouth, the liberal arts and world-class research go hand in hand. By supporting undergraduate conference grants, more Dartmouth students will interact with top scholars in their fields and present their research.
Scholarship Endowments
Dartmouth’s endowment is designed to last forever, and through careful management, it provides a substantial amount of funding for financial aid, teaching, research, and operations every year. Learn how you can establish an endowed fund.
Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Support the creation of digital health therapies and the training of leaders in evidence-based digital health. You can help develop digital health therapies for behavioral needs such as addiction and disease management.
International Student Scholarship Fund
Support for international undergraduate scholarships means all students can have exposure to a mix of life experiences, cultures, and world views. Gifts of all sizes help grow the international student endowment.
Athletic Director's Fund for Excellence
Giving to the Athletic Director's Fund for Excellence helps the Department of Athletics focus on pressing needs, strengthen our sports programs, and enhance their competitiveness.
Academic Enrichment Fund for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Your gift supports learning and research related to Asian American, Pacific Islander, and diasporic communities at Dartmouth. The fund promotes cultural understanding and facilitates dialogue examining racism, displacement, and intersectionality.
African and African American Academic Enrichment Fund
Dartmouth’s African and African American Studies program is among the oldest in the nation, working to create an inclusive and equitable future through teachings and scholarship that help students understand and act on the forces of structural racism.
Athletic Sponsors Program
Ensure that Big Green teams are as competitive as possible. The Athletic Sponsor Program provides vital recruiting resources for all varsity sports. These funds bring more than 200 top prospects to campus each year for a first-hand view of the Dartmouth experience.
Friends of the Dartmouth College Marching Band
The Dartmouth College Marching Band keeps fans cheering at football games and other events. Keep them marching with your gift to Friends of the Dartmouth College Marching Band.
Friends of Dartmouth College Library
The Friends of Dartmouth College Library enrich library resources, host lectures, and support programs such as the library’s Book Arts Workshop. Help continue a tradition of information stewardship and the love of learning.
Friends of the Dartmouth College Glee Club
The Dartmouth College Glee Club repertory spans five centuries, from masterworks of opera, musicals, a cappella works, and the cherished songs of Dartmouth College. Your gift helps support the art of chorale performance.
Friends of Dartmouth Center for Social Impact
The Dartmouth Center for Social Impact prepares students to be transformative leaders through community-driven experiential learning. Students develop skills, scholarship, and passion to solve the most pressing social problems. You can help.
Ways to Give
There are many ways to make a gift that supports Dartmouth students and faculty, but almost all ways of donating fall under three broad categories: annual giving, which has an immediate impact; endowed giving and building projects, which is an investment for the long term; and planned giving, which typically refers to gifts that are part of an estate plan.
Annual Giving
Dartmouth directs annual gifts to its immediate priorities. At the undergraduate level, the Dartmouth College Fund and the Parents and Grandparents Fund provide nearly half of all undergraduate financial aid.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts—also known as legacy gifts or estate giving—are long-term forms of supporting Dartmouth, such as including the university in your will.
Endowment & Building Projects
Gifts to the endowment and capital projects are powerful expressions of paying it forward for multiple generations.
Friends Support
Friends groups support clubs, programs, and activities across campus, giving every student the opportunity for a robust, well-rounded Dartmouth experience.
Our Five Areas of Focus
Under President Beilock’s leadership, our institution is committed to fulfilling and expanding our mission through five areas of focus.
Diverse lived experiences and free expression
as demonstrated by Dartmouth Dialogues
Health and well-being across the Dartmouth community
as demonstrated by the Commitment to Care initiative, the new Chief Health & Wellness Officer, and a focus on childcare and housing
Innovation and global impact
through an investment into groundbreaking research happening in our West End and beyond
Environmental responsibility
for our campus and planet, by implementing efforts to reach Real Carbon Zero and pioneering polar and climate research
Lifelong Dartmouth
by encouraging alumni, friends, and family to remain connected to the community
Why I Give
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Financial aid remains one of the best paths to take young people with incredible potential and make a transformational difference in their lives.
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Rebecca Tadikonda ’95
Dartmouth Announces $25 Million Gift to the Arts
Daryl and Steven Roth ’62 TU’63 make the lead gift toward renovating and expanding the Hopkins Center, the largest gift to the arts in Dartmouth history.