UConn Recognition Societies
We are honored that you have chosen to support UConn. Your generosity is helping us to positively transform lives by providing opportunities for students, supporting the research of our renowned scholars and professors, facilitating the discovery of innovative treatments and cures for diseases, and driving economic development that makes a positive difference throughout our state and region.
To show our appreciation of your generosity and all that it makes possible, we are grateful to extend to donors membership in one of the following donor recognition societies. Members receive designated courtesies and become part of a strong network of dedicated UConn alumni and friends who are passionate about making a positive lasting impact.
Founders Society
Formed in 1996, the Founders Society recognizes UConn’s most generous donors who have made significant contributions for the advancement of UConn’s educational and research programs. Donors become Founders Society members when they reach a level of $100,000 cumulative lifetime commitment to UConn. Members are celebrated as top donors to UConn; provided with the opportunity to interact with leadership, faculty, and staff; and invited to specially curated Founders Society events and programs.
Founders Society Circles
The Neag Circle recognizes donors who have given $5 million and above.
Named in honor of Ray ’56 ’01H and Carole Neag, whose transformative gifts to the Neag School of Education and UConn Health have propelled both programs into a higher level of excellence.
Recent donor impact at this level
Boosting the Neag School of Education into the top 30 public schools of education in the country
Advancing UConn’s Human Rights Institute as a global leader in human rights education and scholarship
Building the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center, one of the premier basketball training centers in the nation
The 1881 Circle recognizes donors who have given $1,000,000 to $4,999,999.
Named to mark the year of UConn’s founding as the Storrs Agricultural School. The name was later changed to the University of Connecticut in 1939.
Recent donor impact at this level
Establishing the first endowed chair in the School of Fine Arts
Putting UConn Health at the forefront of cancer research and technology
Developing a significant undergraduate and graduate program in Judaic studies
The Charter Oak Circle recognizes donors who have given $500,000 to $999,999.
Named in honor of the famed Charter Oak, symbol of Connecticut’s fight for independence.
Recent donor impact at this level
Preserving a century of African-American music in the Samuel and Ann Charters Archives
Offering business students a real-life immersion in stock selection, trade execution, and portfolio management
Bringing outstanding scholars, leaders, and policy-makers to campus to share their knowledge and perspectives with UConn
The Charles and Augustus Storrs Circle recognizes donors who have given $250,000 to $499,999.
Named in honor of the Storrs Brothers, whose gift of land and money in 1881 enabled Connecticut to establish UConn, then known as the Storrs Agricultural School.
Recent donor impact at this level
Giving promising mathematicians and statisticians at UConn the means to make significant contributions to their fields
Raising significant funds for animal science scholarships through a sample sale of high-end Manolo Blahnik shoes
Making a compelling statement about the power of the written word and censorship through art at the Home Babbidge Library
The Constitution Circle recognizes donors who have given $100,000 to $249,999.
Named in honor of Connecticut, the Constitution State.
Recent donor impact at this level
Making the chemotherapy experience more comfortable for patients with the Maryann dePreaux Walmsley Cancer Center Library
Helping America’s veterans become entrepreneurial leaders at UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for veterans
Enabling tomorrow’s foremost lawyers in environmental and energy policy to achieve their educational goals
Charles Lewis Beach Society
The Charles Lewis Beach Society honors those friends of the University who include the UConn Foundation in their wills or other planned gifts. The society is named for the late UConn President Charles L. Beach, whose lifetime and planned gifts still enrich the university today.
Loyal Jonathan Society
The Loyal Jonathan Society recognizes consecutive year support for UConn. Its namesake derives from UConn’s trusty mascot, Jonathan, who has always been a loyal family member. As a part of the Loyal Jonathan family, we recognize and celebrate Society members through exclusive invitations and experiences.
Questions?
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