Reunion Giving
Honoring the past and impacting the future
As you approach your reunion, memories of your time at Mount Holyoke come flooding back. The campus, traditions, classes, friends. Moments in time. Life-changing experiences that set you on your course. Today’s Mount Holyoke students are capturing new moments, pocketing them as they go forth with their lives.
The constant is Íøºì±¬ÁÏ. It’s surely a different world now, but the mission remains the same. Access to education. Championing an inclusive community. Embracing a global mindset. Guiding future leaders.
Your reunion is an ideal time to honor your Mount Holyoke experience, pay tribute to your education, and have a significant impact on current and future students who follow in your footsteps.
At this special time of celebration, how will you honor your past and impact the future?
Reunion class totals
The following totals will be shared with Head Class Agents for celebration at reunion.
- The current fiscal year Mount Holyoke Fund total
The current fiscal year Mount Holyoke Fund total includes gifts and pledges made during the Reunion fiscal year. - The 5-year Mount Holyoke Fund total
The 5-year Mount Holyoke Fund total includes gifts and pledges made during the 5-year reunion cycle. The 5-year Mount Holyoke Fund total is the primary focus of the 50th Reunion Gift Committee. - The 5-year Comprehensive total
The 5-year comprehensive total includes all gifts and pledges to all funds and purposes during the 5-year reunion cycle. It includes the following:- All commitments to The Mount Holyoke Fund
- All commitments to other areas of the College including endowment gifts, capital projects, restricted funding for programs such as the Art Museum
- Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Trusts — recognized at face value
- Documented bequest intentions (for the 50th Reunion and beyond)
Mount Holyoke welcomes and credits all giving, whether it be gifts to The Mount Holyoke Fund for current use, establishing endowed funds into perpetuity or future giving through life income vehicles and bequests.
All reunion gift totals are announced at Reunion.
Giving opportunities
Your participation in The Mount Holyoke Fund has the greatest immediate impact, touching every student, faculty and staff person on campus. Giving to The Mount Holyoke Fund consists of gifts of all sizes — from a few dollars to more than $100,000.
You can make your gift today, or make a pledge to give at a future date. Pledges can be structured to be paid in the current fiscal year, or you can choose to make a multi-year pledge to be completed over a maximum of five years.
Class volunteers will be reaching out to encourage support of The Mount Holyoke Fund.
There are a variety of gift destinations to which you may choose to designate your gift within The Mount Holyoke Fund.
Endowed gifts generate a perpetual source of income for Íøºì±¬ÁÏ and are critical to the College’s long-term financial stability and success.
The impact of an endowed gift helps generations of Mount Holyoke students succeed.
You can establish an endowed fund with a minimum gift of $100,000. When establishing an endowed fund, you choose how the funds will be spent each year: financial aid, internships, faculty support, a specific department, buildings and grounds, or other needs of the College. Work with a gift officer to discuss your philanthropic goals and the needs of the College.
Legacy and Life Income Gifts
With a little planning, you can take advantage of creative strategies to enhance your Reunion gift and have a larger impact than you may have initially thought possible.
Bequests and beneficiary designations: It’s easy to name Mount Holyoke as a beneficiary in your estate plan, and your plan can be changed at any time. Name the College as a or include a gift to the College .
Gifts that provide income: Life income gifts allow you to create current or future income for yourself and/or your loved ones, enable you to support an area of the College that is meaningful to you and may allow for a current income tax deduction for a portion of the assets given to fund the gift.
offer dependable, fixed income for life for up to two people, beginning now or in the future. Annuities may be funded with cash, appreciated securities or via a special, one-time opportunity to use a qualified charitable distribution from one’s IRA for those age 70.5+. (Minimum gift: $10,000; age minimums apply.)
offer variable income that has the potential for growth over time to support you and/or loved ones. Trusts may be funded with cash or appreciated assets such as stocks, real estate or business interests. (Minimum gift: $100,000; age minimums apply.)
Learn how have used these strategies. for additional information.
Development Reunion Awards
The Sphinx Award
Awarded to the reunion class with the highest total participation in giving to Mount Holyoke during the reunion fiscal year.
The Pegasus Award
Awarded to the reunion class that raises the most total dollars for immediate use through The Mount Holyoke Fund during the reunion fiscal year.
The Lion Award
Awarded to the reunion class with the highest total giving to all funds and purposes during the five-year reunion cycle.
The Griffin Award
Awarded to the reunion class with the highest percentage of Laurel Chain Society members.
Celebrating Mount Holyoke
