Fund-Raising Priorities

The Annual Fund

The Annual Fund supports every student, professor, program, and department on campus. It provides the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances and to take advantage of new opportunities.

The Parents' Fund

The Parents' Fund supports the academic programs, student-faculty research, internships, arts, and athletics programs that prepare Middlebury graduates to take their places in the world.

Financial Aid

Middlebury’s life-changing, world-shaping education is possible only when students from every background are able to participate in it. Providing the financial support necessary to attract exceptional scholars from around the country and the world and to keep them here is one of Middlebury’s top priorities. Learn more.

Faculty Support

Personalized teaching and close mentoring relationships between faculty and students are at the heart of a Middlebury education. Gifts in support of faculty make possible this intensive and personalized teaching, inspiring students for the rest of their lives. A gift for faculty is truly an investment that lasts a lifetime. Learn more.

Language Schools

For almost 100 years, the summer Language Schools have set the standard for foreign-language instruction. The 10 Language Schools enable beginning students to attain a remarkable level of fluency in only seven weeks. Those who arrive with basic language skills are able to expand them dramatically. Donors to the Language Schools become partners in advancing understanding of other cultures and languages.

Bread Loaf

Bread Loaf is a school, a mountain, a conference. Donated to the College in 1915, the mountain campus is now home to the largest graduate school of English literature in the country and the oldest and most prestigious writers' conference.

C.V. Starr Schools Abroad

For more than 50 years, the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad have enabled students to study at leading universities in other countries, attending classes with local students and immersing themselves in the local language and culture. Donors to the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad play an important part in advancing global understanding. They help students acquire the tools and experience to operate in our interconnected world.

Monterey Institute of International Studies

The Monterey Institute has been affiliated with Middlebury since 2005 and will formally become a graduate school of the College this summer. The integration of the two institutions creates a truly global network of programs whose students are poised to become the solution to some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Programs

At Middlebury, education is not restricted to the classroom and the laboratory. Donors can the residential life, programmatic, and co-curricular activities that enhance learning and creativity and develop greater independence and leadership. Learn more.

Special Projects

Each year, Middlebury designates particular programs or projects for fund-raising efforts. These include the Senior Class Gift, New England Review, and Snow Bowl chair lift project.