Annual Giving
Top Priorities and New Opportunities
Your gift to the Annual Fund provides immediate and flexible dollars to fund the programs and people that make Middlebury exceptional.
Through unrestricted gifts, we can increase student scholarships, recruit talented young faculty members, provide service to our community, and enhance students’ cultural and global awareness. Your support also enables Middlebury to fund important new initiatives that accelerate our pace of progress and maintain our entrepreneurial culture.
Immediate Impact
Annual Fund gifts are an important complement to our endowment, which is invested for the long term and provides a stable source of income to fund Middlebury programs. Because Annual Fund gifts can be spent in the year they are received, a gift of $5,000 to the fund has the same impact in any given year as a $100,000 gift to the endowment. That’s because, in a typical year, Middlebury aims to spend about 5 percent of the value of its endowment—or $5,000 in the case of a $100,000 endowment.
Why I Give
Middlebury transformed my life in more ways than I could count, and I want to give that gift to others. Financial aid ensures the most deserving students receive the Middlebury education, which provides the tools to navigate this complex world with curiosity, confidence, and compassion.
Francie Alexandre ’12
AFEC Member, Lead Class Agent
As a student, Middlebury supported me in so many ways. Hands-on faculty and staff made my four years a deeply personal experience, dedicated alumni helped me forge my career path forward, and, of course, generous alumni giving afforded me tremendous financial relief. And now as a loyal alumnus, it’s my turn to give back to keep the good things going at Middlebury.
Jigar Bhakta ’18
AFEC Chair, Lead Class Agent
I support Middlebury so others can have access to the education that provided me with a deeply fulfilling, lifelong love of learning. In addition to the outstanding academics, the unique Middlebury experiences like time spent in the outdoors of Vermont, summer Language Schools, and two semesters abroad provided me some of the best memories and friends a person could ask for.