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THANK YOU
The University of Virginia depends on your gifts to sustain its programs. All support, from annual fund gifts to estate gifts, helps secure the University's place as a premier institution of learning. Our three pan-University giving societies—Lawn Society, Cornerstone Society, and Rotunda Society—recognize different types of giving from UVA's top stakeholders. Thank you for your generous support.
The Lawn Society recognizes the University’s premier benefactors for their generosity and lifetime cumulative giving, of $500,000 or more, across UVA.
The Cornerstone Society brings together alumni and friends whose gifts will benefit the University in the future, through estate gifts, beneficiary designations, and gifts that may provide lifetime income.
The Rotunda Society includes steadfast donors who have made cumulative annual gifts of $2,500 or more ($1,000 for alumni completing degrees within the last five years) to any UVA school or program.
The new 1819 Society celebrates supporters who give to UVA two or more years in a row or set up a monthly gift.
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Shape the Future Across Grounds
You can advance the University of Virginia's mission within the school or area of your choice. The generosity of our donors is recognized and celebrated with membership to the giving societies at many schools and areas of the University. Contact the area(s) you support for more information.
- Dean’s Forum
- Contact: Kim Wong Haggart, Director of Engagement and Alumni Initiatives
- Benefactors Society
- Cornerstone Society
- Contact: Kevin Barry, Director of Development, Major Gifts
- Principal Donors Society
- Darden Society
- Hickory Club
- Cornerstone Society
- Contact: Brad Neathery, Director, Annual Giving
- The School of Education and Human Development Foundation
- Contact: Mike Cashman, Executive Director
- Thornton Society
- Engineering the Future
- Aylor Society
- Contact: Dana Boyle, Assistant Director, Stewardship and Donor Relations
- The Fralin Fund
- Contact: Allison VanDenend, Director of Development, The Fralin Museum of Art
- Batten Benefactors Society
- Contact: Alex Moore, Director of Development
- Compass Rose Society
- Cornerstone Society
- Contact: Rosaline deButts, Senior Associate Director of Stewardship
- Jefferson’s Circle
- Contact: Woody Wingfield, Director of Development
- Dean’s Council
- Dean’s Council, Associate Member
- Legacy Gifts
- Contact: Ellen Walker, Director of Alumni Relations, Virginia Law School
- Dean’s Society
- Century Circle
- Cornerstone Society
- Contact: Erin Perry, Director of Annual Giving & Stewardship
- Presidential Cabinet
- Contact: June Drude, Stewardship and Donor Relations Officer
- UVA Wise Giving Societies
- Contact: Valerie S. Lawson, Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Alumni Engagement