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All gifts of any kind help secure the University’s place as a premier institution of learning and make it possible for our students, faculty, and researchers to shape a brighter future.
You can give to all 12 schools across Grounds. The possibilities are endless for supporting our students, faculty, and programs. Together, we will find the way forward.
You can join the growing number of alumni and friends who invest now in the University’s future by including UVA as a beneficiary of their wills, charitable trusts, and retirement plans. Gifts like these can offer you and your family significant tax benefits as well as greater financial flexibility in meeting your personal and philanthropic goals.
The Honor the Future campaign, the largest in University history, concluded in 2025, thanks to thousands of loyal supporters. Its impact on students, faculty, facilities, and research reaches across Charlottesville, Wise County, and Northern Virginia as it continues to advance the school in its third century of service to the commonwealth, nation, and world.
OVERVIEW
The Lawn Society, established in 1975 by the University’s fifth president, Frank L. Hereford Jr. (Col ’43, Grad Arts & Sciences ’47), celebrates UVA’s leading benefactors. Lifetime membership in the Lawn Society is extended to those who have made cumulative gifts of $500,000 or more in support of UVA.
MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA
Gifts qualifying donors for membership may be either undesignated or designated for a particular purpose. Qualifying gifts include:
John and Patty Epps met on Grounds in the early seventies. Fifty years later, they’re still passionate about supporting...
During a nearly 50-year career as a trial lawyer in South Florida, Chris Searcy (Col ’69) has always...
Lawn Society Members Rosa Perez McGonigal (McIntire '82) and Art McGonigal Jr. (Col '82) look back fondly on their...
Charlie Diederich created his bicentennial scholarship to honor his wife’s memory and as a tribute to the nursing profession.
