Student Support
Talented, committed students enroll at Yale to prepare for lives of leadership and service. Supporting students ensures that the brightest people from all backgrounds can come to Yale to study and thrive.
ExploreMaking a Gift
Your support helps to fund enduring investments in students, faculty, and programs that advance knowledge. Use this page to begin exploring the ways and means of Yale Giving.
Areas to Support
Faculty Excellence
Yale’s faculty members are groundbreaking scholars, field-shaping researchers, and life-changing teachers.
ExploreResearch
A global leader in discovery, Yale creates knowledge that expands the potential of individuals and society.
ExploreSchools & Units
Deans and directors set fundraising priorities across Yale’s many schools and programmatic units. We invite you to speak to members of our fundraising team to learn how your giving can make a difference.
ExploreGiving Efforts
Annual Giving
Annual gifts provide “current-use” funds that Yale can spend right away. These flexible resources sustain financial aid, student life, teaching, research, collections, and more.
ExplorePlanned Giving
Whether you’re preparing for retirement or exploring ways to provide for loved ones while supporting Yale, your planned gift can help craft your legacy and make a meaningful difference.
ExploreReunion Giving
Whether it’s been five years or fifty-five, your Yale Reunion is a special opportunity to reconnect with classmates and take part in the tradition of making a meaningful gift.
ExploreEndowed & Directed Giving
Yale takes on work that only a few institutions can do. This work is possible because we maintain the tangible assets, human capital, and culture of excellence needed to undertake it.
ExploreWays to Give
Cash Gifts
Cash is the simplest asset to donate to Yale, and the simplest asset for Yale to accept and quickly put to good use.
ExploreStocks & Securities
When you gift stocks and securities to Yale, you take an income tax deduction and pay no capital gains tax.
ExploreIRA Distributions
You can make strategic, tax-free annual distributions to Yale from your retirement accounts.
ExploreBequests
Plan your legacy—enjoy your assets today, and support Yale tomorrow.
ExploreLife Income Gifts
Tools like trusts and charitable gift annuities help you secure lifetime income for you and your family while giving to Yale.
ExploreDonor Advised Funds
An increasingly popular method of giving, DAFs facilitate your support of Yale and other nonprofits you care about.
ExploreNon-Cash Assets
You can support Yale with a wide variety of assets, from private equity to real estate or personal property.
ExploreYale’s Federal Tax ID is 06-0646973.
Make your gift today.
Your generous support can benefit students, faculty, collections, the campus, programs, and more. And together, we can shape a better world.
