Brown Annual Fund

As one of the University's most powerful giving vehicles, the Brown Annual Fund provides the immediate-use support that fuels the Brown experience.

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Brown Annual Fund

As one of the University's most powerful giving vehicles, the Brown Annual Fund provides the immediate-use support that fuels the Brown experience.

Making Brown accessible to the most talented students from all backgrounds. Keeping the University innovative and competitive. Ensuring our commitment to academic excellence and service to society. 

The Brown Annual Fund does all that, and much more. With its immediate-use funds, it empowers the University to nimbly respond to today's most pressing needs and emerging opportunities.

The Annual Fund is a “family of funds” that encompasses Brown's annual giving opportunities. Together, these funds touch nearly every nook and cranny of life at Brown.

Athletics Annual Fund

Gifts to the Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) Athletics Fund help our student-athletes perform at the highest level in competition, the classroom, and the community.

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Impact Funds

Each impact fund will strengthen a specific, high-priority initiative of the University. For Brown Annual Fund supporters, it offers targeted philanthropic opportunities to support presidential initiatives that align with their interests.

Humanities Fund

Elevating creative programming that promotes an active dialogue on the most challenging questions facing today’s humanities scholars.
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Affinity Scholarships

These funds foster academic excellence at Brown by cultivating a diverse and inclusive community of scholars.

Professional School Funds

These school-specific funds directly support the individual priorities of each professional school. The Brown Medical Annual Fund, the School of Public Health Annual Fund, the School of Engineering Annual Fund, and the Watson School Annual Fund are the bedrock of our professional schools' immediate-use initiatives.

Watson School Annual Fund

Advancing locally and globally focused research and teaching to address the world's most pressing policy challenges.
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More about the Annual Fund

Reunion & Class Giving

Reunions are more than just an opportunity to reconnect with old classmates. It’s an opportunity to commemorate your Brown experience by paying it forward.

Parent & Family Giving

We wouldn't be here without the love and support of our families. Together, they've made our parent and family giving program one of the best in the country.

Recognition Societies

Loyalty and generosity: Brown Annual Fund donors sustain the University's reputation for academic excellence.

Volunteer Opportunities

There are other ways to give back. With their gifts of time and talent, our Annual Fund volunteers are helping our community grow year after year.

Brown Annual Fund | Impact Report 2024-25

Building on four consecutive years of growth, donor support of the Brown Annual Fund continues to break records and drive Brown forward. Current-use gifts to the Annual Fund safeguard Brown’s mission and provide essential funding for the areas at Brown most important to you.

2024-25 Impact Report