Every gift to Brown has the power to make a lasting impact. From making the dream of a Brown education possible for a deserving student to supporting pathbreaking research on disease to revitalizing our campus, we're celebrating the many ways that gifts to Brown are making a difference.
Giving Stories
The impact of philanthropy to Brown is transforming lives on College Hill and beyond.
Alumni & Friends
Fighting climate change through "shared vision and purpose"
Kim Cobb, new director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, wants to leverage Brown’s deep and diverse expertise across campus to create solutions with lasting, scalable impact for our planet.
Alumni & Friends
How (and why) the Brown Annual Fund reached $50M
Powered by a record-breaking year, the Annual Fund is fulfilling its mission to support Brown where it’s most needed in more ways than ever before.
The gift from Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff and his wife, Ann. S. Mencoff, will endow the vice president for athletics and recreation — becoming the largest known endowed athletics leadership position in the Ivy League.
Alumni & Friends
Advancing emergency medicine in Rhode Island and beyond
Patients can’t always prepare for a medical emergency. With donor support, Brown’s Department of Emergency Medicine can make sure the physicians who treat them are.
Alumni & Friends
Promoting health equity, one scholar at a time
With BrownTogether support, the Health Equity Scholars program is creating a network of diverse and transformational leaders who will use their training to bring equity and justice to public health.
Alumni & Friends
Health on a global scale
Unlocking innovation to treat vulnerable populations around the world
June 1, 2022
News from Brown
$25 million gift from Shoman family advances Brown’s goal for need-blind international admission
The largest gift for international financial aid in University history, from alumni Aysha and Omar Shoman, will expand Brown’s ability to educate the most exceptional international students from all socioeconomic groups.
Alumni & Friends
Brown unveils name of new performing arts center
Named in recognition of a generous gift from Frayda Lindemann and to honor her late husband George Lindemann Sr., The Lindemann Performing Arts Center is set to open its doors in 2023
Alumni & Friends
The enduring legacy of the Royce Fellowship
Since 1996, the Royce Fellowship has empowered Brown students to pursue independent research projects of their own design.
Alumni & Friends
5 ways you can pay it forward this giving day
Want to help make this Brunonians Pay It Forward Day our biggest yet? Here’s how you can get involved and spread the word about this giving day.
Alumni & Friends
Brunonians Pay It Forward Day 2022
This year’s giving day saw the Brown community help raise more than $2.6 million for the Brown Annual Fund.
Alumni & Friends
Upping our game
BrownTogether has already helped elevate Brown’s Division of Athletics and Recreation. M. Grace Calhoun ’92, the division’s new vice president, is determined to keep the momentum going.