HONOR ROLL

OF DONORS Honor Roll of Donors

For a third consecutive year, the University of Georgia has set a record in fundraising, bringing in $183.8 million in new gifts and commitments during fiscal year 2016. This year's historic total represents a 28 percent increase over the previous year's record of $144.2 million. Gifts were raised from a record number of 67,435 contributors.

Cumulative Giving Societies

The Crystal Arch Society

The Crystal Arch Society, recognizing gifts of $10 million and above, is named for the University of Georgia’s most recognizable symbol and the main entrance to campus, the Arch. Erected in the 1850s, the Arch is UGA’s most revered landmark, patterned after the Great Seal of the State of Georgia.

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The Abraham Baldwin Society

The Abraham Baldwin Society, recognizing gifts of $5 million and above, is named for the legendary Georgia statesman, educator, and founder of the University of Georgia. Abraham Baldwin wrote UGA’s charter, the first ever written and adopted for a state-supported public university.

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The 1785 Society

The 1785 Society, recognizing cumulative gifts of $1 million and above, is named for the year that the University of Georgia was chartered by the Georgia General Assembly, and pays homage to UGA’s impressive history and tradition of achievement as the first state-chartered university in the nation

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Annual Presidents Club

Established in 1973, the Presidents Club is the leadership program of the Georgia Fund, UGA’s annual giving campaign. Presidents Club members are alumni and friends who make a significant and sustaining impact on the University of Georgia with annual leadership support of $1,000 or more.

Benefactors

Annual Gifts: $10,000+

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Fellows

Annual Gifts: $5,000-$9,999

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Associates

Annual Gifts: $1,000-$4,999

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Partners♦
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♦ An enhanced Presidents Club level, University Partners are individuals whose annual gifts to UGA total $2,500 or greater and support the Venture Fund in total or in part. University Partners enjoy a unique flexibility in choosing how their gifts will benefit UGA. All Partners support the Venture Fund which helps meet unbudgeted challenges throughout the academic year. Donors may choose to designate the remainder of their gift to the academic area of their choice. University of Georgia faculty and staff (current and retired) may join the Partners program at a reduced level.

Founding Presidents Club

Founding members joined during the first 20 years of the Club’s existence with a gift of at least $10,000. Listed below are the living members of the Founding Presidents Club.

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Heritage Society

The Heritage Society honors alumni and friends who have made documented bequests in their wills or other deferred gifts in support of the University of Georgia. Deferred gifts may be given by charitable annuities, wills, pooled income funds, life insurance policies, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, retirement plans, or real estate gifts with retained life estates.

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* Deceased