Friends of BGU Ways to Give

However you choose to support BGU, your gift will advance our vision for a thriving desert region, strengthen our ability to solve the country's most pressing challenges, and help us prepare the next generation of leaders, innovators, and engaged citizens for Israel. We are deeply grateful.

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To make a gift now, contact the associates office in your country.

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Annual Fund

Contributing to a broad base of unrestricted support is critical to our ability to attract superb faculty, invest in our students’ potential, and promote problem-centric research. Like all gifts to BGU, your unrestricted support also helps us to fulfill our mission of advancing the Negev and its diverse communities. Find your local associates office and join our world-wide community of donors who allow us to apply their support where it’s needed most.

Planned Giving

Planned gifts leave a legacy of generosity while helping you meet your philanthropic and financial goals. Our Living Legacy Society, established to recognize our partners who support the University through gift and estate planning, is open to individuals at all income levels. Contact the associates office in your country to start planning your gift.

Endowments

By giving an endowed gift, you ensure permanent support for the University. At the same time, you leave a legacy of support for students, faculty, and research that aligns with your values and goals. Be in touch with your local associates office to discuss how you can make a transformative gift through an endowment.

Types of Gifts

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Academic Units

When you name a school, department, or program, you establish a foundation for permanent study and research and pave the way for innovation in a particular field. Contact the associates office in your country to discuss how you can name an academic unit at BGU.

Academic Chairs

By bestowing an academic chair, you can acknowledge both esteemed and upcoming scholars and researchers, expressing your appreciation for the value of academic achievement and encouraging academic excellence. Contact the associates office in your country to discuss how you can name an academic chair at BGU.

President’s Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program

By supporting the recruitment and retention of promising researchers, you can enrich our students' learning, increase our research output, and strengthen BGU's ability to help solve many of Israel's and the world's most pressing challenges. Moreover, you help turn BGU into a talent magnet, ensuring that we attract more funding for critical research and more quality faculty members and graduate students to the University. Contact the associates office in your country to discuss how you can contribute to the President's Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program.

Scholarships and Fellowships

When you give the gift of a need-based undergraduate scholarship, you make the dream of higher education a reality for disadvantaged students, new immigrants, and residents of the Negev's development towns. And when you enable us to give merit-based fellowships, you support outstanding graduate, PhD, and post-doctoral students, the key to achieving our ambitious research goals. Finally, you help us bring the best and brightest graduate students to the Negev, who further our mission of advancing the region and its communities. Visit your local associates office's website to give the gift of unparalleled opportunity to a BGU student.

Capital Projects and Physical Facilities

Funding both new and existing capital projects, from research and teaching facilities on our new North Campus to dormitories on our campus at Sde Boker, helps us literally create places of possibility — for students, faculty, and the wider Negev community. Classrooms, laboratories, and equipment can also be named for donors or a loved one. Contact the associates office in your country to learn about capital projects at BGU and discuss how your support can be vehicle for immeasurable impact.

Giving Societies

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President’s Pillars

Established to honor our most generous partners and acknowledge their commitment and leadership, the President's Pillars comprises members who have supported BGU at the level of $5,000,000 or more. Their names are displayed on the stone pillars that traverse the Kreitman Plaza at the heart of the Marcus Family Campus. To learn more about The President's Pillars and to become a member, please contact the associates office in your country.

Ben-Gurion Society

Members of the Ben-Gurion Society have supported the University with gifts of $1,000,000 and above. Their generosity is recognized on a tribute wall located prominently on the Marcus Family Campus. To learn more about the Ben-Gurion Society and to become a member, please contact the associates office in your country.

Living Legacy Society

The Living Legacy Society is for supporters who have made BGU a part of their legacy through planned giving. The names of society members are inscribed on a wall in the Living Legacy Garden on the Marcus Family Campus. To learn more about the Living Legacy Society and to become a member, please contact the associates office in your country.

Negev Society

Members of the Negev Society have demonstrated strong support of BGU through gifts at one of three levels: The Tamar level for gifts of $500,000 and above; the Arava level for gifts of $250,000 and above; and the Eshkol level for gifts of $100,000 and above. The names of members are inscribed on the Negev Society Walls on the Marcus Family Campus. To learn more about the Negev Society and to become a member, please contact the associates office in your country.

Founders

Founders have made contributions of $50,000 or more. Their names are listed on the Founders Wall, which winds its way through the Marcus Family Campus and chronicles the history of giving from the University's inception. To become a Founder, please contact the associates office in your country.

Ways to Give

However you choose to support BGU, your gift will advance our vision for a thriving desert region, strengthen our ability to solve the country's most pressing challenges, and help us prepare the next generation of leaders, innovators, and engaged citizens for Israel. We are deeply grateful.​

How to Give

Annual Fund

Planned Giving

Endowments

Types of Gifts

Academic Units

Academic Chairs

President’s Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program

Scholarships and Fellowships

Capital Projects and Physical Facilities

Giving Societies

President’s Pillars

Ben-Gurion Society

Living Legacy Society

Negev Society

Founders

However you choose to support BGU, your gift will advance our vision for a thriving desert region, strengthen our ability to solve the country's most pressing challenges, and help us prepare the next generation of leaders, innovators, and engaged citizens for Israel. We are deeply grateful.