Giving Societies

Lifetime giving societies include all donors who have a cumulative giving history of $100,000 or more. These gifts have benefited countless alumni and continue to support our current and future students. Lifetime giving society donors are recognized at special appreciation events and are provided reserved parking and priority seating at Honors Nights and Commencement.

We extend our deepest gratitude to those who make Berkeley a philanthropic priority through gifts to the Berkeley Fund or Alumni Annual Giving. Our annual giving leadership societies recognize our most generous and loyal supporters. We celebrate members of the Societies for Excellence at special events and honor them through membership benefits, in acknowledgment of their efforts to ensure that Berkeley has the resources to fulfill its mission.

• Societies for Excellence

The Societies for Excellence recognize parents, alumni, grandparents, and friends of Berkeley who contribute a total of $3,500 or more to the Berkeley Fund or Alumni Annual Giving in one fiscal year.

• Young Alumni Leadership Circle

The Young Alumni Leadership Circle recognizes annual giving leadership by Berkeley alumni of the past 15 years.

*The Young Alumni Leadership Circle includes membership in the Societies for Excellence.

• True Blue Bucs Society

The True Blue Bucs Society is a loyal giving club that recognizes and celebrates those alumni who have made annual gifts to Berkeley for at least five years consecutively.

• Gold Circle Society

Recognition in the Gold Circle Society is extended to current and retired faculty and staff who have given to the Berkeley Fund for at least 10 years consecutively or 15 years cumulatively and who give in the current year.