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01 Dec 2017
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The 2016–2017 Contributors Report is out!

Read inspiring stories of alumni making an impact on a range of issues by giving to HBS. Also see annual and reunion giving by degree and class year. Visit alumni.hbs.edu/CR16-17 (HBS login required). View Details

25 May 2015
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Robert K. Kraft: Business Leader, Family Man

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2018
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The Importance of Philanthropy

collaborations, or wherever needed most. Examples of donor Impact Enabling New Modes of Learning FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development): Introduced in the MBA Program in 2011, the required FIELD course gives... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Research Brief: Pocket Change

Julia Cagé, and Edgard Dewitte found that women comprise 54.1 percent of small donors (or those who give less than $200 in an election cycle) compared to only 35.5 percent of large donors. And while minorities are underrepresented in both... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2013
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Leadership Fellows

Hospital for Special Surgery; Ebele Mora, Year Up; and Karen Tang, Nonprofit Finance Fund. Not pictured: Chris Hurst, Mercy Corps, and Casey Littlefield, Social Finance. SUPPORTING SUCCESS: Fellowship donor Lou Fouts (MBA 1996) with... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships

a Harvard College graduate who was the first in his family to attend college. The fellowships create a challenge fund designed to inspire other HBS donors to support fellowships in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. They also donated... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Insatiably Curious

Adrianna Ma (MBA 2000) Adrianna Ma (MBA 2000) has been member of the HBS Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership giving, for the past five years. “I had an unconventional background and I’m grateful that the School took a chance on me,” she explains when... View Details

01 May 2013
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Experience of a Lifetime

Growing up in rural North Carolina between two towns with fewer than 300 people combined, Duke Buchan dreamed big. After living in Spain during high school and college, and earning a BA in economics and Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Buchan... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Q&A with Janet Cahill

10 percent of the School’s annual expenses. Annual support ensures the School’s continued excellence. Where do most alumni gifts go? Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund—the School’s annual fund. While donors typically allow us to use... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Giving Through HBS

of our graduates—has the power to change the world and to change lives, and that work relies heavily on alumni giving. Most alumni donors take a portfolio approach to giving—they give to local organizations that serve their communities;... View Details

Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson

01 Dec 2009
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HBS Philanthropy Report Online

This year, the School’s annual donor report will be published online. The change from a print publication reflects a cost savings consistent with a School-wide effort to contain expenses, as well as a desire for environmentally... View Details

27 Apr 2025
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Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships

Robert Kraft (center) and Jonathan Kraft and Dean Srikant Datar (second row, center) gathered recently with Kraft Family Fellowship recipients and guests to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the first Kraft fellowship fund at HBS. Photos by Ethi... View Details

25 May 2016
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Supporting Critical Initiatives

Elizabeth Raun Schlesinger (MBA 2005) The School’s commitment to educating women leaders was a key reason Liz Raun Schlesinger (MBA 2005) made a 10th Reunion gift to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. The fund supports innovations such as HBS’s recently... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

With the study of entrepreneurial management flourishing at HBS, the challenge to find and support new faculty and to fund curriculum development is more pressing than ever. Recently these needs were recognized by the Class of 1975 through its generous 25th Reunion... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2015
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The Evolving HBS Campus

The importance and value of the School’s unique residential environment has been clearly demonstrated in the nearly 100 years since the campus was first envisioned and built. Recent and current building projects are intended to enhance the way the HBS community learns... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Campaign News

Campaign Chair Dick Spangler addressed the audience at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. More campaign photos. Photographs by Steve Boljonis, Richard Morgenstein, and Todd Rosenberg As of late April, thanks in part to two extraordinary gifts from Arthur Rock (MBA... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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A New Day for Fellowships

fellowship supporters joined other donors for the Fellowship Dinner. This annual dinner brings together fellowship recipients and the alumni and friends who generously support financial aid at HBS. Over the past five years, the fellowship... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2014
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The MBA Class of 2016 At-A-Glance

HBS’s commitment to need-based fellowships ensures broad access to the MBA Program and enhances learning for all by providing a wide range of perspectives that enrich peer-to-peer learning. Additionally, fellowships enable students to pursue careers that may not be... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

21 Apr 2014
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Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education

During his 50-year career, Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) has become one of India’s most respected business leaders. As head of the Tata Trusts, he is also a champion of philanthropic efforts supporting educational programs, social and community... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Good Fellowship

resources. All fellowship recipients are matched with at least one donor fund. In all, some $24 million in financial support will be distributed in fiscal year 2012, with 89 percent coming from donor... View Details

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