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WHY GIVE

Your gift to Hampshire College is nothing less than a gift to the world. Hampshire students, faculty, and alumni can be found across the globe, making a difference in myriad ways. Your contributions support student research and travel, faculty development, financial aid, and much else… and help bring a truly remarkable alumni body to the world.

Your gifts help us...

Maintain the College’s place as a leader in innovative education, centered around social justice, service learning, and an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities, arts and sciences.
Ensure the value of a Hampshire degree and support Hampshire’s reputation of excellence.
Enable more students to receive financial aid, thereby increasing the diversity of the student body.
Improve and provide resources for students such as library offerings, dynamic faculty and exciting research and internship opportunities.
Support maintenance and upgrades of campus facilities like dorms and academic buildings.
Secure gifts and grants from foundations and corporations though your support. Your gift helps attract funding for new academic programs and facilities.

And much more.

In Their Own Words

Hampshire encourages my son to keep walking to his own drummer and to do whatever it is he wants to, but to do it well. At Hampshire, you have 1,300 students who march to their own drummer

- Merrie Kanner, mother of Sam Kanner (03F)

Contact Us

Institutional Advancement
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359
800.619.4267 (toll free)
413.559.5574 (local)
413.559.6054 (fax)
inst-adv@hampshire.edu