Impacts of
Alumni Fund Gifts
All gifts help make Williams a better place and have a true impact on the lives of students and the campus community -- especially this year.
Here are some examples.
A $10 gift supports...
Financial Aid: a course reading packet
Sustainability: 1 Box of compostable bags
Equity & Inclusion: a copy of a Williams Reads book
Athletics: the approximate cost of resistance band for sports performance
A $25 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the cost of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates for AMST 300 with Prof. Anthony Y. Kim
Sustainability: 2 T-shirts for Root First Days programming
Equity & Inclusion: the approximate cost per student to attend a racial justice How'd You Get There event through the '68 Center for Career Exploration
Athletics: the approximate cost of yoga mat for a PE class
A $50 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the approximate cost of an application fee waiver
Sustainability: 3 Reusable Mugs
Equity & Inclusion: the cost for two staff members to attend an anti-bias training
Athletics: a tennis racket for a PE class
A $100 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the cost of senior week for a student that used to be paid out of pocket
Student Emergency Aid: the cost to lease a single microfridge for a single year
Equity & Inclusion: the cost of copies of Blindspot for a department's professional development
Athletics: the cost of two frisbee golf holes
A $250 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the cost of Manual of Mineral Science for GEOS 202 - Mineralogy with Prof. Bud Wobus
Sustainability: 1 Semester-long regional student transportation pass
Equity & Inclusion: one session with a therapist at Integrative Wellbeing Services
Athletics: the approximate cost for 10 yoga mats for PE classes
A $500 gift supports...
Financial Aid: a full semester's textbooks for one student, on average
Student Emergency Aid: airport transportation for five students
Equity & Inclusion: one week of a racial justice WSP internship
Athletics: the approximate cost of all resistance bands for sports performance
A $1,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the cost of music lessons for four years
Equity & Inclusion: winter gear for students
Athletics: a Vasa swim erg to allow swimmers dry land stroke practice
A $2,500 gift supports...
Financial Aid: the cost of emergency dental care for an aided student
Equity & Inclusion: racial justice How'd You Get There series with the '68 Center
A $5,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: on average, books for the aided students in one first year entry for one semester
Sustainability: 1 Small electric mower tractor
Equity & Inclusion: one TIDE grant through the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Athletics: the approximate cost, storage containers + insurance
A $10,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: summer storage for aided students
Sustainability: 1 EV charging station
Equity & Inclusion: the racial justice + social impact venture project
Athletics: the approximate cost of track & field team needs to continue training
A $25,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: sponsoring a Williams student for one year as an EphScholar donor
Equity & Inclusion: two racial justice public humanities fellows for one summer
A $50,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: a typical package for a single student receiving financial aid
Equity & Inclusion: racial justice summer opportunity grants
A $100,000 gift supports...
Financial Aid: a typical all-in subsidy for an aided student, including all-student subsidy
Equity & Inclusion: 1/3 of the cost for proposed racial justice internships and fellowships