Milton Harris Society
The Milton Harris Society commemorates OSU's first $1 million donor and honors those who have made cumulative gifts, pledges and estate gifts at the $1 million, $5 million, $10 million, $25 million and $50 million levels. New members are celebrated annually at the OSU President's Dinner. Harris Society members are also recognized on the OSU Legacy Wall in the Memorial Union as a permanent tribute.
1868 Society
The 1868 Society was named for the year in which the legislature passed OSU's charter, creating Oregon's first state-supported college. Members are honored for cumulative gifts at three levels: the William Jasper Kerr Society ($100,000-$249,999), August Leroy Strand Society ($250,000 to $499,999) and James H. Jensen Society ($500,000 to $999,999).
Student Success Donor Society
The Student Success Donor Society brings together donors whose households have made cumulative gifts of $50,000 or more for scholarships, graduate fellowships or student programs.
Legacy Society
The Legacy Society celebrates supporters who have included the university in their estate plans, ensuring a strong future for OSU.
Giving circles
The Beaver Leadership Circle consists of donors whose households make annual gifts of $1,000 or more, providing steady support for the university's people, programs and facilities.
Members of the OSU Women's Giving Circle pool their annual gifts of $500 or more and vote on grants that support innovative university programs.
Affinity-based groups
The Beaver Bennyfits Program offers exclusive opportunities and unforgettable experiences to supporters of OSU Athletics.
Members of Friends of PRAx elevate the arts at OSU with annual gifts of $1,000 or more, receiving an array of benefits at four levels ($1,000-$2,499, $2,500-$4,999, $5,000-$9,999 and $10,000+).
Participants in the Fraternity & Sorority Friends Group make an annual gift of $1,000 or more to support leadership training and other priorities of the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life.
OSU Loyal recognizes employees and retirees of the university and the OSU Foundation who have made personal gifts to advance the university's mission.
[We appreciate] the ability to allocate portions of our gift to specific areas that are of special interest to us. The personalized emails, video messages, and communications from the University, are timely, sincere, and detail the impact that gift giving makes.
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The folks at the Foundation and faculty and staff at CEOAS are great about keeping us up to date on research and developments at OSU. We appreciate it very much.
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I am not an Alum rather a graduate of three other institutions. OSU has done the best job of communicating with me the results of my gift.
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We were able to see that our goals were accomplished.
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Because I have a personal relationship with many of the staff it makes the giving experience more meaningful.
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