The Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education encourages alumni, students, parents, and friends to recall and renew their Stanford ties by making annual gifts. Gifts to the fund strengthen Stanford's ability to serve students through scholarships, teaching innovations, and extracurricular activities; they help shape the experience of nearly every Stanford undergraduate.

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The Stanford Challenge

Annual giving, including to the Stanford Fund, is a featured priority of The Stanford Challenge. Every gift to The Stanford Fund also counts for the campaign. Find out more about The Stanford Challenge.

Annual Gifts Add Up

The cost of a Stanford education is not fully covered by tuition—all students are subsidized by the generosity of alumni, parents, and friends. Find out more about why annual gifts are important.

Every Gift Makes a Difference

Together, donors to The Stanford Fund have an important impact through annual giving. Every gift is recognized on our honor rolls.

No matter when you graduated, your participation in The Stanford Fund is a vote of support for Stanford and your class. Find out how your class is doing this year and see how it has done in the past.

Leadership Circle

Leadership Circle membership begins with a gift of $1,000. (Lower levels apply for young alumni: $500 for five to nine years after graduation, $100 for one to four years out.) Find out more about the Leadership Circle and the President's Fund.

IRAs

If you are 70 1/2 or older, you may now transfer any amount up to $100,000 from your IRA to Stanford which will count toward your annual required minimum IRA distribution, thanks to a renewed federal tax law. Find out more.