We encourage you to join our movement and donate, retweet, or share our efforts to maximize private support. Gifts back scholarships for historically underserved, minorities, and first-generation students and enhance academic and career support for students, increasing persistence and completion rates. Your gift will go to work immediately, ensuring that students have the support and services they need to succeed.
Diverse philanthropy is one of the most important tools we have in supporting historically underserved communities. Affinity-giving circles represent a powerful part of this concept.
Affinity-giving circles enable a committed group of individuals to collectively invest their time, talent, and money and to decide—together—the future direction of the circle and the allocation of its funds. This form of giving offers an innovative philanthropic approach within the higher education landscape—and one that provides a collaborative strategy for interested individuals to share and network together as they strengthen their circle of influence.
Black Philanthropy Circle
Formed by Indiana University alumni and friends of the university, the Black Philanthropy Circle (BPC) addresses education issues faced by Black communities through the power of philanthropic giving. As the first Black giving circle connected to higher education in the nation, the BPC establishes programs that improve the recruitment, retention, and degree attainment for Black students, faculty, and staff on IU’s seven campuses and two regional centers, and beyond.
Queer Philanthropy Circle
The Indiana University Queer Philanthropy Circle (QPC) is a groundbreaking higher education giving circle connected specifically to the LGBTQ+ community and led by a diverse group of committed volunteers. Through programs, funding, policy, outreach, and one-on-one support, the QPC speaks to the power of what can happen when we work together to replace obstacles with opportunities.
