Your financial contribution greatly enhances the impact of the National Academies as advisers to the nation. We recognize the generosity of our donors in several ways that include lifetime, annual, and planned giving societies.
Lifetime Giving Societies
Abraham Lincoln Society
The Abraham Lincoln Society acknowledges members and friends whose lifetime giving is $1 million or more. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Presented a medal inscribed with Abraham Lincoln’s picture and lapel pin;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events;
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and Beckman Center in Irvine, CA;
Listed in Academy publications; and
Invited to exclusive events happening at the National Academies.
Benjamin Franklin Society
The Benjamin Franklin Society acknowledges members and friends whose lifetime giving is $500,000 to $999,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Presented a framed medal inscribed with Benjamin Franklin’s picture;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events;
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and Beckman Center in Irvine, CA;
Listed in Academy publications; and
Invited to exclusive events happening at the National Academies.
Marie Curie Society
The Marie Curie Society acknowledges members and friends whose lifetime giving is $250,000 to $499,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Presented a framed medal inscribed with Marie Curie’s picture;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events;
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center Washington, DC, and Beckman Center in Irvine, CA; and
Listed in Academy publications.
Albert Einstein Society
The Albert Einstein Society acknowledges members and friends whose cumulative lifetime giving is $100,000 to $249,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Presented a replica of the Albert Einstein sculpture by Robert Berks, located on the grounds of the NAS Building in Washington, DC, with a personalized nameplate;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events;
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and Beckman Center in Irvine, CA; and
Listed in Academy publications.
Elkan Blout Society
The Elkan Blout Society acknowledges members and friends of the National Academy of Sciences whose cumulative giving is $20,000 to $99,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events; and
Listed in the annual Report of the Treasurer.
Golden Bridge Society
The Golden Bridge Society acknowledges members and friends of the National Academy of Engineering whose cumulative giving is $20,000 to $99,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events; and
Listed in the NAE Annual Report and The Bridge.
NAM Society
The NAM Society acknowledges members and friends of the National Academy of Medicine whose cumulative giving is $20,000 to $99,999. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events; and
Listed in the annual Report of the Treasurer and the NAM Annual Report.
Great Hall Society
The Great Hall Society is the National Academies’ leadership annual giving society. The support of Great Hall Society members embodies the aspirational heights of the Great Hall located in our historic National Academy of Sciences Building. With leadership-level support, the National Academies can enrich the industries of science, engineering, and medicine and proactively advise the most urgent and unexpected policy matters. These distinguished donors make gifts or recurring gifts with an annual total of $5,000 or more across the National Academies in a calendar year.
Gold Level: $10,000 or more
Silver Level: $5,000–$9,999
Heritage Society
The Heritage Society celebrates members and friends who have planned a gift today that provides for the future. We gratefully recognize individuals who make a bequest, beneficiary designation, or another type of planned gift to the National Academies.
Members of the Heritage Society have provided a legacy gift that upholds the mission of the National Academies. In honor of their contributions, Society members are:
Presented with a cast Heritage Society medal;
Invited and recognized at annual Academy events;
Recognized on donor recognition plaques at the historic NAS Building and Keck Center in Washington, DC, and Beckman Center in Irvine, CA; and
Listed in Academy publications.
Loyalty Society
Loyal donors are the cornerstone of the National Academies’ success, providing the sustaining means by which the Academies can carry out their mission to facilitate solutions to complex challenges by mobilizing expertise, practice, and knowledge in science, engineering, and medicine. To recognize this important commitment, the Loyalty Society of the National Academies honors Academy members and friends who understand the impact of annual giving and have made annual gifts to the National Academies for 20 years or more.
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