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Make a Difference at PC
You play a vital role in shaping the future of Providence College and the lives of our students. Your continued generosity and engagement are a testament to your belief in our mission and values. By making a gift, you help provide an exceptional education and experience that nurtures the body, mind, and soul of every student.
Support what you love. Love what you support.
Through rigorous academic exploration, spiritual growth, and a vibrant sense of community, Providence College students build character, form lifelong bonds, and prepare to lead with integrity and purpose. Guided by the Catholic and Dominican values at the core of PC’s mission, they are the change-makers of tomorrow.
Areas to Support
There are many ways you can support Providence College and today’s Friars. Connect with the opportunities that best meet your needs, goals, and passions. Thank you for making an immediate and lasting impact. Go Friars!
The Fund for Providence College
Annual Giving, Sustainable Impact
The Fund for Providence College, PC’s annual fund, serves as the foundation for an outstanding liberal arts education steeped in Dominican traditions. By providing unrestricted operating support through The Fund for Providence College you enable the College to fulfill its mission.
Area of Greatest Need
The Fund for Providence College – Area of Greatest Need (PC Fund) is the most direct and powerful way to have an immediate impact on the current student experience, boosting the college’s ability to address time-sensitive, student-focused needs. These gifts support every aspect of the PC experience, including universal access to textbooks, abundant mental health resources, retaining committed faculty members, campus ministry programming, and student intramural programs.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The college’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion requires funding to support various educational programs and training, inclusive classroom and pedagogy workshops, and cross-campus and community collaboration. Support of specific initiatives, as well as general operational support through The Fund for Providence College – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, helps to grow PC’s diverse community that models love, empathy, and respect of all.
Emergency Student Support
Every year there are students who encounter financial emergencies — whether due to death or illness, loss of employment of a parent or guardian, or other unexpected hardship. Gifts through The Fund for Providence College (the Angel Fund) – Emergency Student Support are dedicated to addressing unexpected life events, allowing PC to respond to students’ urgent needs and ensuring they can continue their education with limited interruption.
Financial Aid
Gifts made through The Fund for Providence College – Financial Aid provide financial assistance for undergraduate students. Unrestricted funds to support financial aid through The Fund for Providence College – Financial Aid lessen the burden for families and reliance on the endowment to meet the needs of our students. Since annual fund gifts are meant to be spent in the given year, they make an immediate impact for today’s students.
Varsity Athletics
Gifts entrusted to the college through The Fund for Providence College – Varsity Athletics (the Friars Forever Fund) help shape the lives of all our student-athletes. Every gift makes a difference and together these gifts provide the resources and support necessary to give our student-athletes a first-class experience both in the classroom and on the field of play.
Other Areas to Support
Academics and Programs
Providence College’s commitment to academic excellence is at the heart of the PC’s liberal arts education. It defines our signature Development of Western Civilization Program, strengthens our distinctive Core Curriculum, supports small class sizes and 12:1 student to faculty ratio and fosters close collaboration between faculty and students. Every gift made to support academics and programs — in the four schools, at the programmatic level or through The Fund for Providence College – Area of Greatest Need — serves this aim.
Catholic & Dominican Mission
Catholic and Dominican Identity
A gift to strengthen Providence College’s Catholic and Dominican identity supports the college’s commitment to fostering spiritual growth, ethical inquiry, and a deepened sense of community. Your contribution can be directed through The Fund for Providence College – Area of Greatest Need, providing flexible and immediate-use resources, or to specific initiatives that uphold the traditions shaping our shared values, inspiring thoughtful reflection, and encouraging a life of purpose rooted in faith.
Endowed Scholarships & Programs
An endowed scholarship or program is a permanent scholarship or program named in honor of the donor or in honor or memory of another individual, such as a family member, a Dominican friar, or a PC classmate. Recipients are selected by the Office of Financial Aid. For more information about endowing a scholarship or program, please email giving@providence.edu.
Research & Engaged Learning
PC students have access to a wide array of engaged learning opportunities that allow them to put knowledge learned in the classroom into action in the real world. Gifts to support specific program areas or opportunities, as well as gifts through The Fund for Providence College – Area of Greatest Need, enable students to benefit from internships, study abroad, or other engaged learning opportunities including research, service learning, and social justice advocacy.
Giving Societies
Thoughtful leaders who care about Providence College are vital to the college’s future. PC acknowledges the support of our generous benefactors in many ways, including the following leadership giving societies.
Loyal Friar Society
The Fund for Providence College’s Most Loyal Donors
The Loyal Friar Society celebrates loyal members of our community who have contributed through The Fund for Providence College for three or more consecutive years.
St. Dominic Society
Philanthropic Leaders Each Year
The St. Dominic Society is the leadership giving society at Providence College. With more than 2,000 donors, the St. Dominic Society provides generous annual support to boost the College’s ability to address time-sensitive and student-focused needs.
Centennial Circle $100,000 and above (annually)
Founders Circle $50,000 to $99,999 (annually)
Trustees Circle $25,000 to $49,999 (annually)
Presidents Circle $10,000 to $24,999 (annually)
Veritas Circle $5,000 to $9,999 (annually)
Benefactors Circle $1,917 to $4,999 (annually)
Recent Graduates St. Dominic Society
1-5 years out: $100+ (annually)
6-10 years out: $500+ (annually)
11-14 years out: $1,000+ (annually)
15 years out: $1,917 (annually)
Providence College’s fundraising year runs July 1 through June 30.
Harkins Society
Named in honor of Harkins Hall, the Harkins Society recognizes the many benefactors who have named Providence College in their estate plans through bequests or other types of deferred gifts.
1917 Society
In acknowledgement of those who have given so much over their lifetime, the 1917 Society recognizes cumulative giving to Providence College. Membership is extended to donors who have contributed at one of the four 1917 Society giving levels during his/her lifetime:
- Platinum Torchbearer $1,000,000 and above
- Gold Torchbearer $750,000 to $999,999
- Silver Torchbearer $500,000 to $749,999
- Bronze Torchbearer $250,000 to $499,999
Providentia Society
Born of the Providentia Endowed Fund, an initiative to support women’s projects at PC, the Providentia Society is committed to growing leadership and engagement among female Friars. Members enjoy regular communication with the college, special events with college administrators, and networking opportunities with alumni and students.
Find Your Giving Opportunity
Armed with knowledge, grounded by integrity, and emboldened by will, our graduates rise above, and rise beyond. The Beyond Limits Campaign is our opportunity to secure that legacy. In a world that craves leaders of character and conviction, Providence College stands out.
To ensure that Providence College continues to be a beacon of hope and progress for generations to come, we need to invest in our future.
