Why Give?

If you have made a bequest or planned gift to Yale, you can join Yale Legacy Partners, our recognition society. As a Yale Legacy Partner, you are among a community of donors who have had a profound and lasting impact on scholarship, teaching, and research at Yale and are a continuing source of strength and support for the university.

At Yale, we are driven by a shared purpose: to illuminate the world with light and truth. This guiding principle inspires us to harness the transformative power of knowledge and innovation, addressing humanity’s most urgent and complex challenges with purpose and creativity.

Through the For Humanity campaign, we are building on Yale’s enduring legacy, making transformative investments in the people, programs, and partnerships that advance solutions for a better future.

Across the university, donors are helping to secure Yale’s future for generations to come with planned gifts supporting Yale’s people and programs.