Giving Societies

Lifetime Giving Societies                                                                                                                                 

Johns Hopkins Founder’s Society
$7 million and above
A bequest of $7 million from merchant Johns Hopkins established the university and the hospital—a remarkable legacy that was the largest single act of private philanthropy in the United States at that time.

Daniel Coit Gilman Society
$3 million to $6,999,999
The university’s first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, provided the vision that made Johns Hopkins the nation’s first true research university.

Milton S. Eisenhower Society
$1 million to $2,999,999
Milton S. Eisenhower, eighth president of the university, is recognized as an outstanding educator and leader. He was noted for a capacity to view problems with a singular clarity and from the broadest possible perspective.

Mary Elizabeth Garrett Society
$500,000 to $999,999
As the founder and core member of the Women's Fund Committee that raised the $500,000 endowment needed to establish the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Mary Elizabeth Garrett gave 70% of the total. Her Baltimore friends and associates—joined by women from throughout the United States—presented their gift on condition that the School of Medicine admit women on the same terms as men. The school opened in 1893 as the first major U.S. medical school to admit women and quickly became a national model for medical education.

Woodrow Wilson Society
$100,000 to $499,999
The 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson is the only American commander-in-chief to have earned a PhD, which was awarded in 1886 by The Johns Hopkins University. President Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, the first of more than two dozen Johns Hopkins–affiliated Nobel winners.

Annual Giving Societies                                                                                                                                    

Johns Hopkins President’s Club
Of particular importance is a special group of donors—those who commit $5,000 or above each year, who often make unrestricted gifts that can be used at the president’s or dean’s discretion.

Johns Hopkins Associates
$2,500 to $4,999
Membership in the Johns Hopkins Associates includes individuals with cumulative giving of $2,500 to $4,999 or more in one fiscal year.

Johns Hopkins Affiliates
$1,000 to $2,499
Membership in the Johns Hopkins Affiliates is extended to donors with a cumulative giving of $1,000 to $2,499 in one fiscal year.