How does The Charter Hill Society impact The Robert Gordon Sproul Associates?
As of July 1, 2008, Charter Hill replaced The Robert Gordon Sproul Associates as the campuswide program recognizing annual giving to Berkeley. 6. Does “annual giving” mean gifts only to Berkeley’s annual funds? No. The term “annual giving” refers to gifts made during the campus’s fiscal year to any fund, and often is used to describe donors’ recurrent giving on an annual basis. “Annual funds” are funds established to receive gifts that are unrestricted and deployed at the discretion of the Chancellor, the dean of a school or college, or a program director, thereby enabling Berkeley to act swiftly on needs or opportunities that arise throughout the year. Gifts to a campus annual fund are included in the calculation of donors’ participation in The Charter Hill Society, as are gifts to any of the other funds or programs on the campus. 7. Why is annual giving to the Berkeley campus important? All giving to Berkeley is greatly appreciated, but annual giving in particular is a driving force
