{"id":43,"date":"2014-07-29T20:15:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving2\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:34:24","slug":"fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/fund\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bates Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your gift to the college&#8217;s annual fund, known as the Bates Fund, provides an immediate and direct impact on students and faculty by supporting all aspects of the Bates experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow large-button with-arrow large-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/give\/\">Make a Gift<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The\u00a0Impact of Your Giving<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;Truly transformative experiences are rare, yet providing them is Bates\u2019 mission. &#8230;your generosity is important for continuing this legacy.\u201d \u2014 Shannon Griffin \u201916<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your gift to the Bates Fund is a gift to your Bates mentors and professors, as well as a gift to students experiencing Bates at this very moment. It is a vote of confidence in Bates and an investment in its future. Help us ensure that the fundamental aspects of a Bates education remain accessible to the most deserving students, regardless of financial resources. Bates depends on you.<\/p>\n<p>Every gift is transformational and enables the college to enhance the educational experience of students every day. By giving to the Bates Fund, you provide the next generation with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a best-in-class liberal arts experience spanning academic, athletic, and co-curricular programs<\/li>\n<li>funded internships and student-faculty research opportunities<\/li>\n<li>access to a global community of supportive alumni, forming a large and ever-growing Bates family<\/li>\n<li>generous financial aid (more than $58,000 per student on average) for 48 percent of Bates students<\/li>\n<li>a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio, with top-in-their-field faculty members<\/li>\n<li>technology resources to enhance the experience of students and faculty on our campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Fiscal Year 2025-26 Goals<\/h4>\n<p>The college\u2019s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. Our FY26 Bates Fund goals include:<\/p>\n<p>$8.2M in gifts from alumni, parents, and friends<br \/>38% alumni participation<\/p>\n<p>The Bates Fund, including gifts to Friends of Bates Athletics, is a critical measure of Bobcat pride.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Sabon Next W01'; font-size: 1.6em;\">Join us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To make a gift, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bates.edu\/give<\/a>; call us toll-free at 888-522-8371; or send your check payable to Bates College, 2 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240. The Bates Fund year closes June 30.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your gift to the college&#8217;s annual fund, known as the Bates Fund,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5977,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/5977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}