Giving
Founded in 1855, Berea will become the first college in the nation to provide all its admitted students a fully paid, four-year, no-loan degree.
Many Berea students tell us that college felt impossible because of all the barriers they have encountered. Until they found Berea.
Berea’s goal for 170 years has always been to remove these barriers for students of high promise and low means.
Today, Berea’s new Financial Freedom Pledge, will cover 100% of tuition, housing, food, and fees without loans so that no future student will be prevented from pursuing a high-quality Berea education. Berea students are free to dream and driven to do.
Your gifts are the reason why.
Now more than ever, Berea needs your help sustaining this pledge for the future. Will you join us in ensuring Financial Freedom for every Berea student?
Why Give?
Every student is 100% covered.
For more than 170 years, Berea College has served students from limited economic resources coupled with a belief that a student’s future should never be determined by their family’s financial circumstances.
Your generous support ensures that we continue to award our 100% Full Scholarship Package, with no loans—to all students, all four years:
Your Gift's Impact
Educational opportunity is one of the surest ways to move people toward a better, more satisfying life, full of meaning and service.
In addition to a fully funded degree, Berea also covers a laptop, summer internship, professional clothing, conference attendance, and much more. Our goal is to remove any barriers for our students.
The Students You Support
The students you support
It's important that we continue the legacy of the South's first interracial and co-educational college
Build brighter futures in the region
Inspiring Perspectives
Hear more about giving from our students, alumni, and friends.
Ways to Give
Spread your impact over the year and provide reliable support all year long for Berea students.
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Give with Trust
Berea College is proud to be one of the 13 private colleges in the U.S. with a Aaa rating by Moody’s Ratings.
Berea College earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency with Guidestar Candid.
Berea College earned a Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator.
Berea received the grade A+ (4.5 GPA) in Forbes’ annual College Financial Grades report, which assesses the financial health of more than 900 private not-for-profit colleges with enrollment of more than 500 students.
Our Mission is Impossible without Your Gift
Your gift to Berea College is an investment in lives of great promise, helping to fund the education of bright young minds from Appalachia and beyond.
Constructed in 1958, Danforth Technology Building no longer meets the needs of a fast-paced, modern technology curriculum. The new buildings will make room for innovation through cutting-edge laboratories, flexible classrooms, areas for interdisciplinary exploration, and community-oriented gathering spaces.
12 gifts. 12 months. Fulfilling Berea’s ambitious mission takes hard work and dedication. Berea Partners is a new gift club made exclusively for monthly donors. Your monthly gifts allow you to invest in lives of great promise all year long.
Did you know some employers will double or even triple the size of your gift? By taking advantage of employer matching gifts, you can make your gift farther for Berea students who need it most. Search for your employer today to get the process started.
Berea welcomes alumni to return to campus during their reunion and contribute through class campaigns designed by their Reunion Giving Chairs as a way to connect and engage. Join your class efforts to support current and future Bereans for generations to come.