Brown RISD Hillel creates opportunities for students to connect with and build their Jewish community during their time on College Hill. We aim to provide an open, warm, and pluralistic environment in which students can shape their college experience by connecting socially, culturally, and spiritually to their Jewish community. We take a student-driven approach to all that we do and are constantly looking to engage our students to keep grassroots ideas and initiatives flowing.

In order to make that vision a reality, we rely on the support of alumni, parents, and friends. Contributions to our Annual Fund help provide unrestricted support to our five pillars of programmatic activity: Arts and Culture, Israel, Religious Life and Learning, Tzedek, and Student Engagement. Likewise, we offer designated gift opportunities over $1,000 for those donors who want to support a specific initiative.

The following list provides a sense of the dollars needed to run our calendar of initiatives throughout the year. Sponsorships may also be customized to meet the needs of our programming and our donors.

• $25,000: Overseas Alternative Break
• $15,000: A Year of the Hillel Gallery Project
• $10,000: Taglit Birthright Israel Follow-up
• $4,000: One community Shabbat dinner
• $3,000: One semester of Student Engagement Grants
• $250: One Lunch and Learn
• Gifts of all sizes make an enormous difference to Brown RISD Hillel's ability to give students the resources necessary to meeting their programming needs.