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Giving Societies at IIlinois Tech 

Listed below are the giving society opportunities available to donors at Illinois Institute of Technology. 

Visionaries

Visionaries is a select group of generous alumni, parents, and friends who understand and value the university’s essential mission: to provide distinctive and relevant education in an environment of scientific, technological, and professional knowledge creation and innovation. Members of the Illinois Tech Visionaries promote this mission through personal, annual gifts of $1,000 or more each year.

Frank W. Gunsaulus Society

The Gunsaulus Society, named in honor of the university's founding president, recognizes those who have arranged for an estate commitment to the university. Click here to read how Frank Gunsaulus' words helped inspire the foundation of a university.

The Sawyier Society 

The Sawyier Society recognizes the generosity of faculty and staff donors who have given $25,000 or more to the university. Fay Sawyier, for whom the society is named, was a longtime faculty member who contributed her knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for more than 20 years and gave $2 million, the largest faculty gift on record. 

Philip Danforth Armour Society

Named in honor of the university's founding donor, the Armour Society recognizes philanthropic families who have given transformational gifts of $1 million or more in support of the university's mission. Read how Philip Danforth Armour's generosity founded Illinois Tech.

 

Make a gift to Illinois Tech and become a member of one of the above giving societies.

 

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