About the Foundation

The Bridgewater State College Foundation was established in 1984 as a 501(c)(3) trust to raise and manage funds for the benefit of Bridgewater State College.  The Foundation works closely with the trustees, administration of the College, and our Alumni Association to promote the college and to raise private support for the institution.  The college relies on both state support and gifts from alumni and friends to progress as an institution.  Endowed funds play a vital role in furthering faculty and student research, securing new academic equipment for classrooms and laboratories, creating scholarships for study at Bridgewater and abroad and more.

Activities of the Foundation include: administration of endowment and property assets, encouraging current-purpose, deferred and in-kind support from individuals and corporations, and the annual Chairmen's Dinner each May.

Selected Accomplishments of the Foundation include:

• Creation of the college's endowment which totaled more than $17 million in June 2008.
• Purchases of real property including Davis Alumni Center; 180 Summer Street, home of the Department of Political Science, Barry House, the presidential residence; and a 7-acre land parcel abutting the east campus.
• Increasing annual disbursements to benefit the college's greatest academic-related needs.  More than $620,000 was directed to the college from the Foundation in FY2008.

Thanks to all of you for helping with this important effort!

 

Last Modified: July 2, 2008