Giving

Create Your Legacy

The promise of discovery

Opportunities to learn by doing, through research experience, field-based work, and course-related travel.

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The promise of achievements

The contributions of our alumni in every walk of life continue to grow in vast disproportion to their numbers.

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The promise of generations

Alumni, parents, and friends have made Amherst one of the most exceptional colleges in the country.

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As you take steps to protect your loved ones and assets, please consider including Amherst College as a beneficiary via a bequest and/or a beneficiary designation of your retirement assets and life insurance. You can designate the College as either the primary or contingent beneficiary (i.e. making us first or second in line to receive benefits from your policy) and can allocate the whole amount or a smaller percentage of your retirement assets and/or life insurance to Amherst. 

However you fit the College into your life plan, we appreciate it, and you will be invited to become a member of the Johnson Chapel Associates so that we can recognize your generosity. 

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