Development News

The new Scholar Spotlight Series connects our donors and larger community with the Members working at IAS this year. These short films provide insight into the questions that drive our scholars, their inspirations, and how they hope to illuminate their fields of study. 

This comprehensive report for fiscal year 2020 details the activities of our four Schools, recognizes Faculty, Members, and Visitors, and outlines the special programs and conferences that took place. Most importantly, our donors are acknowledged for their generous support of these endeavors and their dedication to visionary research. Thank you for your support.

Longtime IAS donor Carl P. Feinberg has made a $6 million gift to establish a new program at IAS that will generate more opportunities for researchers to share unique perspectives, explore untested theories and collaborate in new, unexpected ways.

IAS donors have committed generous support for structural improvements to the Historical Studies–Social Science Library. Thanks to these donors, who include IAS Trustees, Friends, past Members, and other individuals, the Institute has made great progress toward the $3 million in restricted gifts required to receive $750,000 in federal matching funds in support of this critically important project.  

On October 6, 2020 donors from around the country gathered virtually to celebrate the myriad accomplishments of Jim Wolfensohn at the IAS Einstein Gala. Over $2 million was raised in honor of IAS’s longest-serving Board chair. The Gala was originally scheduled for March 2020 but postponed because of Covid-19.

The Institute closed the 2019 fiscal year on June 30 after receiving more than $13,100,000 in gifts, grants, and pledges. Without revenue coming from tuition or other research fees, annual gifts make up the critical difference in funding provided by our endowment and our operational needs. Philanthropy supports our Members, helps the IAS attract outstanding Faculty at the helm of scholarship, and draws outstanding visitors and lecturers, all of whom enable this international community to produce new tools, theories, and equations to move research forward. Thank you to all our supporters.