Founder's Circle
The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies was created by an extraordinary challenge grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. The Schusterman Foundation has challenged other donors to match this grant in order to better secure the Center’s future.
The Center honors and recognizes donors who make gifts that meet this challenge by welcoming them into the Center’s Founders Circle. These gifts are recognized at the following membership levels:
- Pillar: $1,000,000
- Benefactor: $500,000
- Sustainer: $250,000
- Partner: $100,000
- Fellow: $50,000
In particular, naming opportunities are available to create lasting sources of support in the following areas:
- Three faculty chairs in Jewish history, thought and text studies each endowed at $2 million.
- Two faculty professorships in social science and literature each endowed at $1 million.
- Three undergraduate scholarships to attract and retain outstanding students in Jewish studies, each endowed at $100,000.
- An endowment for special events (lectures, conferences, film series, and exhibits) at $1 million.
The Center also seeks annual program support of $100,000 for each of the next five years, for faculty research, travel abroad to Israel, lecture series, and travel to conferences.
For more information on the Founders Circle or on how to create an endowment, please call (512) 232-8332 or email Bob Pozen at bobpozen@mail.utexas.edu.
