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Leaders Give Challenge

Create Opportunity. Generate Impact. Unlock $500,000.

There’s $500,000 at stake, and you can help unlock it. Judy Lewent, SM ’72, MIT Sloan Americas Executive Board Chair, and her husband, Mark Shapiro, are leading with impact. As long-time champions of MIT Sloan, they’ve launched a bold new challenge for our community: If 500 donors join them in making Dean’s Circle-level gifts through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund, they will give an additional $500,000 in support of MIT Sloan. That’s more than double last year’s challenge—and a powerful opportunity to amplify your impact.  

Every gift at the Dean’s Circle-level brings us closer to unlocking this transformative challenge and empowering the MIT Sloan community like never before. Join Judy, Mark, and hundreds of others in fueling the future of MIT Sloan. Make your gift today to help turn this moment into a movement!

Fuel the Future of MIT Sloan 

Your philanthropy fuels innovation. When you give through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund, you help to ensure MIT Sloan’s fiscal sustainability and operational excellence. Gifts are put to work immediately to support experiential learning opportunities and advance faculty research. Unrestricted, current-use support is the engine that powers so many of MIT Sloan’s core offerings, including new Action Learning labs and degree programs, career resources, student-led initiatives, and curriculum around AI and other timely topics. The MIT Sloan Annual Fund is the flexibility that allows leadership to respond to emerging opportunities, navigate challenges, and seed big ideas.

As a Dean’s Circle donor, you’re not just supporting MIT Sloan—you’re investing in the future. Your leadership gift through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund fuels the school’s priorities, ensuring our legacy of innovation, excellence, and impact continues. More than 90% of donors through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund support the school at the Dean’s Circle-level. Gifts at this level of support are critical for ensuring the success of MIT Sloan's foundational programs for years to come. Join our community of philanthropic leaders today! 

Here are some examples of these donors’ meaningful impact: 

• One Dean’s Circle Leader who gave $25,000 provided support for three student-led conferences.
• One Dean’s Circle Director who gave $10,000 funded an iLead (Innovative Leadership) event featuring inspiring leaders changing our world.
• One Dean’s Circle Partner who gave $5,000 funded a regional “MIT Sloan on the Road” event to meet potential applicants and admits around the globe.
• One Dean’s Circle Investor who gave $2,500 provided two clubs with funding through the MIT Sloan Student Senate.
• Two Dean’s Circle Investors who each gave $2,500 funded one Action Learning lab, which placed students with organizations to address real-world business challenges.