Caltech's giving societies honor donors whose gifts advance discovery, innovation, and education at the highest level. Through their generosity, members help fuel breakthrough research, support exceptional students and faculty, and strengthen Caltech's outsized global impact.

For 100 years, the Caltech Associates has helped propel the Institute's mission of discovery while forging lifelong connections with a dynamic intellectual community. Membership funds are tax-deductible charitable contributions and impact Caltech's top research and educational priorities.

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The Caltech Fund Catalysts program honors donors who make leadership gifts of $1,000 or more each year to the Caltech Fund. Through their unrestricted gifts, Caltech Fund Catalysts remove barriers to make learning, teaching, and discovering more accessible for students and faculty.

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The Caltech Leadership Society (CLS) honors supporters who are driving the success of the Institute through extraordinary philanthropic commitments of $1 million or more in cumulative lifetime giving.

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The Torchbearers of Caltech are investors in the future of the Institute who have made planned gifts to ensure that their support continues beyond their lifetimes.

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