Giving Societies

Annual Fund

The Annual Fund is the Foundation’s unrestricted annual giving program. Contributions to the Annual Fund provide the money necessary for the Foundation to make grants to support the educational programs undertaken by the National Fraternity.

The Foundation conducts the Annual Fund among the members and friends of Kappa Delta Rho each year. In an effort to recognize those generous individuals who give more substantially to the Annual Fund, the Foundation established a series of giving societies.

Membership in a particular giving society is based on an annual, unrestricted contribution to the Annual Fund.

The giving societies include:

Founders Society

The Founder’s Society recognizes those members or friends who contribute at least $1,000 to the Annual Fund each year. There are four categories within the Founders Society:

Benefactor – those who give between $1,000 and $2,499
Philanthropist – those who give between $2,500 and $4,999
Patron – those who give between $5,000 and $9,999
Grand Patron – those who give $10,000 or more each year

Gideon Russell Norton Society
Those giving between $750 - $999

Chester Monroe Walch Society
Those giving between $500 - $749

Gino Arturo Ratti Society
Those giving between $250 - $499

Centennial Society
Those giving between $100 - $249

The Order of the Peregrine Falcon (Undergraduate Giving Society)
The Order of the Peregrine Falcon is an undergraduate giving society. Each year, many undergraduate members of the Fraternity contribute to the Foundation. Each undergraduate brother who contributes $35 or more is recognized as a member of the Society and receives a numbered membership certificate and a specially designed lapel pin.