Alumni, parents, and friends can now make gifts to the Williams Social Choice Fund (SCF), gifts that both help the College fulfill its mission and contribute to positive social and environmental change.

To make a credit card gift to SCF, call 888-EPH-8110 (toll free). To give by mail, send a check made out to "Williams College" to the address below. Please include your name, class or parent year, street address or SU number, and the words "Williams Social Choice Fund."

All gifts to the Williams Social Choice Fund count towards The Williams Campaign.

Development Office
c/o Social Choice Fund
75 Park Street
Williamstown, MA 01267

You may also bring your gift to Jim Trapp at Vogt House (63 Park St.). Please include your name, class or parent year, street address or SU number, and the words "Williams Social Choice Fund."

For more information contact:

Jim Trapp in the Development Office
413-597-4779
Jim Trapp

or:

Bernie Kluger '94
646-245-3818
bskluger@alumni.williams.edu

More information about the Williams Social Choice Fund follows.

The Williams Social Choice Fund (SCF) accepts gifts to the College and invests those gifts in accordance with strict social and environmental investment criteria. Income generated from SCF investments will provide unrestricted support for the operating budget, and will be made available annually at a rate consistent with the College's endowment spending policies. Gifts to the Social Choice Fund are part of the College's long-term investments and are an important compliment to Alumni Fund gifts, which are used immediately for current operations.

The Social Choice Fund was initiated by concerned students, alumni, and faculty in order to provide members of the Williams community with the opportunity contribute financially to the College without compromising their social concerns and beliefs. The SCF is managed to avoid causing social harm and to contribute to positive social change. The social issues motivating the creation of this fund include, but are not limited to, environmental health, human rights, weapons manufacturing, employment practices, unsafe working conditions, treatment of indigenous peoples, and the production of harmful consumer products such as tobacco.

The majority of the Social Choice Fund will be invested in a socially responsible mutual fund that excludes corporations with poor records in these areas of concern while securing a reasonable rate of return for the College. The SCF will also direct resources into investments that actively seek to improve social and environmental conditions. To this end, the Social Choice Fund will invest a portion of its resources (at least 10%) in community development institutions that address the needs of low-income communities, such as affordable housing, employment, and the provision of social services. Priority will be given to investments benefiting people in the Berkshire region.