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Let’s work together for a better world.

The PKG Center serves over 2,000 MIT students each year and raises 50% of its budget annually. Please consider donating online through one of the funds below, or reach out to us to discuss how you’d like to support public service at MIT. Your support helps MIT students tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.

How to support The PKG Center

Online

Make your gift or pledge now using the Alumni Association’s secure online giving form.

Center-wide funds

• MIT PKG Public Service Fund: Account 3895660
  Gifts to this fund provide overall program support for the PKG Center.
• Priscilla King Gray Public Service Fund: Account 3648600
  Named after our co-founder, this endowed fund contributes to the financial foundation and sustainability of our Center.

Program-specific funds

• Public Service Center Fellowship Fund: Account 3895250
  Gifts to this fund support the PKG Center’s Fellowships program.
• IDEAS Challenge – Public Service Fund: Account 2736735
  Gifts to this fund support the PKG Center’s IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge.

Special class gifts

• Class of 1972 Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center Fund: Account 3650572
  Gifts to this endowed fund provide support for students participating in service projects while learning about service and social responsibility or building their skills to tackle a community challenge.
• Class of 1977 Public Service Fund: Account 3133630
  Gifts to this fund support students participating in public service work under the administration of the PKG Center.
• Class of 1978 Fellowship Fund: Account 2740808
  The Class of 1978 Fund supports non-academic fellowships awarded for public service under the administration of the PKG Center.
• Class of 1996 Public Service Center Fund: Account 3648700
  Gifts to establish an endowed fund to cover 25 percent of student wages for MIT students working in community agencies through the Community Service Work-Study program.
• Class of 1997 Public Service Center Fund: Account 3133805
  Gifts to this fund provide grant support for students participating in public service work. Grant support could include, but not be limited to, travel, program implementation, lodging, materials and equipment used in project development, or communication needs.

By Phone

Call the Alumni Association at 1-800-MIT-1865 or (617) 253-8270, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm (ET).

By Mail

Please make check payable to MIT and mail, along with your contribution form or note indicating to which PKG Center fund you would like your gift directed, to:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. O. Box 412926
Boston, MA 02241-2926

Impact

The PKG Center recognizes that the lasting benefits created by and for MIT students would not exist without the involvement of generous donors and sponsors like you who make our programs possible. When you make a gift to the PKG Center, you provide opportunities for students like Thandolwethu, Kathryn, and Eleane to work with communities to address challenges in fields like health and climate change and help them explore how to use their tech skills for social good.

• Thandolwethu Dlamini, Technology & Policy, G, and his 2021 IDEAS grantee team, The Knowledge Institute, who are developing SaSa, a mobile-friendly web platform that will enable high school graduates to quickly and inexpensively apply for tertiary education. SaSa will increase successful application outcomes for low-income students and improve awareness of available higher education options with the ultimate aim of lifting young students out of poverty. 
• ​​Kathryn Tso, History & Materials Science and Engineering, ’22 who is spending this summer working with the descendants of victims of racially motivated lynchings between the 1930s and 1970s. Kathryn’s work will focus on studying what role restorative justice could play for these families.
• Eleane Lema, Chemistry & Biology, ’21 who spent this spring doing a Social Impact Internship with the Florida Institute for Health Innovation as an Environmental Health Equity Research Analyst. Eleane’s research on the social and political inequalities associated with climate change informed efforts for health equity advocacy and community preparedness for climate disasters.

Talk with us about supporting the PKG Center

Savannah Hildebrant
Development and Communications Officer
Email: savhild@mit.edu
Phone: (617)253-6821