Did you know:
► 21% of first-year Yale College students qualified for federal Pell Grants for low-income students (300+ qualified) — nearly double the number in the entering class six years ago.
► 19% of the Class of 2024 will be the first in their families to graduate from a four-year college — a 75% increase in the class which matriculated in 2014.
► 1 out of 6 Yale College students self-identity as first-generation and/or low-income.

It would be wonderful if you could make a gift to support Yale students who experience an emergency or unexpected financial hardship. Now you can support students directly in ways not covered by tuition, room and board, and financial aid. Yale students find this financial support at Yale Safety Net and Office of Career Strategy fellowships and travel reimbursement. Support includes:

• Emergency travel home and other unexpected needs
• Winter clothing - coats, gloves, hats, and boots
• Career Closet professional interview clothes
• Yale College domestic summer awards to support non-profit and public service internships
• Travel reimbursement for job interviews
• On-going programming and new projects

FIRST: Click here for the Giving to Yale form.

NEXT: Under Selected Designations, specify your tax-deductible contribution, then type this text in the box provided: “Designation #36430 – First-Generation Low-Income Students Support” .

Thank you for your support to help our next generation succeed at Yale and beyond. Our students will know that alumni continue to be there for them in so many ways.

In response to alumni requests, this direct support opportunity was created in partnership with the Office of Development. For additional information on the Yale First-Generation Low-Income Student Support, contact Alison E. Cole ‘99, Director of Development, Yale College, phone (203) 432-9067 or  email alison.cole@yale.edu. 

We'd love you to join us! If you would like to connect with students and alumni in our programs, please email 1stgenyale@gmail.com.

Lise Chapman '81 MBA
Chair, 1stGenYale
Yale Alumni Association Shared Interest Group

CLICK HERE for a page with ONLY this FGLI-giving content so you can share this opportunity.

We are actively encouraging all alumni to give back by volunteering to be mentors for current students through Cross Campus. We want all current students to join, too. It's Yale’s online networking, community-building, and mentoring program. Cross Campus facilitates relationships between Yalies — whether that’s alumni to student or alumni to young alumni. ► Be sure to join our group, 1stGenYale on Cross Campus.

Questions:  crosscampus@yale.edu

While also not specifically a 1stGenYale program, a group of alumni created this private Yale group for alumni across all schools to promote their businesses, services, books published, and anything alumni would like to promote or sell as well as job openings for graduating seniors & alumni only! Thank you to over 2,500 alumni who joined our original jobs board to support fellow alumni and graduating seniors since we started on May 20, 2020. If you are an alum looking for a job or want to post an opportunity or business venture, join, too!  ► Join this private Facebook Group .

Traveling to a new city, for an interview, job placement, or passing through during a break? ► Contact one of these 1stGenYale alumni who want to support you in your next steps. For questions, contact Barb Protacio '81.

By sharing similar experiences, alumni can provide valuable support to current students. Arriving at Yale, many of us 1st gen underserved alumni felt that we lacked informational, familial and financial support — causing us to feel isolated and alone. By telling our stories as former students and now professionals in diverse careers, we help students to know that they are not alone. We also want to hear from students to tell their own in their own voices. What are their goals and aspirations. ► We believe in them. We want them to know that they belong. We all belong to the Yale family. ► Our events, partnerships and initiatives will give you the many opportunities for sharing your story.