The Edward Frederick Sorin Society
The Edward Frederick Sorin Society is Notre Dame’s most powerful vehicle for donor support. Its members understand the value of unrestricted annual giving, which affords the University the resources and flexibility to address the areas of greatest need.
For more than three decades, members of the Sorin Society have comprised an elite core of the Notre Dame family. Their generosity has impacted generations of students, providing for undergraduate scholarships, dorm renovations, endowed professorships, and library materials, among a host of other areas.
The Sorin Society offers three tiers of membership:
- Traditional: an annual unrestricted donation of $1,500 or more.
- Founder’s Circle: an annual unrestricted donation of $5,000 or more.
- Legacy: an annual unrestricted donation of $10,000 or more.
Benefits of Traditional Membership
While the satisfaction derived from advancing the sacred work of Our Lady’s University is the greatest reward, the benefits described below are intended to convey our gratitude for your support.
All members of the Sorin Society receive:
- A memento emblematic of your membership.
- University communications, such as the President’s Newsletter and Notre Dame Magazine, for those not currently receiving them.
- Personalized membership card entitling bearer to discounts at select on-campus dining venues, including Sorin’s, Leahy’s, and Legends, and a 20 percent discount on purchases at the Warren Golf Course Pro Shop (excludes golf lessons).
- Opportunities to attend special Sorin Society events.
- “Special contributor status” in the football ticket lottery, with improved chances for success in obtaining tickets to multiple home games.
Founder’s Circle and Legacy members receive additional benefits congruent with higher levels of support.
Every gift matters. Join the Sorin Society today.
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The Legacy of Father Sorin
The rich history of Notre Dame began with the vision of one man: Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., who founded the University in 1842.
His first visionary act was to name it: here was a crude log cabin on a snowy hillside above a frozen lake. Standing nearby were a young French priest and six Holy Cross brothers with about $300 in cash and a wagonload of meager possessions. Their one great asset—and our priceless heritage—was Fr. Sorin’s vision. In his own language he named this clearing in the northern Indiana wilderness, L’Université de Notre Dame du Lac—the University of Our Lady of the Lake.
Unafraid to dream big dreams, Fr. Sorin saw in that cabin on the hillside what a place committed to staunch academic inquiry and guided by the imperatives of faith could aspire to be. Today, members of the Sorin Society follow in the footsteps of Fr. Sorin, becoming partners with the University in upholding his vision and fulfilling the great promise of the University of Notre Dame.
The Edward Frederick Sorin Society Chair
Members of the Sorin Society made possible the endowment of the Edward Frederick Sorin Society Chair. Management professor Ed Conlon holds the Sorin Chair, which he says allows him the freedom and resources he needs to pursue the kinds of innovative research and academic projects that make a lasting mark in the academy. To wit: the problem-solving textbook he co-authored for MBA students with Notre Dame Professor Viva Bartkus, the first of its kind.
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Ed Charbonnet ('71) never expected to share so much of his ND experience in common with his daughter, Clare. But he's grateful for every minute of it. 