About the Fund For Reunion/Princeton BTGALA Inc.

Through activities both on and off campus, The Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA Inc., is devoted to improving the quality of life for lesbian, gay and bisexual people at Princeton University and to strengthening their ties as alumni with each other and with the University.

Incorporated in 1986, the Fund is not for profit, and contributions to it by individuals and corporations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.

The goal of the Fund's founders is to make a powerful, positive impact on students both undergraduate and graduate, on alumni regardless of their sexual orientation, and on the University itself. No longer will it be possible to maintain the fiction that gay alumni are few or even nonexistent!

History of the FFR

Our goals and how we hope to achieve them

A few excerpts from the Certificate of Incorporation of the Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA, Inc., will give an idea of our aims.

The purposes for which the Corporation is formed...shall be exclusively charitable, educational, scientific and literary...

To enable the self-affirmation of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.
To encourage a sense of shared identity....
To promote awareness of the rich cultural heritage of gay, lesbian and bisexual culture.
To maintain a climate of social acceptance of gay, lesbian and bisexual people.
To make distributions of money and property...to persons who are affiliated with Princeton University as present or former students, faculty and administrators and other staff, and to other organizations, for the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes...

Eventually, we hope to be able to support lesbian and gay scholarship and a campus cultural center. Our current activities are of necessity more modest in scope:

Maintaining a central office.
Organizing events at Reunions.
Soliciting and donating money to the University to support gay, lesbian and bisexual student activities. (By giving through the Fund, donors may remain anonymous, but allow their numbers and Classes to which they belong to be reflected.)
Giving direct support to undergraduates, graduate students and faculty who are engaged in research and study in gay, lesbian, and bisexual related areas.
Encouraging the collection by Princeton University of archives from organizations that have been influential in gay, lesbian, bisexual related public policy.

On becoming a member of the Fund

Membership in the Fund is open to present and former students, administrators, faculty and staff members of Princeton Univerity. Membership is yours for a suggested annual donation of $25 ($10 for current students anywhere).

As a member, you will receive newsletters, invitations, and other Fund mailings, if you choose. You will also be entitled to voting priviledges at general meetings, the right to participate in our committee meetings and projects and the right to be elect ed a Trustee of the Corporation.

Membership is confidential and shall not be construed as an indication of sexual orientation. Names and addresses of members are not made available to anyone other than the Fund's officers or trustees without members' express written consent.

Mail the following information with your check (payable to ''The Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA'') to:

You can sign up for FFR/Princeton BTGALA using our mail form.

Alternatively, contact us at

The Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA, Inc
P.O. Box 1481
Princeton, NJ 08542

or send E-mail to Fund for Reunion

Please indicate:

Name
Full Mailing Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Alumnus/Alumna (Suggested contribution $25 or more).
Faculty Member (Suggested contribution $25 or more).
Staff Member (Suggested contribution $25 or more).
Current Student Anywhere (Suggested contribution $10 or more).
Send me newsletters and invitations.
-or-
Don't send me mailings.
Yes/No: I want to volunteer to be involved in the Fund. (Please list areas of interest, such as fundraising, program planning, membership development, networking with other alumni or other alumni groups, support for lesbian/gay/bisexual studies, hosting or coordinating local events, etc.)

Pay Dues

Our dues structure to include the following categories:

Member	$ 25
Friend	$ 50
Benefactor	$100
Patron	$250
Student (at any institution)	$ 10

Contributions to FFR are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Thank you for your support!

Pay Dues by Mail

Make out a check payable to The Fund for Reunion, Inc. and mail it to us at:
P.O. Box 1481, Princeton, NJ 08542.
We do not currently accept credit cards by mail. If you wish to use a credit card, use the PayPal link below to pay on line.

Pay Dues Online

ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OPTION:
Select the logo on the left to pay your dues with PayPal.

ABOUT PayPal:
PayPal is an account-based system that lets people securely send online payments to anyone with an email address using their credit card or bank account. Using this service costs you nothing and costs us only a nominal amount (about $1 for a $25 contribution).

When using this system, please indicate your full name and graduating year in the description field.

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This document was last modified on January 29, 2006.

This page was created by and for the Fund For Reunion. Information on this page is intended for individual communication of a personal nature among Princetonians. Use of this information for any other purpose is strictly prohibited.

Solely the Fund For Reunion is responsible for the content on this page. Although we make every effort to keep this information accurate and up to date, we cannot guarantee it. This page is maintained by Shawn Cowls '87.

The Fund for Reunion, Inc., is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation incorporated in 1986 independent of Princeton University with the goal of improving Princeton's relationships with its LGBT community, including alums, students, faculty, and staff. For more information, visit our website at http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/ or send us an e-mail by going to the Fund for Reunion Email page.
You can sign up for FFR/Princeton BTGALA using our Sign up form.

Contributions to FFR are tax deductible to the full extent allowable by law. Click here to pay dues online.