RISD nurtures the talent and creativity that enhance the quality of our lives: students, alumni, faculty and staff infuse the global culture with new ideas, brilliant design and works of art that challenge the imagination. In order to maintain this quality and reputation, we must meet a multitude of needs not fully provided for through tuition, museum admission and other routine sources of income.

Each year contributions from RISD’s friends help augment student financial aid, facility enhancements, technology acquisitions and upgrades, Museum and academic programming and many other critical initiatives.

Follow the links to the left if you would like to renew your support or make a first-time gift to RISD. Click here to read profiles of donors to RISD.

You may also be interested in supporting RISD by attending the gala Athena Awards in New York, where RISD presents distinguished service awards to outstanding individuals in the world of art and design.