Volunteer
Explore the many ways that RISD alumni and families can get involved and support our community.
Alumni volunteering opportunities
Serving RISD’s alumni around the world, a growing number of regional clubs and affinity groups keep you connected to RISD.
The RISD Network is an alumni-to-alumni and alumni-to-student mentoring platform that supports community members’ creative engagements in their chosen fields. Alumni may customize their level of involvement and adjust as their availability changes.
Mentors may communicate with students and other alumni directly through the platform as well as search for other alumni in the new alumni directory. Additionally, recent graduates may seek guidance from other alumni for their careers.
Learn more about alumni volunteering
For more information about volunteer opportunities for RISD alumni, visit alumni.risd.edu. You can also let us know how you would like to be involved by completing this volunteer interest form. One of our Alumni Relations team members will contact you to discuss opportunities.
We also invite you to send us an email or call 401 709-8585.
Family volunteering opportunities
As a family member of an admitted or current student, or a RISD graduate, you are automatically a member of the RISD Families Association. Association membership offers engagement opportunities that reflect the needs of RISD’s diverse community, including service on Families Association committees.
Members of the RISD Families Leadership Council enhance the educational experience for all students through their volunteer outreach, engagement with RISD leaders, and philanthropic support.
For information on joining the Leadership Council, please email us at families@risd.edu or call 401 454-6656.
Members of the RISD Fund Steering Committee help advance our mission through current-use leadership giving to the RISD Fund. Currently made up of both families and alumni, the committee serves as a link between the RISD Fund, the RISD Alumni Association and the RISD Families Association.
Other opportunities to give
Provide the critical support RISD needs to continue offering students a world-class education.
Increase scholarships and fellowships and advance social equity so students with limited financial means can benefit from all that a RISD education has to offer.
Support the extraordinary teachers and makers who are shaping RISD’s next generation of artists and designers.