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Recognition Societies The University of South Carolina appreciates the generous support of alumni and friends at all levels of giving. Your gifts allow the University to fund worthy endeavors, including scholarships and initiatives to enhance teaching, research, cultural activities, and economic development. The various giving societies are based on your annual as well as cumulative giving to the University. The various giving societies are based on your annual giving to the Carolina Fund or other academic areas of USC from July 1 - June 30. Special recognition is given to members in appreciation of their exceptional devotion. Your gift along with your corporate match will be combined for inclusion in the highest annual recognition society.
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Return to top Creating Opportunities, Fulfilling Dreams Some of the University of South Carolina’s
most extraordinary donors are members of the newly founded Carolina
Circle. Exclusive membership is given to alumni and friends who have
made an annual gift to USC for three or more consecutive years since
2002. These generous Circle members are among our most loyal
constituents and help to ensure that the students of today and tomorrow
are given every opportunity to succeed both in and out of the classroom.
We are privileged to have thousands of alumni and friends as members of
this esteemed society who allow us to continue a circle of excellence at
USC from year to year.
Donors are notified annually of their membership within the Carolina Circle and receive a trademark decal signifying them as one of the University of South Carolina’s most loyal friends. For Students. For Carolina. For You. Return to top The G.O.L.D. Society recognizes Graduates of the Last Decade who make a gift to the university. This recognition society is unique because it is based on your participation rather than the size of your gift. Each gift makes a direct impact on at least one student, and collectively we can help advance the University of South Carolina into one of the nation’s premiere institutions. Return to top The Carolina Guardian Society honors donors of deferred gifts such as trusts, bequests, insurance policies and annuities. Formerly known as the USC Legacy Club, membership in the society has increased for a current total of 564 individuals, including 29 anonymous members. Members of the Carolina Guardian Society represent over $166 million in future gifts to the University and its affiliated foundations. To date, matured planned gifts represents over $14 million. The name of the society was drawn from a speech by Thomas Cooper, the University's second president. In an 1823 commencement speech, Cooper said, "I pray you, become the guardians of this ... alma mater so ... that to have been a graduate of the South Carolina College, shall everywhere be considered as a fair passport to the world's esteem." The society was inaugurated in 1998 on the 175th anniversary of Cooper's speech with Retired Army Major General T. Eston Marchant serving as its first chair. Chair Rita Bragg Cullum, Esquire is the current chair.
In 1998 The Horseshoe Society was established to pay tribute to the heritage of the University by honoring those alumni, donors and special university supporters who have made cumulative gifts of $100,000 or more. 249 charter members were inducted, including 19 who had made gifts of $1 million or more. Today, there are more than 400 members of the Horseshoe Society, and 69 have made gifts of $1million or more. There are four levels of recognition for the Horseshoe Society (based upon the names of four buildings constructed on the original campus: Rutledge Society $1 million and more The Rutledge Society is named for John Rutledge, statesman and early advocate of higher education, and his brother Edward, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. DeSaussure Society $500,000 to $999,999 The DeSaussure Society is named after Henry William DeSaussure, a South Carolina son who was director of the United States Mint, a Revolutionary War veteran, and chancellor of South Carolina. Pinckney Society $250,000 to $499,999 The Pinckney Society is named after the prominent South Carolina family including Charles Pinckney, author of the "Pinckney Draft" of the United States Constitution. Lieber Society $100,000 to $249,999 The Lieber Society is named for South Carolina College's most distinguished scholar, Francis Lieber, founder of the Encyclopedia Americana and internationally recognized expert in history and political economy.
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