Your Impact Enhances Ours

You can profoundly influence our ability to shape strong, ethical leaders who are well-equipped to forge more productive, resilient, and fair societies. The generosity of our donors, from one-time gifts to annual contributions, furthers the research we conduct and gives students the chance to make significant strides as future advocates for change.

Batten's Approach To Leadership & Public Policy

Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, Ian Solomon, shares the Batten School's unique and multidimensional approach to leadership and public policy education.

Student Stories

Where To Give

By supporting key areas of Batten, your gift can have a lasting and transformational effect.

The future of the Batten School’s evolution is clear: cementing leadership and team-building best practices into our curriculum and policy outreach, establishing Garrett Hall as a national locus of evidence-based policy research, and teaching advanced policy analysis skills to UVA’s extraordinary students. We know the complex issues of our time demand innovative, collaborative, cross-sector relationships within our walls and beyond.

Graduating Students

Annual Fund

The Batten community is a tight-knit collaborative of curious, purpose-driven leaders concerned with one question: How do we lead the world to positive, lasting change? Each annual fund gift allows us to invest in the School's areas of greatest need.

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Research Centers & Labs

Our research centers and labs are among UVA’s essential points of convergence for interdisciplinary research. The dedicated staff of each collective galvanizes progress and discovery, enriching communities across the globe with their findings.

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Scholarships

The Batten School attracts a vibrant community of purpose-driven leaders who are passionate about public service and driven to solve the complex challenges facing humanity today. That passion shouldn’t be tempered by a price tag. Scholarships increase access for students who are seeking a public policy education, creating a vital pipeline of leaders who reflect the full diversity of the communities they will serve. 

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Professorships

Private support for new faculty positions will enable Batten to attract the very best scholar-practitioners who are in demand at other institutions. Greater faculty resources will increase the reach of our programs (including non-degree professional offerings) and keep our traditional classes at the optimal size. Support will also help to attract scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds with broader perspectives, stronger leadership, and a greater range of scholarship and research. 

Ways To Give

Mailing address:       UVA – Batten School Foundation       P.O. Box 37963       Boone, IA 50037

  • Please make checks payable to “Batten School Foundation” and note the purpose/allocation in Memo line.
  • The University of Virginia’s gift processing vendor is in Boone, Iowa. Any gifts mailed to Charlottesville will be forwarded to Boone for processing. Please contact Jon Holmsted with questions.

Online: Give online via credit card to the area(s) of your choice by following this link.

Phone: 434-924-7018 (University Advancement Services can process gifts via phone)

Clearing Broker: Pershing LLC DTC Participant: # 0443 Account Number: N7M-001327 Credit: University of Virginia Gift Account Reference: [Donor’s Name]

  • Please email Jon Holmsted when you initiate a stock transaction. University Advancement uses a single gifts processor for all schools and units, so notifying Batten development will ensure your gift is routed correctly.

Bank of America Credit to: University of Virginia - Advancement Operations Account ABA#: 026009593 (Wire) ABA#: 051000017 (ACH/EFT) Account #: 435029074310

  • Please email Jon Holmsted when you initiate a wire transaction. University Advancement uses a single gifts processor for all schools and units, so notifying Batten development will ensure your gift is routed correctly.

If your employer ocers a match, please obtain and complete the matching fund from your employer and send to:

     University of Virginia – Batten School Foundation      P.O. Box 37963      Boone, IA 50037      E-Mail

UVA will complete the form and contact your company. Your company will send matching gift funds to UVA, and you will get donor credit for your gift plus the match.

Please visit www.giving.virginia.edu/ways-to-give for information about other ways to give, including (but not limited to) cryptocurrency, bank draft, or payroll deduction.

Tax ID (EIN): 81-1390563

University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy Foundation 235 McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22904 Phone: 434-243-3155 

The Batten School Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.

Questions?

Contact Jon Holmsted, Director of Development.

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