Support the National Labor College

We are very grateful for your interest in supporting the National Labor College and its many programs. Listed below are some of the giving opportunities to help the NLC succeed. For additional information or questions on how to contribute please do not hesitate to contact the Office of the President at 301-431-5401.

The Leadership Circle Donate Now

The Leadership Circle is a unique opportunity to support the NLC at the highest level. Members of the Circle show their commitment to the College and its programming by making a significant investment in its future.

As major sponsors for the important work of the NLC, Leadership Circle donors make a real and lasting difference in workers' lives. The Leadership Circle helps to preserve and enhance NLC's programs to strengthen unions to promote job advancement, financial stability and family security for working people.

• Recognition plaque on NLCTs Leadership Circle Wall�
• Prominent listing in NLC publications and website announcements
• Select membership on NLC Advisory Committee(s)
• Invitations to special events
• Premier tickets to annual NLC programs and conferences
• Regular updates on NLC activities and program development

Members of Leadership Circle 2011

The Dean's List  Donate Now

The Dean's List at the NLC is a special group of donors who want to support the work of the College in a meaningful way. By joining the Dean's List, participants enjoy the benefits of membership and become part of a growing national and international community who believe in what the College stands for and who share in the College's vision.

Please join today and become part of the labor movement's premier educational and training institution. Give as generously as you can so others may benefit from the College's extraordinary programs

The NLC's Annual Fund  Donate Now

Annual Fund contributions are essential to ensuring that the NLC continues to provide exceptional education and training opportunities, and to maintain our quality facilities. Annual fund gifts help support our highly regarded faculty; an innovative and evolving curriculum; campus technology and facility improvements. Like most colleges, the NLC is reliant on generous gifts from many outside sources.  We count among our benefactors our alumni, union partners, the AFL-CIO, many foundations, like-minded organizations, legal firms and many others who share our goals.

Your contribution, whether $50, $100, $500 or $50,000 or more, is both welcomed and valued and represents your demonstrated commitment to advance the lives and livelihood of workers throughout the United States. We encourage you to support the College as together we move forward to meet the complex challenges of the 21st Century.

Support NLC Scholarship Fund  Donate Now

Your gift may be directed to helping students who cannot afford tuition and fees or to support existing scholarship opportunities.

The National Workers Memorial
Donate Now - Download Individual Brick Rememberance Brochure and Form

In April of 2008, leaders of the AFL-CIO, International Unions and NLC officials, gathered on the front lawn of the Campus to dedicate the grounds where the new National Workers Memorial� would be built.  The memorial honors the memories of union members and leaders who were killed or injured on the job, or in the cause of advancing the rights of working men and women.

The memorial is located in the center of the campus and will feature a plaza of bricks surrounded by granite benches and pavers. One may support the memorial in four ways: A union, or even loved-ones may sponsor an individual brick in the name of a fallen worker for $125.   Slate pavers, which encircle the memorial may be sponsored for $2,000, to remember an important catastrophic event or notorious location where workers lost their lives or worked in peril.  And whole categories of workers may be remembers through the sponsorship of a granite bench for $10,000.  Finally, major supporting contributions of $50,000 or more toward construction will be remembered with a special marker.

Underwrite Special Programs  Donate Now  

The continuation of existing programs and the development of new projects is central to the mission of the NLC. Through grants and dedicated funding sources the National Labor College has an ongoing commitment to respond to the changing needs and priorities of the labor movement and the circumstances facing individual union members and officers.

Endow a Faculty Chair  Donate Now

Your gift would help support a professorship in any one or more of the six bachelor degree programs: Labor Studies, Labor Education, Labor Safety & Health, Labor History, Political Economy & Labor, and Union Leadership & Labor. Endowment of chairs recognizes a professor's teaching excellence, outstanding scholarship, and their unique contributions to students and the labor movement. For more information please contact the Office of the President at 301-431-5401.

Underwrite a Course  Donate Now

Support for a particular course in one or more of the degree programs enables the sponsor to dedicate the course in honor of or in memory of a family member, student, alumnae, union officer or individual with a recognized contribution to the labor movement.

Name a Room, Conference Facility, or Campus Area  Donate Now

Your donation gives you the opportunity to dedicate a portion of the campus or its facilities in honor of an individual, or to your union, company or association.