For decades, Harvard University has inspired its alumni to champion public service and community reinvestment. The Harvard Club of Naples honors this tradition through the Schools and Education Fund, our primary vehicle for supporting local students, educators, and nonprofit leaders.

Since 1982, the Fund has remained dedicated to fostering academic excellence and accessibility by:

• Providing financial aid for local Harvard College undergraduates.

• Recognizing achievement by awarding Harvard Prize Books to outstanding high school juniors.

• Investing in the future through summer internship programs for undergraduates.

In 2014, we broadened our mission to empower the leaders who shape our community. Through fellowships and scholarship grants, the Fund enables local school principals, administrators, and nonprofit executives to attend world-class executive education programs at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Business School, and the Kennedy School of Government. The Fund has contributed well over $300,000 to this program, enabling principals and non-profit administrators to attend these programs in Cambridge.