Hampshire College
is for sale.

We believe that working in coalition with community-and-mission-aligned organizations is vital to both the success of our initial campaign and to our future vision. If this is you, we welcome your interest in financial contributions, public statements of support, and partnership proposals.

For more information about partnership opportunities, please submit our Request for Information and a member of the team will be in touch.

If you represent an organization that would like to offer a public statement of support, please email collaborate@hampshirenext.org about signing on to our draft letter.

If your organization is interested in offering financial support or has other funding proposals please email development@hampshirenext.org.

• Share the campaign with 10 people.
• Talk to alumni and friends about this campaign and why you believe in it.
• Fill out our volunteer interest form and a volunteer coordinator will be in touch soon to get you connected with where you can help. You can also email volunteer@hampshirenext.org with questions about how to get involved.
• Stay tuned! More ways to help are coming as the campaign moves forward.

Hampshire Next is the test of whether America's private colleges can be saved. We can win this, and make Hampshire a model for adapting to this new era.

A quarter of America's private colleges are at immediate risk of closing—that's 442 schools and over 670,000 students. Every bold, rigorous, mission-driven school in this country is under threat from the same forces: declining birth rates, federal loan caps, and an unsustainable tuition model.

Institutions like Hampshire don’t just educate—they sustain civic life, critical thinking, and spaces where people can question, experiment, and belong. When places like this disappear or are turned into purely commercial assets, we lose part of the social infrastructure that helps communities imagine and build a better future.

Hampshire is the canary. But the coal mine is much bigger—even bigger than American higher education.

Hampshire College is much more than a physical place - it’s also the mission, community and people. Mutual aid networks, food and housing support, and help with transition to jobs or other institutions are all already underway alongside - and not dependent on - the pledge drive to secure the campus.

In the longer term, saving the campus is a crucial part of a sustainable reimagining. The campus’ intangible history and connection to the community do matter to us - and it’s also a uniquely valuable asset, as a set of facilities that are already well-equipped to support programs for academic learning, research, fabrication, agriculture, media creation and more. The facilities are already in place, active, and available at a fraction of the cost and time of sourcing or building replacements elsewhere.

Gaining collective ownership of these assets is power - for Hampshire’s community to create and run programs, take care of our people, and decide what comes next.

No. At this time, we are only collecting non-binding pledges, which indicate your intended commitment to a future donation. Please only pledge what you are able and seriously intend to give in the near future. We'll use the contact information you provide to notify you when it's time to fulfill your pledge.

We’re still finalizing the detailed timeline, but we expect to ask supporters to honor their pledges with a donation this summer–most likely between June and August.

No. Your pledge amount is never publicly displayed. Only certain members of our campaign team can view that information.

Yes. Simply select “Anonymous” on the submission form, and your pledge will be recorded as “Anonymous” on the public supporter wall. To keep your pledge off the supporter wall entirely, select “Don’t list me.”

Not yet. It will become tax-deductible when you convert your pledge to a donation later in the campaign.

Yes. We understand circumstances may change and are happy to update your pledge–up or down. To change or withdraw your pledge please email pledges@hampshirenext.org.