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Fast Facts

Who

Volunteers and working people, Brandeis National Committee (BNC) members are women and men who share a passion for life-long learning and for the mission of Brandeis University, the only non-sectarian university founded by the American Jewish community. Most BNC members continue their education through study group courses created by Brandeis faculty exclusively for BNC.

What

Founded in 1948, the same year as Brandeis University, the National Committee provides financial support for Brandeis and its Libraries. The National Committee is the largest friends-of-a-library group in the world with 30,000 members nationwide. A volunteer fundraising organization, BNC has contributed over $117 million to Brandeis University, while utilizing the resources of the university to provide unique education programs for its members.

The funds provided by BNC support student scholarship in the sciences and the development and expansion of the Brandeis's Libraries, which includes the acquisition of books and research journals, restoration and preservation, development of information technology, and student work assistance. Most recently, BNC raised $2 million — $1 million to name a neurodegenerative disease research laboratory in the University's Carl J. Shapiro Science Center and $1 million to create an Endowed Medical Science Journal Fund.

Where

Brandeis National Committee chapters are located nationwide. BNC's National Center is on the Brandeis campus in Waltham, Mass.