#  HDS Fund Community Impact Report 

 



##  HDS Fund Community Impact Report 

 

 

       ![HDS campus green in spring](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/2026-05/Header_Option1.jpg?h=118a039f&itok=xZu-Idbd) 

 

 



 

 



##  The Power of Unrestricted Giving 

Thank you! Your unrestricted support is essential to the life of Harvard Divinity School. Its impact is far-reaching—sustaining students and faculty, and ensuring continued vitality in a rapidly changing world.

The stories below feature some of the people, programs, and places that have been supported by your generosity: a Native American scholar who brought his expertise in Indigenous intellectual history and contemporary Indigenous media to HDS; an MDiv student preparing for ministry in a changing religious landscape; the rich community and interdisciplinary exchange fostered within the Carriage House; and a lecture series focusing on the ways religion shapes social, political, and economic life.



 

 

   

With world-class expertise in textual, historical, social scientific, philosophical, and theological methods of inquiry, we prepare students for a range of careers. And our mission and our work are more urgent than ever as increasingly people experience struggles in their lives, in their communities, and on the global stage.

 

Marla F. Frederick

Dean of Harvard Divinity School

 

 



 

 

 

 

  [### Integrating Faith and Justice

 ](/news/2026/05/04/integrating-faith-and-justice)“My time at HDS is shaping me to be a minister and leader in a changing world.”—Noël Grisanti, MDiv ’26



 

   ![Noël Grisanti, MDiv ’26](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Noel-Edited-CIR.png?itok=0dEOWSMs) 

 

 

 

  [### Faith in Context: Power, Peace, and Conflict

 ](/news/2026/05/04/faith-context-power-peace-and-conflict)Three scholars explore the ways that religion’s authority and influence affect contemporary political systems.



 

   ![Divinity Hall, where RPL's office is located](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/070207_DivHall_005%20%281%29.jpg?itok=pFvG6hcH) 

 

 

 

  [### Tradition, Media, and Meaning

 ](/news/2026/05/04/tradition-media-and-meaning)“I hope that we can better incorporate Indigeneity into teaching and learning at HDS and Harvard as a whole.”—Robert Warrior



 

   ![Robert Warrior headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Robert-Warrior-Edited-CIR.png?itok=un02KniG) 

 

 

 

  [### A Hub for Scholarship and Community

 ](/news/2026/05/04/hub-scholarship-and-community)The Carriage House sustains both the intellectual and communal life of the WSRP.



 

   ![WSRP Carriage House](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/carriage_house_16_9_roof.jpg?itok=wQE-efB1) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Learn More 

 



 [ See all Community Impact Stories arrow\_circle\_right ](/hds-fund-community-impact-report/all-impact-stories) 

 

 

 

 

 

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##  Contact Us 

 



  [### Megan Welch

 ](/people/megan-welch) <giving@hds.harvard.edu>Associate Director for Development Strategy and Donor Relations