Endowed funds may be named in honor of the donor or a designee. The donor or designee receives periodic program and financial reports on the fund, and if a scholarship has been endowed, they also receive information about the recipient(s) of the fund.

Donors' names of endowed gifts of $1 million are inscribed in lasting honor on the Benefactors Wall. Donors of $100,000, known as Guardians, are recognized on the Wall of Life. Both walls are atop the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus Campus overlooking the city of Jerusalem. The Trustees Wall recognizing gifts of $50,000 and the Founders Wall for gifts of $25,000 are in the Central Forum of the Mount Scopus Campus.

The minimum required to establish an endowed fund is $100,000; additional gifts may be made to enlarge the fund. AFHU endowed funds are invested in a diversified portfolio and supervised by an Investment Committee.The donor may designate the academic area in which the award will be made or allow the University to award the grant each year according to its current priorities.

AFHU offers a wide variety of endowment opportunities, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

Chairs: A gift of $1 million can establish an endowed Professorial Chair in any area of the University's endeavors. It assures the continuity of teaching and research in the selected discipline. In recognition of such generosity, the donor's name will be inscribed in lasting honor on the Benefactors Wall as well as on the Wall of Professorial Chairs, both located on the Mount Scopus Campus. Research projects and publications produced by the incumbent professor will acknowledge the name of the Chair, and the donor will receive reports describing the incumbent's activities and achievements.

Lectureships: A gift of $500,000 can establish an endowed Lectureship. This gift will promote the cultivation of young faculty for a limited period of up to five years, corresponding to their tenure track evaluation. These promising and highly qualified academicians gain invaluable experience during this time in honing their classroom skills and in strengthening their research abilities both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Doctoral Fellowships: A gift of $275,000 will establish an endowed Doctoral Fellowship fund in any of the University's seven faculties. Doctoral Fellowships are an important vehicle in the transition from student to specialist. They enable the Hebrew University's finest Ph.D. students to engage in studies that prepare them for a future in academia, research, government, public service, business and commerce. A number of these young scholars and scientists will gain entrance to the junior ranks of The Hebrew University's academic staff, where they will train and educate a new generation of students.

Graduate Scholarships: A gift of $200,000 can establish an endowed graduate scholarship fund in any discipline taught and researched at the Hebrew University. Graduate scholarships underwrite the studies of talented young scholars and scientists and strengthen the University's efforts to maintain its advanced training programs in a wide spectrum of scholarly and scientific pursuits.

Undergraduate Student Aid: A gift of $100,000 can establish an endowed scholarship fund to annually support the studies of a student working toward an undergraduate degree. Without assistance, many of the University's brightest students would be unable to continue their studies. Undergraduate student aid is awarded on the basis of academic achievement and need.