Funding
Support from donors like you enables us to proactively address challenges to increasing access to modern energy solutions for underserved populations around the world. Your gift helps the Energy Access Project recruit staff, provide students with valuable learning opportunities both in and outside the classroom, and conduct pioneering research.
Invest in durable solutions to energy poverty—and in tomorrow’s leaders.
The James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University is dedicated to tackling the most pressing energy access and energy transition challenges in low- and middle-income countries. We combine world-class research with an action-oriented approach, directly supporting policymakers, project developers, investors, civil society, and impacted communities to drive sustainable energy system development and transformation.
Your support enables us to respond proactively to today’s most urgent energy and development challenges. Since 2017, our research and analysis—along with direct engagement with decision-makers—have helped shape policies and investments that expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We are valued as a neutral, credible partner that facilitates productive collaboration across sectors, ensuring that energy solutions are both scalable and equitable.
Your gift also helps equip the next generation of energy leaders. Students across Duke University engage in our educational programming, research opportunities, and practical experiences—including our flagship Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition, which has engaged thousands of students from around the world in solving real-world energy challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
By investing in the Energy Access Project, you are fueling the advancement of durable, high-impact solutions to global energy poverty and strengthening the leadership pipeline that will drive progress for decades to come.
Give by Mail
Please make checks payable to “Duke University” with a note in the memo section specifying your intent to support the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project. Please mail your gift to the following address:
James E. Rogers Energy Access Project
Duke University
Box 90467
Durham, NC 27708
Give Stocks or Bonds
Questions? Please contact the Alumni & Development Records Office at stockgifts@duke.edu or 919.684.2338.
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Legacy and Planned Gifts
A gift to the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project can be part of a smart financial plan. Let the Office of Gift Planning at Duke University help you and your financial advisors develop a gift plan that meets your financial and philanthropic goals. A properly planned gift may help you reduce or eliminate capital gains and gift and estate taxes. You may realize immediate tax savings as well.
You can explore different gift plans in detail on Duke’s Gift Planning website. If you have already established a planned gift for the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project, please complete our legacy gift form so that we may properly thank you for your generous support and formally welcome you into the Duke Tower Society (formally the Heritage Society). For more information about planned giving, please contact Tamisha Keith at tamisha.keith@duke.edu.
Questions?
Contact Kate Shivar, Director of Development.