Tocqueville Society

Members of the Tocqueville Leadership Society are our community's leading philanthropists, caring for those in need. Our community's 206 members, while comprising only a small fraction of United Way of Forsyth County's donors, contributed over $3.3 million toward the 2008 campaign, representing 19 percent of the overall total!  We are proud to recognize the generosity of these givers.

Nationally, the Society has 20,111 members who gave more than $400 million last year to local United Ways. The Tocqueville Leadership Society is named for a French historian and aristocrat who traveled around the United States in 1831. His keen observations formed the basis of his book, Democracy in America, in which he praised the way Americans help each other in times of need. Our local chapter of the Society was established in 1987 by Paul Fulton, Jr. for individuals contributing $10,000 or greater a year.