The Lydia Hibbard Society recognizes those gifts that will add most significantly to the seminary's endowment. Membership in the Lydia Hibbard Society is open to all alumni/ae and friends of Seabury who have named the seminary in their wills or in their estate planning and have notified the seminary of their plans. Membership begins at $5000.

The Trustees of the Seminary have authorized the establishment of the Lydia Hibbard Society to honor those friends of the Seminary who wish to provide for Seabury through their estate plans or through certain outright gifts.

• Wills - included Seabury in their wills;
• Annuities - given a gift in the form of a charitable gift annuity or a deferred payment charitable gift annuity;
• Pooled fund - given a gift to the National Church Pooled Income Fund for the benefit of the Seminary;
• Insurance - designated Seabury-Western Theological Seminary as the owner of a life insurance policy;
• Retirement Plans - designated Seabury as the beneficiary of a retirement plan;
• Trusts - established a trust, either revocable or irrevocable, that names Seabury-Western as a beneficiary;
• Life Estates - conveyed real property to Seabury while retaining a life estate;
• Endowed Funds - established an endowed scholarship or other endowed fund for the benefit of Seabury.