USF Receives Landmark $10M Gift to Advance Catholic Education, Leadership

Joan McGrath and her husband, Robert, have donated $10 million to the University of San Francisco to dramatically expand scholarships for Catholic school teaching programs at USF’s School of Education, create a new multidisciplinary student leadership institute and endow scholarships for undergraduate students to enroll in international immersion opportunities.

The McGrath gift represents the largest gift in history for USF’s School of Education and will provide new opportunities across the university for both undergraduate and graduate students to engage in leadership programs and international immersion opportunities.

“Joan and Bob have made a gift that will have great impact, giving students access to global opportunities and furthering USF’s leadership in Catholic education,” said USF President Paul Fitzgerald, S. J. “We are blessed to have their support.”