Capital Campaigns
July 9, 2012
The New-York Historical Society has announced the successful achievement of the $100 million fundraising goal set in October 2006 to support a major renovation of the institution’s landmark building on Central Park West, as well as education programs serving 200,000 New York City schoolchildren annually.
July 1, 2012
North Texas Food Bank's Close the Gap fundraising campaign not only brought residents closer to their nutritional needs, but it also encouraged more symbiotic relationships among staff, volunteers and donors.
June 13, 2012
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals announced a record $264,720,874 raised in 2011 to benefit its 170 premier member hospitals. This $30 million and 13 percent increase over 2010 represents two milestones for the North American children’s charity: highest dollar growth and most overall dollars raised since its founding in 1983.
These results mark the first step in an aggressive 10-year fundraising plan developed under the guidance of president and CEO John Lauck, who joined Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in January 2011.
March 29, 2012
Cal Poly Pomona has amassed more than $100 million in donations and pledges midway through an ambitious fundraising campaign, university officials announced Wednesday. The Campaign for Cal Poly Pomona was launched in November 2010 with a goal of raising $150 million for research, scholarships and other campus needs. The first comprehensive fundraising effort of its kind at the school, it began amid a recession that sapped resources from potential donors as well as from state coffers, resulting in steep funding cuts to California’s public colleges and universities.
February 24, 2012
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation and chairman of the MPTF Foundation Committee, announced the launch of the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s $350 million campaign to sustain the charity’s activities for the foreseeable future. At a media breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Katzenberg also introduced board member George Clooney as his partner in the campaign.
February 13, 2012
Despite a financial crisis that caused philanthropy to plummet nationwide, Cornell University raised 80 percent, or $3.83 billion, of its “Cornell Now” fundraising campaign goal as of Feb. 3, putting it ahead of track to reach its target of $4.75 billion by 2015.
The campaign, originally launched in 2006 as “Far Above … The Campaign for Cornell,” is the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university’s history, according to Richard Banks ’72, associate vice president for alumni affairs and development. Donations to “Cornell Now” are meant to support the university’s most pressing initiatives.
February 8, 2012
Stanford University raised $6.2 billion, the most ever for any university, in a five-year campaign that concluded Dec. 31.
The Stanford Challenge officially started in October 2006 with a goal of $4.3 billion, according to a statement today from the university. The total includes $2.19 billion that Stanford raised before the campaign began, said Lisa Lapin, a university spokeswoman, in an e-mail.
January 27, 2012
Vermont Law School has surpassed its goal of $15 million for the Campaign for Vermont Law School, with total gifts and commitments currently totaling $15.3 million. The funds will support student financial aid, a new Center for Legal Services, programs that improve national environmental and energy policies, and educational initiatives that produce highly skilled lawyers at home and abroad.
VLS hopes to raise another $1 million to $2 million before closing the campaign when Dean and President Jeff Shields retires at the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
January 20, 2012
Rotary International announced that Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising more than $200 million in new funding for polio eradication.
The fundraising milestone was reached in response to a $355 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All funds have been earmarked to support polio immunization activities in affected countries where this vaccine-preventable disease continues to paralyze children.
"In recognition of Rotary's great work, and to inspire Rotarians in the future, the foundation is committing an additional $50 million to extend our partnership," said Jeff Raikes,CEO of the Gates Foundation.
January 13, 2012
Delaware State University has launched the second major campaign to raise money in its history, and trustees will be among the first targets. Over the next year or two, Delaware State University will begin reaching out to potential donors to give large "leadership" gifts. A target amount, expected to exceed $10 million, will be established, and DSU will appeal to the public and its alumni for the fundraising push.
The money would support student scholarships, faculty resources and growing DSU's endowment fund.
