Rising to the moment
Because of your generosity, the University of Minnesota exceeded its goal during the 10-year Driven fundraising campaign.
Your support means many things to many people. It has made educational dreams a reality for students, advanced groundbreaking research, and funded outreach that helped build community in Minnesota and beyond. Your generosity helped change individual lives as well as entire populations.
Impact for generations to come
Driven by the numbers
Total gifts and pedges: $4.43 billion
Student support: $1.03 billion
Research and faculty support: $2.05 billion
University-wide initiatives: $1.35 billion
Highlights include:
• $565.9 million in undergraduate support
• $164.8 million in graduate fellowship support
• 90 new endowed professorships and faculty chairs
Total donors: 310,565
New University donors: 177,776
Alumni donors: 123,764
Donors came from all 50 states plus 79 international locations
When the $4 billion Driven campaign began, the University identified five priority areas to support. Although it’s hard to list all the ways donors have helped advance work in these areas, the following are highlights of some of the accomplishments you’ve helped make possible as well as the stories of students, researchers, and community members who’ve felt the impact of your giving.
ACCELERATING ADVANCES IN HEALTH
When the Driven campaign began, donors were inspired by how the University’s top researchers and physicians tackled a variety of health challenges. Find out how innovative, creative collaborations are confronting health disparities, delivering advances in gene therapy, cancer care, COVID-19, and more.
PROTECT AND SUSTAIN AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND WATER
Thousands of donors answered the call to address the real and urgent challenges posed by a warming planet and the need for better access to food and clean water around the world. Hear how groundbreaking work on our five campuses is moving us toward a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow.
DRIVE A MINNESOTA PLAN FOR INNOVATION
The dedication of students, faculty, and business partners makes the University a center of invention that creates economic value and growth well beyond our campuses. Learn how the generosity of donors helps power this economic and innovation engine.
PROVIDE A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
We’ve made progress in creating a place of opportunity for all by providing access to a world-class education for more students, more arts and cultural opportunities, and a renewed focus on diversity and equity across the U of M system. Hear more about our continuing commitment to create a more just, equitable, and inclusive world.
ELEVATE A WORLD-CLASS STUDENT EXPERIENCE
One critical aim of Driven was to make a world-class education available to talented students. Hear how one future leader has perfected lifelong learning skills and grown in ways he never could have imagined.
The work continues
As we celebrate the Driven campaign’s success, we also know that our work is not finished. Talented, curious students are still relying on us to help them reach their educational goals. Emerging research needs the targeted and timely boost that philanthropy provides. And local outreach projects in every corner of the state depend on our continued support.
As we face a world that is much changed, we know one thing that’s certain: together, we will rise to the moment and continue to show the resilience and leadership for which the University of Minnesota is known.
Kim Kiser is editor of Legacy magazine.
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