{"id":102603,"date":"2023-09-05T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=102603"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:39:11","slug":"university-of-nebraska-receives-record-private-support-354-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/09\/05\/university-of-nebraska-receives-record-private-support-354-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Nebraska receives record private support: $354.5 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The University of Nebraska Foundation announced a record $354.5 million in new funds committed for the fiscal year ending June 30, as “Only in Nebraska: A Campaign for Our University\u2019s Future<\/a>” helped to inspire philanthropic support for the state\u2019s only public university system. In addition, 58,072 donors made a gift, the second-best year for the number of individual supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks the fourth consecutive year that the new funds committed total has eclipsed $300 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a tremendous accomplishment to raise $354 million in private support in a single year,\u201d University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter said. \u201cI continue to be humbled by the remarkable support the University of Nebraska receives from both our private and public partners. These results show that the Only in Nebraska campaign resonates with our supporters. The campaign\u2019s ultimate impact goes well beyond the numbers. It\u2019s about changing the lives of students, growing the workforce and sustaining a vibrant, competitive university that serves people in Nebraska and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Only in Nebraska campaign<\/a>, announced in 2022, is a historic multiyear effort to engage at least 150,000 benefactors to give $3 billion to support University of Nebraska students, faculty, academic and clinical programs and research to address the needs of the state. As of June 30, $1.96 billion has been raised from 129,787 unique donors toward the campaign goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donors supported all campuses: the University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska\u2013Lincoln, UNMC and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. Gifts came from alumni, friends of the university, foundations and corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projects receiving philanthropic support included the UNK-UNMC Rural Health Education Building<\/a> on the UNK campus, the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence<\/a> at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, a new innovation and excellence fund at UNO<\/a> and scholarships for University of Nebraska College of Law students<\/a>, UNMC pharmacy<\/a> and nursing students<\/a> and UNO fine arts and communications students<\/a>, as well as many other initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonors understand the power of a University of Nebraska degree. Our supporters are committed to ensuring a high quality, affordable education for Nebraska students and to investing in faculty who are an important source of intellectual capital for our state,\u201d said Brian Hastings, president and CEO of the University of Nebraska Foundation. \u201cVital investments in lifesaving research and innovation are occurring because of this extraordinary level of commitment from the philanthropic community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights from the fiscal year include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n