The state’s largest eight-year campaign to date, among the most successful in the history of public higher education
The University of Florida’s record-breaking Go Greater campaign will surpass $4.6 billion when it ends December 31, 2022, making it one of the most successful campaigns across academia, the university announced this week.
Nearly 300,000 donors and nearly 2,000 campaign volunteers have invested in students, professors, initiatives and discoveries. Go Greater’s total is one of the most-funded public colleges ever, the largest in Florida’s history, and the highest of any SEC school.
The success of Go Greater is a key factor in UF’s unprecedented rise in the national rankings from 14th on the 2014 US News and World Report best public universities list when the campaign began. During the campaign, research awards to the university increased to his $1 billion, 600 new faculty positions were created, and applications from aspiring Gators hit a record high.
The campaign will also launch life-changing initiatives, including national summits, in areas such as brain research and therapy, early education and well-being, and advances in artificial intelligence to enhance the way people learn, work and live. I was.
“Alumni and friends have come together many times for this college,” said President Kent Fuchs. Because we believe in the potential to change and tackle the epic challenges we all face.”
Go Greater wraps up in 2022 with more than $684 million in donations that year, making it the fourth year in a row that annual donations to colleges exceeded $500 million. Investments during the campaign boosted university endowments to $2.4 billion, up $1.1 billion from 2014, to fund scholarships, professorships, research and other life-enhancing initiatives Did. Go Greater’s fundraising was organized around his five major pillars: Leadership, Health and Wellness, Environment, Innovation, and Global Impact.
“The last eight years are the starting point for the next decade.” “Thanks to this campaign and the alumni and friends who have supported it, the University of Florida is one of the truly great universities in the world. , thanks to our university, we can all look to the future with more optimism.”
Among the campaign’s featured gifts:
- The Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation provided donations from the largest individual donor in the history of the university to accelerate the pace of biomedical discovery at UF Scripps. The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology is named after him.
- The 2014 Al and Judy Warrington Leadership Gift launched the Go Greater campaign. At the time, their pledge was the greatest gift in the history of the University of Florida.
- Chris and Melody Malachowsky are committed to making UF a global leader in artificial intelligence innovation and training. Their investment, dubbed the data science and information technology building on campus, is helping integrate AI into teaching and research across academic disciplines to solve society’s most daunting challenges.
- Another investment in engineering by Dr. Herbie and Nicole Wertheim kicks off a $300 million initiative to revolutionize engineering education and research. Their gift sparked the biggest expansion in his 100-year history of the university. In recognition, the university was renamed after her Dr. Wertheim.
- Elizabeth Deluca’s gift of 27,000 acres of pristine land in Osceola County protects one of the last natural areas of its kind and serves as a living classroom and laboratory. It is the largest gift of real estate ever to any university in the country and includes a cattle ranch, citrus orchards, ponds and forests.
- Bill Heavener provided the gift of leadership to UF’s new $85 million football training center named after him. The 142,000-square-foot center includes meeting rooms, a strength and conditioning center, dining halls, and recreational spaces for student-athletes.
Go Greater’s $4.6 billion far exceeded the $3 billion target set when the campaign launched in 2014. The record amounts are $1.7 billion for Florida Tomorrow (2005-2012), $851 million for It’s Performance that Counts (1996-2001), and $392 million for Embrace Excellence (1985-2001). until 1991).
In total, Go Greater won over one million unique gifts, while UF’s annual alumni giving rate, a key factor in calculating the overall ranking, rose to 20% and the public higher education One of the best out there. In the process, UF donors established 159 new endowed faculty positions, added 847 scholarships, and created 15 new teaching and learning centers.
As a result, the University of Florida is well positioned to address issues important to Florida residents and people around the world. Healthcare, Energy and Sustainability. climate change and biodiversity; economy, entrepreneurship and innovation;
More facts and statistics:
- Raised $4.6 billion.
- 293,410 Donors:
- 168,450 new donors.
- 148,479 alumni. When,
- 14,209 faculty members.
- About 2,000 volunteers.
- Donors came from all 67 Florida counties, all 50 states, and 119 countries.
- The University of Florida is the first university in Florida to raise $4.6 billion in a single campaign.
“The Go Greater campaign was about creating opportunity and impact,” said Tom Mitchell, Vice President of UF Advancement. “Making a difference in the lives of our students, faculty, staff and communities in our state, country and world is our ultimate goal and will continue to be.”
The state’s flagship university, the University of Florida, serves more than 61,000 students from the United States and 100 countries. With five colleges and 200 research, service and education centers, departments and laboratories on a 2,000-acre central campus, UF offers educational opportunities that rival only her seven universities in the world. UF is currently ranked #5 on US News and World Report’s Best Public Universities of the Year list.
