Campaign Progress as of April 1, 2013
Carnegie Mellon University has crossed the $1 billion milestone of our Inspire Innovation campaign. But we are not done yet. Thanks to the support of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends, we are experiencing the amazing impact the campaign has generated across the entire university.
 Total raised to date |
 |
$1.16 billion |
| Endowed |
|
$567.2 million |
| Number of contributions |
|
227,170 gifts from 48,372 donors |
| Campaign publicly launched |
|
October 2008 |
| Campaign close date |
|
June 30, 2013 |
Core Campaign Goals
|
|
(dollars in millions) |
| Supporting a New Generation of Student Innovators |
|
$193.5 |
| New endowed scholarships |
|
222 |
| Scholarship funding |
|
$96.2 |
| New endowed fellowships |
|
91 |
| Fellowship funding |
|
$76.7 |
 Student programs (athletics, student groups, student life, Greek life, prizes and awards) |
|
$20.7 |
| Retaining and Enhancing Faculty |
|
$384.1 |
| New endowed professorships |
|
29 |
| Professorship funding |
|
$100.0 |
| Faculty research funding |
|
$284.2 |
| Sustaining CMU's Foundation of Excellence |
|
$431.7 |
| Enhancing an Innovative Environment |
|
$87.9 |
| Construction of the Gates and Hillman Centers |
|
$41.0 |
| Other renovations (academic buildings, labs, fitness, campus beautification) |
|
$46.9 |
| Undesignated |
|
$66.6 |
Noteworthy:
Two donors provided naming gifts for colleges during Inspire Innovation:
- David A. Tepper School of Business
- Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Donor support enabled the transformation of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management to the H. John Heinz III College
