We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern raised over $6 billion from more than 174,000 members of the Northwestern community.
“This is an extraordinary moment for Northwestern,” President Morton Schapiro said. “We said ‘We Will,’ and we did. Thousands of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends came together to support the astonishing trajectory of Northwestern and increase our impact on the world, and I am truly humbled by their generosity.”
Northwestern publicly launched the “We Will” Campaign in March 2014 in support of the University’s “Northwestern Will” strategic plan, with the goals of raising $3.75 billion from at least 141,000 donors. After achieving the goals two years ahead of schedule, the University raised the goals to $5 billion and 170,000 donors in September 2018. The University-wide fundraising initiative concluded June 30, 2021, with a total of $6.1 billion raised from 174,380 donors.
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From 2009 to 2020, the University embarked on a set of building and renovation projects that changed the face of its campuses. More than $2 billion in investments in campus infrastructure—funded mostly by gifts received through We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern—added 3.5 million square feet in new buildings and major renovations, the most extensive building program in the University’s history since the construction of the lakefill in the early 1960s. Here’s a selection of facilities and spaces that have transformed research, teaching, student life, the arts, and athletics on the Evanston campus.
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Note: Alumni of both an undergraduate and a graduate/professional school program are included in the Undergraduate Alumni segment.
Led by the Campaign Steering Committee, the “We Will” Campaign was supported by the efforts of 925 volunteers, including members of regional, international, gift planning, and school and program committees. Volunteers helped the University raise funds and hold 62 Campaign events in 30 cities — 14 cities within the United States and 16 abroad — engaging 4,943 unique attendees.
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