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Impact 2016
ONE SHORT YEAR AGO, on October 9, 2015, Purdue launched the public phase of the biggest fundraising initiative in our history: Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University. We knew we could count on the Boilermaker family to enthusiastically support our priorities to PLACE STUDENTS FIRST, BUILD ON OUR STRENGTHS, and CHAMPION RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. I'm truly delighted by the number of stakeholders participating—alumni, friends, faculty and staff, students, parents, retirees, and corporations and foundations; the dollars raised thus far; and the palpable sense of purpose that we all share.
Below is a timeline of a select number of campaign milestones and successes over the past year—illustrating some of the impact and opportunities your generosity has delivered. Because of you, lives are made better, futures are brighter, and Purdue's reputation for excellence and intellectual achievement grows ever stronger.
Amy Noah
Vice President for Development
Purdue Research Foundation
To celebrate Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University raising $1B toward its $2.019B goal, the bell tower—a symbol of the campaign—is lit in gold for one week. Thanks to the more than 134,000 alumni and friends who helped us reach this milestone and for helping Purdue deliver higher education at the highest proven value!
Thanks to the generosity of Sandy Dauch and the Dauch family, $4M in matching funds is made available to increase affordability for Purdue's out-of-state students by establishing new, endowed scholarships.
Purdue researchers become the first in the world to determine the Zika virus's structure. The University's $250M investment in the life sciences, made possible in part by the Ever True campaign, funded the purchase of advanced equipment that allowed the team to do in months what otherwise would have taken years.
Mission accomplished! Thanks to donors like you, #PurdueDayofGiving lives up to its “Bigger & Better” theme, raising a record-high $18.3M from alumni and friends from every campus, every state, and 44 countries in what ranks as the biggest single-day fundraising campaign in higher education. With your help, even more opportunities will be granted during our 2017 Purdue Day of Giving.
Mark your calendar for April 26!
Less than a month after Purdue announces a fifth straight year of tuition freeze—the first three years of which saved Purdue students $134M—more than 4,200 of Purdue’s newest alumni walk across the Elliott Hall of Music stage during six commencement ceremonies.
Construction begins on the $120M State Street Redevelopment Project, a public-private partnership that will enhance campus by revitalizing the major thoroughfare. The project will be completed by December 2018, in time for Purdue’s 150th anniversary year.
Thank you to the record-high 82,598 alumni, faculty, staff, retirees, students, and friends who donated $332M to Purdue during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Donors like you helped set four records during the last fiscal year, including the most gifts of $1M or more—at 56—and the most dollars raised for student support, at $70.3M.
The Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center is dedicated. Thanks to a combined investment by the Indiana Soybean Alliance, the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, and Purdue, the center—the first field phenotyping facility in North America—is advancing revolutionary new technologies in food security as the world population grows to nine billion by 2050.
President Daniels announces Ever True: Parent & Family Campaign at a tailgate before the Purdue-Nevada game. This parent- and family-focused fundraising effort, supporting Purdue’s increased emphasis on affordability, seeks to raise $30M by June 30, 2019, when the overarching Ever True campaign concludes.
From Bangalore, India, Purdue launches Ever True: International Engagement Campaign, offering Boilermakers around the world opportunities to stay connected with Purdue by sharing their time, talent, and treasure.
Purdue’s School of Chemical Engineering is renamed the Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, honoring Chuck Davidson (BSChE ’72) and his wife, Nancy, who gave a transformational gift of $20M. The school will use the gift to help recruit, retain, and advance top-tier faculty; initiate new teaching and research programs; support graduate students; and maintain and update research instrumentation.
Thanks to “ever true” alumni and friends like you, we boldly advance our University as a national and global leader that moves the world forward and make progress toward our $2.019B campaign goal every day. To date, 154,240 Boilermakers—86% of whom made gifts of $1,000 or less—have helped raise $1,329,092,042, including $260.9M for student support, $232.9M for faculty support, $409.9M for programs and projects, $170.2M for facilities, and $255M in unrestricted support. Our Ever True campaign has welcomed 61,170 first-time donors, and donations have come in from 75 countries around the globe.
Thank you, and Hail Purdue!
The license plate program,
which began in 1991, has
raised more than $4M for
the Purdue Scholarship
Fund. An annual donation
of $25 is required to
purchase the plate,
in addition to other
vehicle registration fees.
Consider a planned gift! You don’t have to be a
certain age or extremely
wealthy to leave a legacy.
In fact, more than 2,000
alumni and friends have
already demonstrated
their Purdue pride
through a planned gift.
Some companies even
match gifts made by retirees,
spouses, and members
of their Board of Directors.
When you give to Purdue,
send along your company’s
matching gift form or register
your claim online to make
a bigger impact!
During Homecoming 2016, Purdue’s “All-American” Marching Band performed “The Power of the Dream,” which serves as the theme song for Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University.
