August 6, 2009

Update on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 33 Institutions

By Marisa Lopez-Rivera

The 33 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $824.6-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available.

The campaign with the largest gain in the last month was Yale University, with $63.2-million.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute finished its campaign in June, raising $16-million above the set goal of $1.4-billion.

The 33 universities—each with its most recent total, last