Together, surpassed our goal.
$105,639,511
Gannon’s Next Century campaign raised $105.6 million, surpassing our $100 million goal by $5.6 million. This support advanced our most important priorities, including $24.4 million toward student experience, $35.8 million toward academic excellence, $29.6 million toward campus enhancements and $9.6 million toward the Gannon Fund, with an additional $6.2 million in unrestricted bequests.
Because of you, the impact is visible across our campuses and felt every day by our students. From modernized learning spaces like Nash Library and the Student Learning Commons to bold investments in I-HACK, the MakerSpace and Project NePTWNE, your generosity has strengthened academic excellence, hands-on learning and our commitment to care for creation. You helped expand support systems like TRIO, address student needs through Store U-Knighted, deepen faith and service through the renovated Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel and St. Joseph House of Faith in Action and create a stronger sense of home through projects like South Hall and the Highmark Events Center.
Most importantly, you turned Believe in the Possibilities into real opportunity for thousands of students. Over the campaign’s 9½-year journey, more than 21,000 individuals and 965 organizations invested in Gannon, resulting in more than 51,000 contributions. Together, we created 326 new funds, including 80 endowed funds, and donor-funded scholarships awarded more than $20 million, impacting 3,743 unique students.
To our donors, corporate partners and public leaders at the city, county, state and federal levels: thank you. Your belief in Gannon has expanded scholarships, elevated student programming and transformed our campuses in ways that will shape lives for decades. We are deeply grateful, and we look ahead with confidence, boldly positioned for our second century and for the next chapter of strategic growth.
OUR STRATEGIC FUNDING PRIORITIES
Gannon University is embarking on our second century with confidence born of the clarity of our mission and our success in fulfilling it. Throughout our history, we’ve regularly seized opportunities that provide impactful educational experiences for our students and put the institution in an enviable position among peers. As the University stands poised to do even more, we’ve identified $100 million worth of opportunities in which donors can participate to transform the lives of our students.
