Student
Experience
Campus
Transformation
Faculty
Excellence
INTERDISCIPLINARY
EDUCATION &
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Health Care,
Discovery &
Education
Local & Global
Challenges
CAMPAIGN SUMMARY
Here is a comprehensive picture of Duke Forward’s final results.
Your support helped Duke meet—and, in many cases, surpass—its campaign goals.
Overall
Duke Forward surpassed a key milestone when it met its overall goal almost a year early. The campaign’s historic final total would not have been possible without the support of dedicated alumni, parents and friends.
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by purpose
The campaign raised critical endowment and expendable funds to support the people, programs and activities of the university. This support enables Duke to provide scholarships and fellowships to students, build faculty excellence, launch new programs and research efforts, and transform the campus.
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by area
One hallmark of the campaign was the alignment shared by academic leadership who came together around an aspirational vision for Duke’s future. Gifts to every part of the university counted in Duke Forward. With support from generous donors, all schools, units and Duke Health surpassed their campaign goals.
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by source
Gifts to the campaign came through many avenues. All contributions add up to make an impact at Duke now and in the future.
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individuals/individually influenced
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foundations
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corporations
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the duke endowment
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other organizations
initiatives
Duke Forward was grounded in the university’s commitment to engagement, to supporting students’ ability to connect the classroom to the real world, and to interdisciplinary collaboration. Each signature initiative exemplifies these values, and investments in the initiatives help set Duke apart.
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overall total
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arts
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energy
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bass connections
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innovation & entrepreneurship
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global health
financial aid
The university's commitment to helping more students afford a Duke education is a core value. Through the campaign, donors contributed nearly half a billion dollars to support scholarships and fellowships for undergraduates, graduate students, athletes and professional students.
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new endowed
scholarships & fellowships
Undergraduate
students
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MEDICAL/PROFESSIONAL
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financial aid goal
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financial aid total
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undergraduate students goal
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undergraduate students total
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Faculty Support
Few things are more necessary to the continued success of a university than bringing outstanding teachers and researchers to Duke.
Professorships
professorships in signature campaign intiatives and interdisciplinary programs
further forward
Donors make a greater impact at Duke through smart charitable planning. Planned gifts help ensure that priorities are supported well into the future.
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total gifts
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total campaign value
on the road
Duke Forward’s series of campaign outreach events shared insights from Duke’s most innovative and inspiring faculty and students.
events
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attendees
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volunteers
Cities
Class Years Represented
Faculty, student, and alumni speakers
bass connections
A $50 million gift from Anne and Robert Bass, including a $25 million challenge fund, established this university-wide initiative to provide students greater exposure to inquiry across the disciplines, sustained mentorship in teams, and the chance to experience the intersections of the academy and the broader world.
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raised
donors
project teams
student participants
FACULTY PARTICIPANTS
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EXTERNAL PARTNERS
gates challenge
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $10 million to support the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) and another $10 million for a challenge that matches gifts to DGHI education programs, graduate fellowships, faculty support, international partnerships and unrestricted gifts.
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Total Challenge Funds Raised
total donors
access & opportunity
challenge
Thanks to the leadership and generosity of Barbara ’75 and Fred Sutherland ’73 and The Duke Endowment, with the support of other key donors, Duke established a $30+ million financial aid matching fund that leveraged millions of dollars in additional gifts.
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total raised
total donors
CHALLENGE FOR UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID
Early in the campaign, Bruce and Martha Karsh funded this challenge as part of their overall $50 million gift to financial aid.
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total challenge funds raised
total donors
Duke engage
Support for DukeEngage empowers students to address critical human needs through immersive service—transforming students, advancing the university’s educational mission, and providing meaningful assistance to communities in the U.S. and abroad.
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total raised
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participants
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service hours to date
women’s impact network
WIN members’ experiences and perspectives help Duke develop meaningful, high-impact philanthropy and leadership opportunities to harness the rich perspectives, diverse skills and financial resources women bring to the table.
Membership
scholarship
Service
win members
donors
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total scholarship
%
win members who have served on a duke board
young alumni participation
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%
council increased during the campaign
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events
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made a gift
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event ambassadors
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made a gift
parent impact
$ M
contributed by non-alumni parents
parents served as duke
forward event ambassadors
parents attended a
duke forward on the road event
parents committee
membership doubled to
Campaign steering committee members
Anne T. Bass P’97
Fort Worth, Texas
Bruce A. Karsh ’77
Beverly Hills, California
David M. Rubenstein ’70
Bethesda, Maryland
Roy J. Bostock ’62
Rye, New York
Jack O. Bovender ’67, M.H.A.’69
Nashville, Tennessee
Paula Hannaway Crown ’80
Chicago, Illinois
Carol G. Deane P’11
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Eads III ’81
Houston, Texas
William J. Geary P’12, P’15
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Kristi J. Geary P’12, P’15
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Edward A. Gilhuly ’82
Woodside, California
Grant H. Hill ’94
Orlando, Florida
Elizabeth York Schiff ’81, J.D.’85
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nancy A. Nasher J.D.’79
Dallas, Texas
Stephen G. Pagliuca ’77
Weston, Massachusetts
Alan D. Schwartz ’72
Greenwich, Connecticut
Steven M. Scott HS’78
Boca Raton, Florida
Laurene M. Sperling ’78
Wayland, Massachusetts
Robert K. Steel ’73
Greenwich, Connecticut
L. Frederick Sutherland ’73
Devon, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey W. Ubben ’83
San Francisco, California
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. ’75
Birmingham, Michigan
James A. Schiff ’81
Cincinnati, Ohio
Elizabeth A. Star P’07, P’08
Naples, Florida
Stanley A. Star J.D.’61
Naples, Florida