Development, Fundraising, and Finances

Development and Fundraising Growth

• NYU raised nearly $6 billion
  
• The "Campaign for NYU" – completed in 2008 for a total of over $3 billion – was the largest campaign in US higher education at the time.
  
  • It was the equivalent of raising more than $1 million per day, seven days per week, for the entire seven-year period of the campaign.
    
• Received seven 9-figure gifts (i.e., $100 million or more)
  
• Select major gifts during Sexton’s presidency include:
  
  • $200 million naming gift from Ken Langone for the NYU Langone Medical Center.
    
  • Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon ($100m) naming gift for the School of Engineering
    
  • Constance and Martin Silver ($50m) naming gift for the School of Social Work – the largest gift ever to a school of social work
    
  • Helen and Martin Kimmel ($150m)
    
  • The Tisch Family ($110m)
    
  • Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller ($140m) for the Medical Center;
    
  • Jan Vilcek ($105m) for the School of Medicine;
    
  • Hassenfeld Foundation ($50m) for the Hassenfeld Pediatric Center
    
  • Ronald Perelman ($40m) for the Medical Center.
    
• Launched a $1 billion, six-year campaign exclusively for financial aid anchored by a multimillion-dollar gift from several trustees.
  
  • The 2013 campaign is nearly halfway to its goal