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A record-breaking year for fundraising at 91Ö±²¥

June 17, 2026

Thanks to generous donors and campus community events, the University raisedÌýnearlyÌý$20ÌýmillionÌýlast fiscal year, catching the attention of regional media.ÌýÌý

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Read the full Philadelphia Business Journal articleÌýhere.ÌýÌý

From theÌý13thÌýAnnual Day of GivingÌýto anonymous gifts, and with around $19.7 million raised, fiscal year 2026Ìýwas record-breaking when it came to fundraising at 91Ö±²¥.ÌýÌý

University President Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D., spoke to Philadelphia Business Journal reporter Ryan Mulligan about the recent year’s success and the University’s plans for the future in an article published June 16.  

The article highlighted several significant gifts to the University, includingÌýaÌýÌýand aÌý$1 million gift fromÌýPauline Scalvino,Ìý‘87,Ìýchair of the 91Ö±²¥ Board of Trustees.ÌýÌý

Allen also looked to the future, telling Mulligan that a formal capital fundraising campaign is being discussed, something that would likely be “the largest and/or the most ambitiousâ€� that the University has undertaken, although specific goals and times have not yet been finalized.  

“We’re sort of fine tuning what we think would be realistic and ambitious at the same time for the university,” Allen told the Philadelphia Business Journal, also adding that conversations were being had between officials and donors to make sure that university and donor goals align.  

-Naomi Thomas