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A record-breaking year for fundraising at 91ֱ

June 17, 2026

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

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Read the full Philadelphia Business Journal articlehere.

From the13thAnnual Day of Givingto anonymous gifts, and with around $19.7 million raised, fiscal year 2026was record-breaking when it came to fundraising at 91ֱ.

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, includingaand a$1 million gift fromPauline Scalvino,‘87,chair of the 91ֱ Board of Trustees.

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 ambitious” 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