Columbia Campaign
The Columbia Campaign, a $4 billion fund raising effort, was launched in September of 2006.[1] It is the 4th capital campaign in Columbia's history, and the first not to bear the "Campaign for Columbia" title. It is currently the largest capital campaign ever mounted by an American university.
The campaign launched with $1.6 billion already pledged during the "silent phase" of the campaign. The campaign's launch had been anticipated since the University's 250th anniversary celebrations in 2003-2004.
Kick-off gifts included $48 million from trustee Gerry Lenfest (L'58) for a "challenge" matching fund for the endowment of faculty chairs in the arts and sciences and law, and $29 million from Robert Yik-Fong Tam (B'50) and his sister Wun Tsun Tam for faculty positions and the Committee on Global Thought.
In April of 2007 the university announced a $400 million pledge from John Kluge, all of it slated for financial aid.[2] It is the largest gift in university history, the 4th largest received by any university, and the largest financial aid gift in the country.
The campaign features many sub-campaigns, including the $865 million Campaign for Undergraduate Education, the $100 million Columbia Campaign for Athletics, both formally launched in the fall of 2007, and the Second Century Campaign at the School of Journalism, launched in 2006 with the goal of raising $100 million in time for the school's 100th anniversary in 2012.
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| Preceded by Campaign for Columbia (1990) |
University Capital Campaign 2006-Approx. 2011 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
