Giving is Up

In June the University celebrated the completion of its Capital Campaign generating a record $271 million at a gala event in the new Taffner Field House with more than 300 attendees.

The Ninth Annual President’s Dinner at the Waldorf=Astoria, attended by 1,200 supporters, raised $2 million.

Nearly 20,000 alumni donated $7,018, 966 to alma mater.

The University received $16,982,345 from 24,043 individual donors, far surpassing revenue targets.

St. John’s was awarded $10,624,769 in the form of outside government, foundation and corporate grants including:

  • A Fulbright/Hayes award for $56,000 to fund The School of Education’s Dominican Republic living and learning program for graduate students
  • An Academic Research Enhancement Award for $245,250 from the National Institutes of Health to fund antifungal research
  • Approximately $1.9 million in awards from corporations and foundations such as the Pinkerton and Ford Foundations, Merck and the American Lung Association
  • The Forest Research Institute donation of $227,476 to sponsor the Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship Program in Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs
  • An award of $492,000 to the School of Law’s Securities Arbitration Clinic by the New York State Attorney General’s Office