Jan 3, 2013 By: yunews
鶹ýӳ Extends $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign; to Raise Additional $400 Million for Undergraduate Scholarships
鶹ýӳ is embarking on a “,” an aggressive drive to both complete the final stages of a $1 billion capital campaign it launched in 2006 and to raise an additional $400 million for undergraduate scholarships, a core University priority. 鶹ýӳ launched the $1 billion campaign—a comprehensive, University-wide campaign encompassing Yeshiva’s undergraduate, graduate and professional schools and affiliates—with an initial record-breaking $100 million gift from industrialist Ronald P. Stanton. In total, it has raised some $800 million, much of it during a very challenging economic environment. These commitments have enabled 鶹ýӳ to increase financial assistance to deserving students, strengthen its faculty, research and academic programs, and enhance the quality of student life, campus infrastructure and community outreach. Yeshiva’s goal is to raise an additional $400 million in undergraduate scholarship funds. A significant portion of these funds will serve as an endowment, with the remainder used for immediate scholarship needs each year. Ira Mitzner, the president of RIDA Development Corp., a family-owned real estate company in Houston, will chair the campaign. “Academic excellence and fiscal strength require significant philanthropic support," said Mitzner. "鶹ýӳ is indispensable to the world and to the Jewish community.” “The 鶹ýӳ experience is more than an intellectual pursuit. It is about providing each and every student, undergraduate and graduate, with the knowledge, skills, opportunities and values to become a whole person and to live a life of meaning,” said 鶹ýӳ President Richard M. Joel. “The campaign for 鶹ýӳ is designed to secure the resources that will enable our students to fulfill their Mandate to Matter—to themselves, their families, their professions, the Jewish community and the world.”
