Powered by Purpose Reaches Key Milestone

Fundraising for the Powered by Purpose campaign has surpassed the $400 milestone, marking completion of the campaign’s first phase more than two years ahead of schedule.

“Please join me in celebrating you, our Darden alumni, and our faculty, staff and students for this remarkable accomplishment,” Darden School Foundation Interim President Carolyn Miles (MBA ’88) said during Darden’s State of the School presentation on 29 April. Including matching funds and donations held outside the Foundation to support Darden, the campaign has delivered roughly $500 million of total impact and garnered 70 percent alumni participation.

With the first milestone complete, Darden announced a new theme for the final two years of the campaign: Faculty Forward, highlighting the School’s commitment to further strengthen the capabilities of the world’s best business school professors.

The Foundation will share fundraising results for the 2023 fiscal year later this summer, as well as plans to thank donors for their tremendous generosity and impact during the campaign’s first phase. This fall, the Foundation will announce details for the Faculty Forward phase of the campaign. In this next phase, Powered by Purpose will seek to fund new initiatives and emerging opportunities within the four campaign priorities.

$400M

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As of 27 April 2023

$400 million