BridgeFuture to the
NEC Strong! The end of the 2019–2020 fiscal year marked the official close of Bridge to the Future: The Campaign for New England College, the first truly comprehensive fundraising drive in College history. It was an absolute success! The campaign spanned nine years and, in that time, twice surpassed its working goals. The campaign crossed its initial working goal of $25 million
In a tangible demonstration of broad support for the College,
halfway through the timeline and then surpassed the revised
the campaign received support from 5,661 donors since it
goal of $37 million with just three years remaining. By the
began on July 1, 2011. Contributors came from all corners of
time the books closed for the final time on June 30, 2020,
the NEC community, including alumni, parents, faculty, and
the College counted $42 million in gifts, pledges, and other
private foundations. Remarkably, the campaign had seven
commitments. Several campaign objectives were met or
donors who gave $1 million or more. The single largest gift to
exceeded, and the College set multiple new benchmarks for
the campaign was for $3.12 million—or about 7.5 percent of
philanthropy. Of note:
the total raised—and is one of the largest in NEC history.
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The College completed two key capital projects that
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were funded in large part by philanthropy: The John Lyons Center academic building ($10 million) and The Rosamond Page Putnam Center for the Performing Arts ($13 million).
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$8 million was raised for student scholarships and financial aid.
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A total of $5.6 million was raised through the Opportunity Fund. In FY20 alone—the campaign’s final year—the Opportunity Fund surpassed FY19 totals by more than 12%. This represented the highest year-overyear growth of the Opportunity Fund in the College’s history and was achieved within the context of a global pandemic.
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DONORS SINCE 2011 DONORS GAVE OVER $1 MILLION
MILLION RAISED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
