Campaign - DePauw University

Raised to date $285,000,000

Goal $575,000,000

Take Bold Steps

A transformative $575 million campaign to advance our mission by recruiting, educating and launching future generations of DePauw leaders to lives of purpose and distinction.

The Best Young MindsScholarships

We will build on traditions created by philanthropic visionaries such as Edward Rector to grow our scholarship endowments. Many alumni who were able to attend because of a scholarship have been generous in paying their gratitude forward to the next generation through contributions to scholarship funds.

Goal $150,000,000

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InnovationFaculty Excellence

Faculty are the heart and soul of DePauw. Recruited from the best colleges and universities globally, DePauw faculty have chosen to pursue their careers at a liberal arts college because of their unwavering commitment to teaching and student mentorship.

Goal $93,000,000

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Thriving StudentsRobust Student Experience

A DePauw education is more than just rigorous academics. The distinctive DePauw experience creates remarkable opportunities for our students.

Goal $172,500,000

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Our CoreThree-School Framework

Embracing DePauw's core strengths while offering expanded interdisciplinary opportunities can unlock every student's potential. This idea is the catalyst behind the Three-School Framework.

Goal $116,000,000

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Ways to Give

Make a one-time campaign donation to support the campaign's four pillars of student experience, faculty excellence, academic renewal and meeting student financial need.

Give a planned gift by designating DePauw as a beneficiary or other planned gift options.

Become an annual donor with a recurring donation.

Bold & Gold Stories

Giving While Living

Ken and Carrie Coquillette reflect on their DePauw journey, the joy of giving and ensuring the university they love continues to thrive.

Ken and Carrie Coquillette, both 1982 graduates, are co-chairs of DePauw’s Bold, Gold & You! campaign. Their personal story and the story of DePauw’s evolution over the last 40+ years are inextricably linked in ways that go beyond philanthropic contributions and directly to the heart of what it means to be a DePauw Tiger — past, present and future.

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Doug and Ann Smith Commit $5 Million to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

DePauw University is strengthening its commitment to excellence in liberal arts education thanks to a recent $5 million gift from Doug ’85 and Ann Smith.

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DePauw University receives $200 million in gifts for transformational liberal arts education

President Lori S. White announced today that DePauw University received $200 million to support the pillars of its strategic plan...

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A New Roy O.

Over the years, DePauw's library footprint, accessibility and resources have expanded again and again to meet the needs of students, faculty and scholarship in general.

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