Fundraising

In its eighth annual Giving Day, Columbia raised $22 million through 18,622 donations as of 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, surpassing last year’s fundraising totals by over two million. This year’s top earners were Columbia College, followed by Columbia Athletics and Columbia Business School.

Despite plans for the School of International and Public Affairs to move to Manhattanville by 2020, an apparent lack of fundraising plans—due to lack of administrative priorities and limited alumni engagement—have left the future of the move up in the air.

When University President Lee Bollinger announced the launch of Columbia Commitment in spring 2017, the $5-billion-in-5-year campaign proposed a vision for the University with seven major initiatives specifically geared toward connecting scholarly work with broad, global impact.

Columbia raised a record high of over $20.1 million on its seventh annual Giving Day as of 1 a.m. Thursday morning, surpassing last year’s earnings by nearly five million dollars.

Columbia raised $14,561,043 as of 4 a.m. Thursday in its fifth annual Giving Day campaign, hitting a record high.

Barnard Columbia Divest for Climate Justice is organizing its own endowment fund as part of its efforts to push the University to divest from fossil fuel investments.