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Making a Difference

Healthy Start

Spurred by a pressing need for comprehensive mental health services for New Jersey’s adolescents and young adults, Rutgers University alumna Marlene Brandt has committed $30 million to the university, launching an initiative leveraging Rutgers’ deep resources in behavioral health. Learn about Marlene Brandt’s vision.

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Message from President Jonathan Holloway

On his first day in office, July 1, 2020, President Jonathan Holloway kick-started a $10 million focused campaign for the Scarlet Promise Grants program. To launch the campaign, the president personally donated $75,000.

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Giving Societies

Rutgers University is fortunate to be supported by many loyal donors whose gifts make a meaningful difference in the lives of students, faculty, and staff and in the communities they serve. Giving societies were formed to express the university community’s deep appreciation to donors who commit to Rutgers and help the university improve lives everywhere.

Colonel Henry Rutgers Society

The Colonel Henry Rutgers Society recognizes those thoughtful graduates and friends who make an estate gift or other form of deferred gift that Rutgers will receive in the future. Members join a long tradition of supporters whose commitment, like Colonel Henry’s, demonstrates a faith in the future through a planned gift that lasts beyond a lifetime.

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R Fund Scarlet Society

The R Fund works to ensure that Rutgers student-athletes are provided with all the resources necessary to succeed as scholars, as athletes, and as leaders in the community. Membership in the Scarlet Society recognizes a donor’s passion, loyalty, and generosity with opportunities for exclusive access.

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Rutgers Loyalty Society

The Rutgers Loyalty Society recognizes donors who have made a gift to the university for two or more consecutive fiscal years. When members of the Rutgers community come together each year to show their support, the long-term effects are astounding. Loyalty Society membership is based on participation, not amount, because every gift has a positive impact on programs across the university.

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President's Council

Since 1990, the President’s Council has recognized those donors who give most generously to Rutgers during a single fiscal year. Through their contributions, the members of the President’s Council play a vital role in supporting the university and raising Rutgers’ profile among the finest public research universities.

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74%

Entering undergraduates receiving financial aid for 2021-2022

SUPPORT A STUDENT

$15,245

Average financial aid offer for first-year students in 2021-2022

FUND A SCHOLARSHIP

$94.7 million

Total aid awarded to first-year students for 2021-2022

EXPLORE A CAUSE

Donor Resources

Donors can count on timely acknowledgements, accurate reporting, appropriate recognition, and meaningful events to remind them that they are an essential part of Rutgers.

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Donor Spotlights

The generosity of thousands of alumni and friends empowers Rutgers’ students, faculty and leaders to accomplish the extraordinary every day.

Healthy Start

Making a Difference

Labor of Love

From Meter Reader to Multimillion-Dollar Donor

Leading the Way

Sex Ed Advocate Creates Legacy to Empower Women

We Are Stronger Because of You

Across Rutgers, philanthropic investments help advance progress toward solving global challenges and making an impact on communities in New Jersey and beyond. You can help advance these goals.

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