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2024-2025
Thanks to extraordinary support from alumni and friends, the WVU Foundation received $260.7 million in new gifts and pledges in FY ’25, including 47,473 gifts from 22,384 donors, making it the third highest year of giving in the Foundation’s history.
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Generous donor support is empowering WVU to advance education, healthcare and prosperity in the Mountain State and beyond.
A $26.8 million in-kind gift to West Virginia University from Rock Flow Dynamics benefits students pursuing careers in geoscience and energy engineering.
Read More: Rock Flow Dynamics software gift to WVU advances geoscience and energy engineering education
A gift from the Deem family is strengthening academics to benefit future West Virginia University College of Law graduates by establishing a new professorship.
Read More: Deem family gift establishes WVU College of Law professorship
A $2.2 million planned gift to West Virginia University will aid support services at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics and WVU Athletics to help students excel.
Read More: $2M estate gift boosts student support for WVU Chambers College, Athletics
Steve Ballmer, chairman of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, and his wife, Connie, made the gift as a tribute to West following his passing on June 12, 2024.
Read More: Jerry West’s WVU legacy grows with $5M memorial gift to support students
A West Virginia University alumna is expanding opportunities for future students to gain hands-on research experience with gifts to her alma mater totaling $2.15 million.
Read More: WVU alumna’s gifts totaling $2.15M expand support for student research
Supporters of West Virginia University donated a record $46.2 million Wednesday (March 26) during the University’s eighth Day of Giving. More than 10,300 gifts were made during the 24-hour online fundraising event held across the University system, also a record.
Read More: WVU Day of Giving sets new records for dollars raised, gifts received
A $500,000 gift to the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics from Class of 1970 alumnus Fred Tattersall will provide students with experiential learning opportunities for years to come by helping to sustain and advance the Student Managed Investment Fund.
Read More: $500K gift to WVU Chambers College expands real-world investment opportunities for students
Young innovators, creators and entrepreneurs will gain more experience pitching their ideas thanks to a generous donation creating the Hayhurst Family Young Innovators Initiative which will accelerate the growth of WVU Extension’s youth entrepreneurship programming across West Virginia.
Read More: Hayhurst gift to support youth entrepreneurship, innovation through WVU Extension
With philanthropic support, the WVU Cancer Institute launched LUCAS, a mobile lung cancer screening unit that travels to 42 of West Virginia's most counties. The Cooleys credit lung cancer screening on LUCAS and Dr. Nicholas Baker for giving them many more years together.
Read More: WVU Cancer Institute patient credits LUCAS for early detection followed by lifesaving treatment
A fundraising effort to benefit WVU Medicine Children’s will help meet critical health needs for West Virginia children and families by providing support for a dedicated outpatient clinic.
Read More: WVU Medicine Children’s begins fundraising efforts to support outpatient clinic
A WVU alumna is simultaneously paying tribute to her alma mater and honoring her parents with three planned gifts to benefit future students. Dr. Constance Rothermel, of Essex Fells, New Jersey, pledged generous amounts to support the School of Medicine medical laboratory science program, the School of Nursing and WVU Libraries as part of her estate.
Read More: WVU grad’s planned gifts boost support for student scholarships and educational resources
Since 1994, Dr. Peter Ngan has guided students at the WVU School of Dentistry through a rigorous residency program to help them build successful specialty careers in orthodontics. After 30 years, alumni are sharing their gratitude for his dedication with gifts totaling more than $900,000 to name the orthodontics clinic in his honor.
Read More: WVU School of Dentistry alumni raise nearly $1M to name orthodontic clinic for longtime department chair
