Reno Reporter

The University of Nevada, Reno Foundation has raised $52.3 million to support students, faculty, staff, and programs.

The funds come on the heels of the foundation raising $500 million for Building What Comes Next: The Campaign for the New Nevada, which marks the foundation’s second biggest fundraising year in a decade, according to a Nov. 15 press release from the university.

“It is through our donors’ continued commitment to academic excellence at Nevada that the University Foundation has been able to support and cement our university’s status as a world-class research institution,” Jeff Thompson, executive vice president and provost, said in the release. “Donor support has grown both endowed positions and faculty research by establishing 18 new professorships and chairs since July 2013 and funding the equipment, facilities and resources needed to make their leading-edge research and pedagogy possible.”

University programs in 2021–2022 received $17 million for the foundation and over $3 million went toward capital projects while nearly $6 million went toward scholarships, the release stated.

“This is all the more remarkable because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic,” said Bill Johnson, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the University Foundation. “COVID-19 diminished our ability to interact as much as we would like with our thoughtful, caring, forward-looking donors. But as is often said, ‘the greatest good comes out of the most challenging times.’”