What a Difference a Year Makes

It hasn’t been just another year at Duke. With the help of alumni, donors, parents and friends, we’ve made this year our best Duke year yet—to the tune of more than $100 million for financial aid, a brand-new climate initiative to better our world, world-class faculty research, alumni and student programming that is preparing our Blue Devils to be the leaders the world needs right now, and so much more.

Read on to learn about our most inspiring stories of the year, and thank you for all you do for Duke.

By University-Wide Purpose

$543MillionOverall Total
 
$8Million
Campus
transformation
 
$32Million
Faculty Excellence
 
$114Million
Financial Aid, Scholarships & Fellowships
 
$219Million
Research
 
$106Million
Student Experience
 
$64Million
Other
The total includes cash gifts from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and does not include pledges for future support or government contracts.

Volunteers

For our nearly 15,000 volunteers, there's always time for Duke. And, there are so many ways to give back time and talent through our dozens of programs—interviewing prospective students, coming alongside local communities through Duke Alums Engage, giving advice to current students and so much more.

14,734

ALUMNI WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR DUKE

Annual Fund

$48M

amount donated to annual fund, A NEW RECORD TOTAL

Donors

Our committed donors span the Duke community.

90,669

DONORS to Duke

35,677

Alumni Who contributed

5,338

Young alumni who contributed

8,253

Non-alumni parents who contributed

49,584

Annual fund donors

Events & Programs

Our in-person and virtual programming connects alumni and friends across the world and helps them build a lifelong relationship with Duke. 

5,448ATTENDED A REGIONAL EVENT
2,431Attended Reunion or Homecoming Weekends
2,617Alumni Who Participated in Lifelong Learning Programs
Hosted by Duke Alumni Engagement & Development

By the Numbers

A snapshot of your impact on Duke. 

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