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Give Light | The Campaign for Baylor University

Give Light is a $1.1 billion comprehensive campaign for the future of Baylor University. The campaign undergirds Illuminate, the University's Strategic Plan, and will impact every aspect of campus life, from academics and athletics to student life and global engagement.

CAMPAIGN PROGRESS

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CAMPAIGN GOALS OVERVIEW

Endowed Funds

Faculty Chairs and Professorships
Endowed Scholarships
Endowed Funds for Growth Priorities

Expendable Funds

Immediate Needs
Baylor Fund
Bear Foundation
Global Learning Experiences

Capital Projects

Capital projects add needed capacity for academic growth.

Endowed Scholarships

Endowed Faculty Positions

Campaign Donors

Campaign Priorities

Endowed Funds Endowment is critical to securing our future. Investment in endowment will lay a foundation upon which future generations will grow in their knowledge and pursuit of their life's calling. Learn More Capital Projects Critical resources are needed to support facilities and infrastructure for growth in research and programs that contribute solutions to problems facing an ever-changing world and prepare graduates as leaders in their fields. Learn More President's Excellence Fund Gifts to the President's Excellence Fund create the ability for the University to meet tangible needs beyond tuition support for students or programs that may need a boost of support. Learn More Initiatives Baylor stands apart as a Christian research university - a position that empowers our aspiration to become the world's preeminent Christian research university. Learn More

Support from Alumni, Donors Fuels Completion of the Baylor Academic Challenge Program

In 2019, the Baylor Academic Challenge, a dollar-for-dollar matching program, was established to fuel the University's academic enterprise. In September 2021, Baylor announced the successful completion of the BAC, which generated significant support from alumni and donors to establish 14 new endowed faculty chairs and significantly advance the aspirations of Illuminate, the University's strategic plan.

Give Light Campaign Reaches $1 Billion Milestone

A leadership gift to the Baylor Basketball Pavilion from Regent Paula Hurd pushes total gifts to Baylor through the Give Light Campaign over the $1 billion mark, the most the University has ever raised during one campaign effort.

Baylor University Celebrates First Cohort of Trailblazer Scholars

The Trailblazer Scholars Program is a scholarship program designed to recognize the importance of fostering diversity and mutual respect at Baylor University. The program emerged as part of Baylor's commitment to listen, learn and take actionable steps regarding racial healing and justice in America. The inaugural Gilbert-Walker cohort of Trailblazer Scholars is named after Baylor's first Black graduates Rev. Robert Gilbert, BA '67, and Mrs. Barbara Walker, BA '67.

Tidwell Bible Building Completes Renovations

During a ceremonial ribbon cutting, Baylor University celebrated the opening of the newly-renovated Tidwell Bible Building, one of many historic buildings that make up the core of the University's campus. The renovation and careful preservation of the 67-year-old building was planned as part of the $300 million in capital improvements to support the aspirations of the Give Light Campaign, the university's fundraising campaign intended to fund Baylor's efforts to become a preeminent Christian research university.

Baylor University Announces $30 Million Scholarship Challenge

Dan and Jenni Hord of Midland, Texas, both Baylor alumni, are passionate about student success, and through the Hord Scholarship Challenge, they are encouraging the collective Baylor Family to match their giving to Baylor by supporting merit-based scholarships to help deserving students bridge the gap between merit- and need-based financial aid and unmet financial need.

Transformational Gift

The historic $100 million gift advances Baylor's strategic academic initiatives and other University priorities.

News

Baylor University Announces $2 Million Gift to Launch Baylor in Los Angeles Program

WACO, Texas (Oct. 21, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a $2 million gift from Baylor alumnus Matthew B. Lindner (B.A. ’12) of Cincinnati, Ohio, to support the Department of Film and Digital Media (FDM). The Lindner Endowment for Film and Digital Media will support the Baylor in L.A. program, a residential learning opportunity in Los Angeles for FDM students – currently in early planning stages – that will provide internship and experiential learning opportunities for program participants.

Significant Support from Alumni, Donors Fuels Successful Completion of the Transformational Baylor Academic Challenge Program

WACO, Texas (Sept. 30, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the successful completion of the Baylor Academic Challenge (BAC), a dollar-for-dollar matching program that generated significant support from alumni and donors to establish 14 new endowed faculty chairs and significantly advance the aspirations of Illuminate, the University’s strategic plan.

Baylor University Celebrates National Research Administrator Day as University Advances R1 Research Progress

WACO, Texas (Sept. 24, 2021) – As Baylor University continues substantial progress toward Research 1 recognition among the nation’s top research institutions, the University today is honoring all staff who work behind the scenes to support research across the campus on National Research Administrator Day.

Baylor makes U.S. News’ short list of best schools for both undergrad teaching & research

Only a fraction of the schools U.S. News reviews each year come out with high scores for both undergraduate teaching and undergraduate research opportunities. Baylor now ranks among the top 40 nationally in both categories — part of a short list filled with schools such as Duke, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Yale. Overall, U.S. News …