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Transcending limits to transform the future

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Because of you, we expanded possibilities. Now, we’re focused on amplifying our impact.

Building a better future, together

When we launched Transcend Tomorrow, our vision was clear. We set out to provide our students with opportunities they never thought possible, strengthen health care in our region, and protect and improve our environment. Our goals were ambitious – but so were our donors.

Through this campaign, we transcended limits and expanded possibilities. Now, it’s time to amplify those efforts, ensuring that the work happening at Florida Atlantic echoes through the region, state and beyond. This is what it means to make transformational impact, and we’re just getting started.

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institutions nationwide with dual designations from the Carnegie Classification: “R1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production” and “Opportunity College and University”

This is how we’re transcending tomorrow.

Health ›

This campaign raised more than $85M toward our health care initiatives, which include training the next generation of health care workers, building new research centers and creating new academic programs on campus.

Environment ›

Protecting and improving our communities was top of mind for Florida Atlantic. Because of you, we raised more than $86M toward research, schools and educational opportunities that address and aid in our environmental challenges.

Scholarships and Student Success ›

Our students are the future. With your help, we raised more than $224M for scholarships, resources and academic opportunities.

Community ›

We exist because of our community’s generosity, and it was imperative that we continued our tradition of giving back to the surrounding area through research, facilities, events, resource centers and more.

A timeline of transformation.

The milestones that made today’s work possible.

1955

Florida Atlantic University establishes a foundation to solicit funds and raised three times the amount needed to begin building the University.

1998

The Schmidt Family Foundation makes a gift of $15 million ($30 million with the dollar-for-dollar state match) and sets a record for private donations to public education in Florida.

2001

Christine E. Lynn makes a $10 million gift ($20 million with the state match) to Florida Atlantic University’s nursing program, which now bears her name.

2016

Bobby and Barbara Campbell make a gift of $5 million to create the Bobby and Barbara Campbell Academic Success Center in the Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence.

2016

Florida Atlantic's College of Business receives a $5 million gift from Phil and Susan Smith to establish the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business.

2017

The Schmidt Family Foundation makes a $16 million gift to provide funding for the Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence.

2017

Phyllis and Harvey Sandler make a $7 million gift to name the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work.

2019

The Schmidt College of Medicine receives a $3 million grant from The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation to study dementia patients and create personalized prevention plans.

2019

Richard and Lesley Stone donate 17 paintings valued at $3.8 million, including works by Henri Matisse, Edward Willis Redfield, David Park and John Henry Twachman. The Rick and Lesley Stone Visual Arts Collection is housed in the Ritter Art Gallery on Florida Atlantic’s Boca Raton campus.

2020

Arthur Gutterman makes a significant naming gift to establish the Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education, which provides Holocaust and human rights professional development training for K-12 teachers and programs for the community.

2020

Former Kansas City Royals owner Avron Fogelman and his wife, Wendy, make a gift of over $10 million that includes their extensive collection of sports memorabilia to establish the Avron B. Fogelman Sports Museum on the Boca Raton campus.

2020

Kurt and Marilyn Wallach donate $20 million to establish the future Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Institute for Holocaust and Jewish Studies and be the lead gift to the Wallach Holocaust and Jewish Studies Building.

2020

The Taft Foundation provided a $1.5 million grant to support Florida Atlantic University's Academy for Community Inclusion in support of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2021

The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation gives Florida Atlantic University a $300,000 gift, and then increases it to $600,000 in 2024, to support students and programs in the College of Business through the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise.

2021

After giving more than $15 million in scholarship support, an anonymous philanthropist makes a gift of $6.4 million to The Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program Fund, which gives academically talented, first-generation, low-income Florida high school seniors the opportunity to attend Florida Atlantic University and graduate debt-free.

2021

David J.S. Nicholson makes a $10 million gift to name Florida Atlantic's Stiles- Nicholson Brain Institute at the John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter.

2022

Florida Atlantic University receives an estate pledge of $28 million from John and Ann Wood to support scholarships for students enrolled in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. This is the largest scholarship gift in Florida Atlantic University’s history and the largest known scholarship gift to a medical school at a Florida public university.

2022

Holli Rockwell Trubinsky and Joseph Trubinsky make an estate pledge of $10 million to establish the Holli Rockwell Trubinsky Eminent Dean in Nursing.

2022

Eleanor R. Baldwin makes a $7.5 million gift commitment to Florida Atlantic Athletics, establishing the basketball and volleyball facility as the Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena.

2022

Michelle and Michael Hagerty make a $5 million gift commitment to support athletics facilities, establishing the Hagerty Family Athletics Village.

2022

Richard L. (Rick) Stone and his children donate an outdoor sculpture by artist Eric Grate titled “Axe Man” valued at $1 million and also establish the Rick Stone Visual Arts Endowment to support the current and future care of donated artwork and to support the Visual Arts Teaching Lab within the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

2023

Florida Atlantic University receives $11.5 million gift to combat life-threating illness from Boca Raton philanthropists, John and Ann Wood.

2023

Florida Atlantic receives a gift of more than $5 million to establish the Bob Lappin and Palm Beach Pops Legacy Endowment. The gift also included an extensive music library comprised of more than 1,600 titles and scores.

2024

Florida Atlantic University receives a $1 million gift commitment from Arthur Gutterman to support construction and programming within the Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Building.

2024

Florida Atlantic receives a $6 million grant from The Marcus Foundation to expand the programs of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health, which focuses on community wellness initiatives.

2024

Florida Atlantic's Laboratory Schools receive a $2 million grant to launch the Marcus Research and Innovation Center at the A.D. Henderson University School and FAU High School campus.
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