YOU let students soar
Student success was at the heart of the Campaign for PSU. Your investment in scholarships and awards eased financial challenges and provided a critical pathway to achievement and success for students.
$96.5 million raised for scholarships and student support
You let resilience rule
The availability of immediate flexible resources made all the difference to PSU students and their families at turning point moments. Throughout the campaign, and particulary in the wake of COVID-19, donors stepped up to support students facing urgent or unexpected challenges.
$1.4 Million raised for student emergency funds
You let campus shine
PSU's downtown campus is at the center of the university's urban-serving mission. During the campaign, matching donor contributions helped unlock nearly $250 million in public funds to construct or renovate six important campus facilities. This unprecedented building boom helped transform Portland State's campus, providing meaningful spaces for teaching, learning, discovery and collaboration.
$54.5 million raised for facilities and equipment
You let learning work
PSU has built a national reputation for connecting learning and discovery to the needs of Portland businesses, industries, non-profits and community partners. For students such as Khoa Truong, an internship with Daimler Trucks North America created a life changing opportunity — and a job offer.
$31 million invested in psu by corporated partners
You let ideas inspire
Donor support advanced important research and collaborative academic inquiry at Portland State University. Resources provided opportunities for standout faculty to mentor students and use their expertise and knowledge to address some of the most complex challenges facing our region and world, including homelessness and sustainability.
$78.5 million raised for research and academic programs
You let faculty lead
Philanthropic investment supported exceptional faculty, including professors, deans and visiting scholars. During the campaign, Portland State more than doubled its total number of named faculty positions, providing outstanding faculty flexible funds for teaching, research, collaboration and innovation.
$11.6 million raised for faculty positions
You let portland rise
Serving the city is more than a motto for Portland State. It's a mission. Througout the campaign, generous philanthropic support helped the university harness its strengths to build student community and to serve our city — creating new knowledge and convening parters to meet opportunities.
$65.1 million raised for multidisciplinary centers and campus-wide programs and initiatives
You let legacies live
Philantropy is about today and tomorrow. Nearly a quarter of all gift commitments made during the campaign were designed to support endowed funds — invested to provide perpetual resources to benefit students, faculty and programs into the future. Planned gifts, often committed as part of donors' estate planning processes, are a powerful way to build a lasting legacy while ensuring the university's essential mission for all time.
