GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota Alumni Association has announced the 2025 fiscal year was a record for fundraising with $119.95 million in donations.
“I am absolutely thrilled, humbled, and overjoyed to announce that in the calendar year 2025, our alumni and friends have not just broken our previous fundraising record, they have shattered it,” CEO DeAnna Carlson Zink said. “This is historic. This is transformational. This is legacy.”
The donations include:
• $34.2 million for facilities
• $32.4 million for student support
• $29.6 million for faculty and programs
• $23.7 million for priority needs
Nearly 11,300 donors made nearly 13,600 gifts. The Alumni Association also saw a 54% increase in first-time donors over the previous year with nearly 2,800.
