UNC Hits $4.25 Billion Fundraising Goal Early, Continues to Fundraise

Posted Jan 14, 2022
Campaign for Carolina, UNC’s campus-wide fundraising drive, launched in October 2017 with the goal of reaching $4.25 billion by December 31, 2022. The university announced Thursday, it met this goal a year early. This makes UNC the eighth public university in the United States to surpass $4 billion in a single campaign. More than 200,000 donors contributed. (Chapelboro.com)

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