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2023 Report on Philanthropy

President John Jones

DEAR DICKINSONIANS:

"I am thrilled to share some of the remarkable developments that your contributions have made possible during the past year. Your generosity is instrumental in shaping Dickinson’s future—and the futures of a new generation of leaders who will contribute meaningfully to our world." Read more of the President's letterO


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Dear Dickinsonians,

"We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your decision to invest in the future by giving to Dickinson. Through your gifts to the endowment, you play a pivotal role in our college’s mission and help change the lives of today’s students who will become tomorrow’s leaders." Click here to read the full letter from Rob Symington '86 and Gretchen Brigden '89 O


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Endowment Impact

The endowment provided $24.1 million in income to Dickinson in fiscal year 2023. This funding supported scholarships and financial aid, academic programming, student-faculty research, athletics, facilities enhancements, student life initiatives and much more. Click here to see the full impact of your gifts O


Go Beyond the Numbers:

The true impact of your gifts to the endowment is about much more than just statistics. Learn more about the students whose lives you're changing O


Endowment Performance

Endowment Performance

Dickinson’s pooled endowment closed the 2023 fiscal year at $538.2 million, and the total endowment closed the fiscal year at $626.4 million. Click here to read more about Dickinson's Endowment Performance.


thanks to your gifts,

Over the last decade, the endowment has funded...

169 student-faculty research projects benefitting near 200 students... 84 internship grants... 3 nEw endowed chairs in arctic studies, Asian art and international education... 70% growth in the number of students collaborating with faculty in research... 168 New scholarship funds... and much more:


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1. A new Center for the Futures of Native Peoples
2. The establishment of the Center for Civic Learning & Action
3. The new data analytics department and major
4. upgrades to the Charles M. Kanev Planetarium
5. A new Quantitative Reasoning Center
6. The creation of the Dialogues Across Differences initiative
7. A new minor in ethics
8. The creation of the Arctic & Alpine Climate Change Research Program


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Renee Cramer
Your Philanthropy Is Helping Us Innovate

Learn more about Dickinson’s new Provost and Dean of the College Renée Cramer in this Q&A.

Dennis Cross and his family at President John Jones inauguration
Sparking a Family Legacy

Dickinson parents partner with young alum to give back.


President John E. Jones III '77, P'11 (far right) and George and Jennifer Reynolds '77 pose with recipients of the cohort-based Reynolds Leadership Scholarship. Photo by Dan Loh.
‘Excited for the Future’: Dickinson Welcomes Second Cohort of Reynolds Scholars

One year into Dickinson's innovative scholarship program for Maryland students, we check in with the first two cohorts of Reynolds Leadership Scholars.

A Dickinson banner attached to a lightpost.
Dickinson to Welcome Five Ukrainian Students with New Scholarship Program

Each Ukrainian student who recently received the life-changing news that they have been awarded full-tuition scholarships to Dickinson will be joining the college’s class of 2027.


Richard ’75 and Catherine Friend White ’78
Fighting for Truth

Alumni couple supports data analytics and ethics education.

Pugs Group
Building a Home, Building a Legacy

Two Dickinson alumni affinity groups have made lasting and meaningful marks in Dickinson’s history this past year by sponsoring suites in the college’s John M. Paz '78 Alumni & Family Center.


Mark and Harriet Lehman. Photo by Dan Loh.
Learning by Doing

Alumni couple helps students pave paths to success through internships.

Lauren Ashley Smith '06 (left), Brooke Helburn and their two dogs. Photo by Charlie Nunn.
Rising to the Challenge

Following the lead of a young couple, the Dickinson community knocked it out of the park during last year’s Day of Giving DEI Challenge.


dickinson celebrates these recently established funds:


  • Achenbach-Sellers Current Use Scholarship
  • Bradley Rock and Roll Scholarship
  • Catherine and Richard White Scholarship
  • Class of 1963 Scholarship
  • Class of 1978 Scholarship
  • Cross Family Scholarship
  • Davi Family Scholarship Fund
  • David W. Waties ’82 and Darlene Brindle Waties ’84 Memorial Scholarship
  • Dawn Cooper Rosso ‘74 and Mark Rosso Annual Scholarship
  • Dr. James W. Greenspan ‘79 Scholarship
  • Dr. Randall R. Miller ‘71 Scholarship
  • Firerose and Roots & Wings Scholarship for Students from War-Torn Countries
  • Fowkes Family Internship
  • Grace Eva Katz Wolf ‘55 Jewish Life
  • Karen Dougherty Buchholz ’88 Scholarship
  • Kenneth and Johnetta Kessler Scholarship
  • Lara Pennington P’20 and David Carlson ‘89, P’20 Commitment to Internships
  • Lisa Sherman ’79 and Julie Lichtstein Scholarship
  • Margaret and Robert S. Jakacki ’89 Scholarship
  • Neil B. Weissman Fund for Faculty Research
  • Palmer Internship Fund
  • Pierce Bounds ‘71 and Donna Williams ‘74 Dickinson Fund Scholarship
  • Quantitative Experiential Learning Opportunities Fund
  • Rob and Amanda Weddle Scholarship
  • Rose International Scholars
  • Sarah Borland ‘04 Scholarship
  • Slusher Scholarship
  • Snyder Family Fund
  • Susan Rose Award for Excellence in Community-Based Research and Scholarship
  • Clark Chandler ‘74 P’11 and Roberta Barnes Chandler P’11 Annual Scholarship
  • Matthew A. Korb ‘14 Legacy Fund
  • Patrice Flinchbaugh Boyes Student Faculty Research Fund
  • Pennington and Weller Fund
  • U.S. Army Cpl. Matthew ‘Scrapper’ Hanes Scholarship for ROTC Cadets