Brown University Donor Impact Report 2025-26

Read the Brown University FY26 Donor Impact Report. Look back at what your support made possible on campus and beyond.

Thank you for your generous support of Brown over the last year. You helped the University reinforce our commitment to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry.

Brown’s Fiscal Year begins July 1 and ends June 30.

Impact Snapshot

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$ 478.9M

total raised

$ 45.7M

raised for undergraduate financial aid

12

new professorships

$ 32.6M

Athletics

$ 63.3M

Brown Annual Fund

$ 83.7M

Division of Biology & Medicine

$ 90.6M

research

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31,168

total donors

Areas of Impact

We are seeing the incredible power of the Brown community in action. Every gift to Brown serves as a catalyst for enduring change—whether it’s opening doors for promising students, fueling medical breakthroughs, or transforming our historic campus. We celebrate the profound reach of your support and are proud to highlight the many ways your gifts are making a lasting difference.

Learn how donor gifts are expanding financial aid, campus resources, and learning opportunities to help students thrive.
See how philanthropic support is driving discoveries to solve pressing global issues and redefine the boundaries of what’s possible.
Find out how the Brown University Sports Foundation is supporting our Brown Bears to perform their best in competition, the classroom, and the community.
Discover how immediate-use support fuels the Brown experience and empowers the University to readily respond to pressing needs and seize emerging opportunities.
See how our community is supporting students at The Warren Alpert Medical School as they pursue meaningful opportunities in research, clinical care, and learning beyond the classroom.

Thank You

With your gifts, you make it all possible. Your generosity follows our students from the classroom to the playing field and fuels the breakthroughs and passions that define their time at Brown. Thank you for helping the next generation launch meaningful careers and lead the way toward a better future.