Mayo Clinic announced today that it raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing the goal of $1.25 billion.
“Philanthropy continues to be essential to Mayo’s mission and future.”
Though campaigns of this size typically take seven years to achieve, The Campaign for Mayo Clinic was a five-year initiative. Mayo embarked on this campaign to raise philanthropic support to accelerate innovations in clinical practice, education and research that have the potential to revolutionize medicine in the 21st century. Begun in 2005, the campaign secured gifts for Mayo’s endowment and support for new and current activities on all three Mayo campuses — Rochester, Minn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. — and the Mayo Health System.
“We exceeded our goal despite the unanticipated economic crisis that hit this country when we still had a year and a half to go,” says John Noseworthy, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic. “Surpassing this goal is important since Mayo Clinic’s business and mission — ‘to provide the best care to every patient every day’ — is rooted in providing high-quality care, education and research. The campaign’s success is a reflection of the trust patients and the public have in Mayo Clinic. People from all walks of life find answers here, and they want to perpetuate Mayo’s mission.”
“We received gifts from more than 286,000 benefactors during the campaign,” says James Lyddy, Ph.D., chair, Mayo Clinic Department of Development. “The successful campaign better positions Mayo to achieve and thrive in its mission in the short term and long term. Transformations made possible by our grateful benefactors already are being realized.”
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