{"id":25288,"date":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-celebrates-historic-philanthropy-in-capital-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:47:19","slug":"tarleton-celebrates-historic-philanthropy-in-capital-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-celebrates-historic-philanthropy-in-capital-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Celebrates Historic Philanthropy in Capital Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nWednesday, September 8, 2021<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has reached a milestone in its largest-ever comprehensive capital fundraising campaign, surpassing $80 million and surging ahead of schedule toward a $100 million target, the school announced today.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was at $66 million at the beginning of fiscal year 2021. Contributions exceeded $14 million in FY21, almost double Tarleton\u2019s annual average.<\/p>\n<p>The comprehensive campaign \u2014 <em>Forward, Together: Investing in Today\u2019s Students<\/em> <em>for Future Success<\/em> \u2014 was announced publicly in February 2020 by Tarleton President James Hurley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are blessed to have such visionary friends and family,\u201d Dr. Hurley said. \u201cThe impact of their generosity is measured in so many ways beyond dollars and cents. Their gifts provide life-changing educational opportunities for our students and lead to fresh discoveries by our faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to financial assistance and innovative research, <em>Forward, Together<\/em> will expand academic and athletic programs, construct and renovate campus facilities, and grow the university\u2019s national awareness as a first-choice destination for the brightest minds.<\/p>\n<p>Although Tarleton receives state funding, the school relies on private support through myriad giving opportunities to meet the growing cost of operations. State funding currently accounts for 32 percent of Tarleton\u2019s budget; a decade ago, state support was 44 percent.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kRifRb-yqd0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A record 2,811 donors made gifts to Tarleton in FY21, which ended Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey continue the legacy of our first donor, John Tarleton, who gave his life savings to create our institution. His spirit of generosity is alive and well,\u201d Dr. Hurley said. \u201cOur partners believe in the power of a Tarleton education to change lives. I am excited to take the next steps as we build on this momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the campaign and ways to support it, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/forwardtogether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tarleton.edu\/forwardtogether<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Cecilia Jacobs<br \/>\n254-968-1620<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">cjacobs@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 8, 2021 STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has reached a milestone in its largest-ever comprehensive capital fundraising campaign, surpassing $80 million and surging ahead &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,425,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community","category-science-health"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/10\/Spring-Flowers-Admin-Gates_7545-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/science-health\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 9, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 9, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025 3:47 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Tarleton State University entrance with flags and flowers.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53757,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288\/revisions\/53757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}