The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Impact Fund
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Impact Fund
Learn more about your impact
Your philanthropic support of the Dean's Impact Fund has a positive influence on causes, research initiatives and students in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Donors like you help fund discretionary working capital for Dean Patrick Kenney to respond to priorities, urgent needs and emerging opportunities. You'll help ensure students, faculty and staff can participate in projects and research that lead to a better future, both locally and globally.
This fund has allowed us to further affect student success through the support of scholarships and student-focused programs, such as Early Start."
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
"Philanthropy is absolutely crucial. Especially for a university that wants to thrive as being innovative and research-oriented. We can’t do it without the support of donors."