Impact

McCasland Foundation Gives $10 Million for New OU Residence Halls
The gift will support the construction of two new first-year residences halls. In honor of this gift, the north hall will be named McCasland Hall.
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center Receives $10 Million Gift to Support Expansion to Tulsa
The gift from Jim Norton, his late wife Ronda, and their daughters, Christy Trussell and Leslie Croteau, will extend advanced, research-driven cancer care and lifesaving clinical trials to the people of northeastern Oklahoma.
Love’s Travel Stops Establishes Price College of Business Tom Love Scholars Program
The Price College of Business Tom Love Scholars Program – created by Love’s generous $1.08 million commitment – will offer significant scholarship support to qualifying students beginning their sophomore year.
OU Receives $5 Million Transformative Gift
Inasmuch Foundation’s investment will significantly enhance education, research and workforce development across Allied Health, Neurology and Pharmacy programs at OU Health Sciences, profoundly benefitting Oklahoma and the region with expanded clinical services and translational research.
University of Oklahoma Sets New Annual Fundraising Record
The University of Oklahoma raised $334 million, shattering its previous record of $317 million set in 2022.
OU Giving Day 2024 Sets New University Fundraising Record

The University of Oklahoma surpassed its previous record by raising over $26 million in a single day during Giving Day 2024. This historic fundraising effort is pivotal for enhancing student, faculty and program support, demonstrating the transformative power of collective philanthropy within the OU family.
OU Announces Gifts Totaling $3.25 Million, Featuring the Do Family
The Do family, investing $1 million, and one anonymous supporter's contributions of $1.25 million will help fund the Oklahoma football program, while a second anonymous donor's gift of $1 million will go toward athletics facility projects.
OU Giving Day 2023 Sets New University Fundraising Record
Donations poured in from all 50 states, totaling $22,647,864 from 5,035 gifts.
OU Receives $1 Million Grant to Support College of Dentistry Care Clinics
The Dr. E.E. Kirkpatrick Dental Care Fund will advance the college’s primary mission of supporting the oral health care of Oklahomans, especially those who would otherwise be unable to afford the treatment they need.
OU to Expand its No. 1 Aviation Program
To help support this initiative and as part of OU’s recently announced $2 billion “Lead On” fundraising campaign, the university is committed to raising $30 million toward OU Aviation over the next five years.
OU Launches Historic $2 Billion ‘Lead On’ Fundraising Campaign
With a historic goal of raising $2 billion, “Lead On: The University of Oklahoma’s Campaign for the Future” supports OU’s core traditions of providing an unparalleled, affordable education; generating real-world impact through pathbreaking research and innovation; delivering world-class health care across the state; and creating a welcoming place for learning and belonging.
University of Oklahoma Celebrates Generous Donor Giving During Homecoming Week
OU is recognizing several significant gifts that will continue to enhance the university’s national reputation as an extraordinary place that remains accessible to all.
University of Oklahoma Receives Gift to Fund Dental Clinic on OU-Tulsa Campus
The clinic will be named the OU College of Dentistry Delta Dental of Oklahoma Comprehensive Care Clinic and will serve as a center for student learning where College of Dentistry students provide dental care to community members in need of affordable services.
OU Names Department of Mathematics in Honor of Transformational Gift
Gift from longtime supporters David and Judi Proctor will provide scholarship support to students in both the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences and the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts.
Foundation Feature: Aaron Torczynski
Spring 2022 graduate, Aaron Torczynski, is an accomplished student. Learn more about his plans after college, some of his most cherished OU memories and the recent gift to the University made in his honor.
OU Welcome Center to be Named in Honor of Significant Gift From Jones Family
The University of Oklahoma received a $15 million gift from longtime supporters Jonny and Brenda Jones to help fund the renovation and expansion of Jacobson Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the Norman campus.
Foundation Feature: Megan Spears
Megan Spears is a current OU-Tulsa student studying in the College of Allied Health. In this Foundation Feature, she shares more about her passion and the road that led her to pursue a doctor of physical therapy degree. 
Foundation Feature: Josiah Morgan

Josiah Morgan is an Oklahoma’s Promise student and recipient of several scholarships. An Edmond microbiology junior, he loves participating in research - but he has many more interests beyond the classroom.
OU Receives $2 Million Gift to Enhance Energy Technology Research
Gift from OU alumnus Ronnie K. Irani is the first of its kind at OU and will allow the university to make "risk-free" investments in promising energy technologies.
Living estate gift brings OU industrial engineering into a new era
Charles Jones, a 1969 ISE alumnus from OU’s Gallogly College of Engineering, has committed $2.2 million to establish the Charles R. Jones Endowed Chair in Data Science and Analytics and $2 million to the new Madelaine Pfau Endowed Chair in Enterprise Leadership for Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Celebration marks commitment to OU ROTC
Miriam and James Mulva's $20 million gift funds updates to the OU Armory, Air Force ROTC offices and scholarship endowments for students across all three ROTC branches at OU.
OU Giving Day 2022 Breaks University Fundraising Record
The University of Oklahoma raised more than $11 million during Giving Day 2022, breaking its goal of raising $10 million and setting a new one-day fundraising record.
The Harold Hamm Foundation Donates $34 Million to Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
The gift from The Harold Hamm Foundation is the largest gift ever made to the HHDC and follows the gift given by Mr. Hamm in 2007 that established the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center with the goal to cure diabetes.
$7.5 Million Gift to OU to Benefit Cancer Care and Research
A $7.5 million leadership gift from Jim and Christy Everest and the E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation will endow a world-class chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children in partnership with OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center.
OU College of Arts and Sciences Renamed in Honor of Transformational Dodge Family Gift
Donated from the family of renowned educator and scientist Homer L. Dodge, a former OU faculty member, department chair and dean, the donation is allocated equally between OU’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy – predominantly benefiting student scholarships and research fellowships.
Ziegler Estate Funds Transformational Gift in Support of Nursing, Cancer Research, Scholarships, Sam Noble Museum and More
The gift provides over $45 million in financial support for OU, directed by the wishes of Earl and Fran Ziegler to be overseen by the OU Foundation.
Major Gift Supports OU’s Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education in Tutoring for Oklahoma Students
The nearly $3 million gift from Randall and Lenise Stephenson will fund research analysis and implementation of tutoring pilot program aimed at closing learning gaps.
OU College of Medicine Receives $1 Million Gift to Enhance Medical Education
The gift, made by Dr. Jerry B. Vannatta, OU professor emeritus and former executive dean of the College of Medicine, will allow the academy to continue its important work of nurturing, recognizing and rewarding teaching excellence among the college’s faculty.
$2 Million Gift From the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation Inc. To Create Endowed Scholarship for College of Law Students
The namesake gift was made in memory of the Honorable Thomas Brett, an OU Law graduate. The Mabee Foundation seeks to honor Judge Brett, one of its long-serving trustees and an Oklahoma federal judicial icon, with its donation.
OU Athletics Announces Major Gift
Longtime University of Oklahoma supporters and philanthropists Gregg Wadley and Dr. Susan E. "Betsy" Brackett have pledged $2 million to support OU Athletics, including facility renovations for tennis and gymnastics as well as other areas of need.
Estate Gift Establishes Romanoff Center for Russian Studies, Professorship at OU
Gift includes $2 million, along with many items of significant historical value, from the estate of Princess Janet Romanoff, widow of His Highness Prince Nikita Romanoff.
Arnall Community Fund gift supports at-risk mothers and their children
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are implementing a program aimed at helping pregnant women and mothers in this risky and challenging situation, supported by a $1.5 million gift to the OU Foundation from the Arnall Community Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.
Love’s Travel Stops Contributes Lead Gift for New Softball Stadium
The company has pledged $9 million toward the University of Oklahoma's new softball stadium and will match every other donation dollar for dollar up to an additional $3 million dollars as part of project fundraising. The new facility will be called Love's Field.
Stephensons Pledge $1 Million for New GRIT Program
The generous gift will fund OU Athletics' newly established Growing Resilient Innovative Thinkers (GRIT) program.
Richard L. Van Horn Chair Established in OU’s Price College of Business
With this endowed chair position, the Division of Management Information Systems in OU’s Price College of Business will be even more poised to recruit and retain leading faculty scholars in information technology and analytics.
Batson Family Pledges $1 Million to Softball Project
As a reflection of the Batson family's passion for OU softball, this significant gift will go directly toward the building of Love's Field, the new 3,000-seat home of the Sooners' softball program.
McCasland Foundation Pledges Major Gift to OU Athletics
The $1.75 million gift will significantly support facility renovations to McCasland Field House as well as construction of the OU softball program's new home, Love's Field.
OU Receives $1.4 Million Gift From McMahon Foundation
The McMahon Foundation gift will provide scholarship support for journalism students in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as for Lawton-based OU nursing students.
Kimrey Family Ups Baseball Support to Over $5 Million
In February 2020, the Kimreys contributed $1.1 million toward OU's planned baseball stadium upgrades. Now their support to the ballpark has increased to $3.1 million with an extended challenge to other donors. The Kimreys will match every other donation dollar for dollar up to an additional $2 million as part of project fundraising. Once fulfilled, the match will result in a total gift of $5.1 million from the Kimrey family.
Three-Peat Launches $3 Million Matching Gift Challenge for Love’s Field
In honor of the Oklahoma Sooners clinching their third consecutive national softball title, every donation to the challenge will be matched dollar for dollar up to $3 million as part of fundraising for the facility that is slated to open in 2024.
Kimrey Family Contributes Historic Gift to OU Athletics
Brian and Kim Kimrey's historic $20 million gift will support University of Oklahoma baseball and football program and marks the largest single commitment in OU Athletics history.