{"id":165231,"date":"2026-08-20T13:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=165231"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:58:18","slug":"ole-miss-raises-record-284-6-million-in-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/ole-miss-raises-record-284-6-million-in-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Raises Record $284.6 Million in 2025\u201326"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>University of Mississippi<\/strong> raised a record $284.6 million in private support during fiscal year 2026, marking its third consecutive record fundraising year. The total represents a 32% increase, or $69 million, over the previous year and will support scholarships, research, cancer care, facilities and athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Figures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$284.6 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Total Donations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$83.4 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Total contributed to Academic Programs, Research, and Economic Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$93.3 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Total donated to University of Mississippi Medical Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$107.9 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Total donated to Ole Miss Athletics Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$1.16 billion<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Approximate University Endowment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>101,000<\/strong>\u00a0gifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>28,000<\/strong>\u00a0donors \u2013 Includes more than 6,300 first time donors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chancellor Glenn F. Boyce<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cAt the heart of this extraordinary year is trust. Our alumni and supporters believe in the University of Mississippi\u2019s mission and trust us to steward their generosity wisely. Their confidence is transforming lives, strengthening communities, and furthering our impact statewide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. LouAnn Woodward,<\/strong> Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs \u2013 \u201cWhether it was for student scholarships, scientific discovery, expansion of patient care facilities, or health care program expansion, the gifts are making a positive impact on our institution and the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keith Carter<\/strong>, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics \u2013 \u201cOur athletics program is experiencing a historic period of success, and none of it would be possible without the steadfast support of the Ole Miss family. We are sincerely grateful for our donors\u2019 continued enthusiasm, generosity, and commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mississippi raised a record $284.6 million in private support during fiscal year 2026, marking its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123462,"featured_media":165232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17687],"tags":[5,642,7067,4,3,655],"class_list":["post-165231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-of-mississippi","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-ole-miss","tag-oxford","tag-the-local-voice","tag-university-of-mississippi"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CCRI-Building.jpg?fit=1515%2C1148&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165233,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165231\/revisions\/165233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}