Change Can't Wait

Campaign Progress
$383,000,000 of $500,000,000 Goal

77%

With a $500 million goal, Change Can’t Wait will create transformative educational opportunities for students, advance research with impact, and build stronger communities locally, nationally, and globally. Why us? Changemaking is in our DNA. Why now? We know change can’t wait.

Campaign Pillars

Elevate

We promote student thriving in a diverse, inclusive environment that supports innovative minds and the purposes they courageously pursue. To help prepare these changemakers, we strive to make an AU education more accessible, affordable, and empowering.

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$10 Million Gift Will Advance Student Thriving and Athletics at American University

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AU Changed Their Lives—Now They’re Easing the Way for a New Generation

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Emergency Funds: Filling in the Financial Gap to Ensure Student Thriving

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Inspire

Our faculty works to advance society today and into the future. They ask the right questions, work side by side with students, and deliver real-time results. We are accelerating relevant, timely opportunities to provide resources for these dedicated scholar-teachers, who pursue complex challenges in our changing world.