Advancing Rutgers. Together.
Rutgers University Foundation exists to generate philanthropic resources and facilitate meaningful engagement to advance the mission of Rutgers.
Rutgers Values
Access to Academic Excellence
Access to Academic Excellence
Rutgers is committed to driving inclusive access for students, with an aspiration to be the national model for outstanding academic programs, social mobility, and educational equity with purposeful and timely degree completion, career preparation, and lifelong learning.
Building Community
Building Community
Rutgers endeavors to instill in our students a commitment to community through service and experiences that contribute to a greater understanding of themselves and others, support their whole person while students at Rutgers, and provide meaningful engagement post-graduation.
Commitment to the Common Good
Commitment to the Common Good
Rutgers believes that the work we do through the excellence of our health systems, scholarly research, and outreach programs propels the creation, sharing, and application of knowledge, and our collaborations with local and global partners address societal challenges and improve the lives of people in New Jersey and beyond.
News & Stories
Attorney and Rutgers alumnus Adam Leitman Bailey learned the power of mentorship from his high school cross country and track coach, an experience that inspired his commitment to helping students pursue college educations. For many Rutgers students, scholarship support means more than financial assistance—it opens doors, creates pathways to success, and helps students achieve their goals. Watch this video to learn more about Bailey’s story of paying it forward.
Despite growing up as a child of survivors of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, Samphoas Huy was raised by a family that valued education. Donor support helped Huy earn her graduate degrees at Rutgers–Newark.
Joanna Burger, a groundbreaking behavioral ecologist who joined Rutgers faculty in 1973, and Michael Gochfeld, a renowned researcher and scholar in occupational and environmental health who joined the faculty of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1980, have a combined experience at Rutgers that spans more than 100 years. Both have made generous gifts to the university that have endowed professorships in their fields.
First Rutgers College women’s class returns and celebrates its landmark graduation on its 50th anniversary.
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