Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

UNC baseball players run onto field and cheer

2 min read

$9 million gift knocks it out of the park for Carolina Baseball

Bob Lauterborn smiles while standing next to a painting by his late wife on the wall in the background

6 min read

'Absolutely perfect'

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

Three people smile for a picture on a golf course.

4 min read

Elmore family endows fund for mental health in western North Carolina

Portrait of Caroline Finch Ives against a geometric multi-toned blue graphic.

3 min read

Enabling researchers to follow their passion

A portrait of the late Joan Gillings. Joan is leaning into the frame from the left and looking into the distance.

6 min read

A legacy of excellence, strength and opportunity

Close up headshots of Susan and Ritch Allison with the western North Carolina mountains in the background.

4 min read

Why I Give: Supporting students after Helene

Grace White

5 min read

Expanding the Ackland’s conservation efforts

Van Weatherspoon

3 min read

Sisters Honor Late Father Through Philanthropy

Michol Dawson with family.

4 min read

Accelerating students' impact on global public health