Giving Advances the Common Good
Making Rutgers' Excellence Possible
Donors fund access to education, the advancement of our beloved community, and research for the common good.
Rutgers Summer Service Internships
Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway sees civic engagement as a critical component of a Rutgers education and a path toward appreciating our differences, restoring civil discourse, and working in service to the common good. At his November 2021 inauguration, President Holloway announced his vision for Scarlet Service. The first program under this umbrella is the Rutgers Summer Service Internship initiative which provides paid summer internship experiences to Rutgers undergraduates at public service-oriented non-profit organizations and direct-service government offices. The first 100 Rutgers Summer Service Internship students served in 2022. Within six months of President Holloway’s announcement of the program, donors contributed a collective $1.5 million to support it.
The Scarlet Promise Initiative helps ensure student success before, during, and after Rutgers. Answering President Jonathan Holloway’s $50 million challenge to support the program, 9,744 alumni and friends gave $23.4 million to 1,300+ Scarlet Promise Initiative programs in the last year alone.
$10 Million Raised by Dance Marathon
The Rutgers University Dance Marathon—the state’s largest student-run philanthropic event—has raised $10 million since 1999 to meet the nonmedical needs of children and their families affected by cancer, sickle cell, and other diseases.
