The Penn Fund's Priorities

Your dollars directly support Penn students.

Your support of The Penn Fund strengthens the undergraduate experience, ensuring that Penn remains a place of opportunity, innovation, and tradition for generations to come. By providing support where it’s needed most, you are making a Red and Blue education possible for all the Quakers who follow in your footsteps.

Our Priorities

Undergraduate Financial Aid

Making a Penn education accessible and affordable for students of all backgrounds by meeting 100% of demonstrated need.

Penn sets the gold standard in higher education with one of the largest grant-based financial aid programs in the country. To make this possible, the University relies on support from its global community of alumni, parents, and friends. Your gift to The Penn Fund helps eliminate financial barriers so that the best and brightest students can pursue a profoundly life-changing educational experience and all the opportunities it brings. Undergraduate financial aid has never been more crucial, and it remains a top priority for The Penn Fund.

Student and Campus Life

Building communities, fostering meaningful bonds, and sustaining Penn’s beloved traditions through extracurricular activities and the residential system.

For undergraduate students, life outside the classroom is a vital part of the transformational experience they’ll have at Penn. Gifts to The Penn Fund underpin the clubs, activities, and cultural resource centers that enrich campus life and promote personal growth and self-discovery for all students. Additionally, The Penn Fund provides ongoing support for the residential experience, where students can become immersed in community and build relationships that last a lifetime.

Academic Enrichment

Serving as a place of inquiry and knowledge where students can pursue their academic interests in close partnership with Penn’s renowned faculty.

At Penn, students are exposed to interdisciplinary experiences and knowledge that will prepare them to make a lasting difference in the world. Gifts to The Penn Fund support academic engagement through Penn Global seminars, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, and others like it. Additionally, donors to The Penn Fund bolster the University’s ability to provide cutting-edge spaces and technology that support every facet of the academic experience.

Ways You Can Designate Your Gift