Find a Cause to Support at St. Thomas

Discover the causes that matter most to you at St. Thomas and make a lasting impact on students' lives through your generosity.

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Featured Causes and Opportunities

Be Brilliant. Be Bold. The Campaign for St. Thomas rallies alumni, donors, parents and friends to expand opportunity, strengthen academic excellence and prepare Tommies to meet the needs of a changing world. Explore these featured causes and find where your generosity can make a difference. 

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Campaign Priority

Scholarships

Nearly 97% of undergraduates rely on scholarships or financial aid. Even with support, 40% of students face an annual financial gap of $10,000. Your gift to scholarships directly removes barriers and changes lives.

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Campaign Priority

Faculty & Academic Excellence

Gifts to academic programs strengthen teaching, research and student opportunities across 150+ majors and 55+ graduate programs.

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Campaign Priority

Student Experience

Experiential learning opportunities like internships, research and service learning help students connect classroom learning with real-world impact. Your gifts make more of these transformative experiences possible.

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Tommie Fund

The Tommie Fund provides flexible support where it's needed most, expanding scholarships, enriching student experiences and advancing the university's highest priorities.

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Catholic Mission and Ministry

Your gift supports opportunities for spiritual growth, faith formation, service and interfaith dialogue that prepare students to lead lives of purpose.

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Division I Athletics

Tommie Athletics foster leadership, teamwork and resilience while building pride and connection across the St. Thomas community. Gifts strengthen the student-athlete experience on and off the field.

Support the Karen Lange Student Emergency Fund

Unexpected challenges shouldn't prevent students from earning their degrees. The Karen Lange Student Emergency Fund provides timely financial assistance for urgent and unexpected needs, helping students stay enrolled, focused on their studies and on track to graduate.

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Support STEAM Education at the Schoenecker Center

Our state-of-the-art STEAM complex (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) creates opportunities for students to make connections across disciplines and bring diverse perspectives to their work tackling the world's big problems.

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Support Schools and Colleges

Your gift strengthens academics across every school and college, helping students gain real-world experience while advancing the common good.

College of Arts and Sciences

Your gift to the College of Arts and Sciences fuels hands-on, collaborative learning in the liberal arts and sciences. Donor support prepares graduates to solve problems creatively and lead with insight, empathy and purpose.

Dougherty Family College

By giving to Dougherty Family College, you help close educational attainment and workforce gaps. Your support provides a structured, culturally affirming pathway to a bachelor's degree and breaks cycles of intergenerational poverty.

Morrison Family College of Health

Your generosity strengthens programs that prepare skilled, compassionate health professionals. Gifts advance health equity by supporting innovative instruction, student scholarships and community partnerships that improve lives.

Opus College of Business

Gifts to the Opus College of Business unlock the potential of future leaders. Donor support provides hands-on learning experiences that foster ethical decision-making and prepare graduates to shape global business with vision and responsibility.

School of Education

Your gift helps develop the next generation of diverse teachers and education leaders. Donor support creates a stronger talent pipeline, advances equity in schools and empowers graduates to use education as a force for justice in communities.

College of Engineering

By supporting the College of Engineering, you help prepare well-rounded engineers and technology leaders. Your gifts provide students with hands-on learning, innovative labs and the courage to tackle ideas that can change the world.

School of Law

Your generosity sustains a law school nationally recognized for practical training, career support, and scholarly impact. Donor support helps students pursue justice, deepen their faith and advance the common good through law and leadership.

Schulze School of Entrepreneurship

Gifts to the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship help ignite the entrepreneurial spirit across St. Thomas. Your support fuels one of the nation's top-ranked undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, preparing students to innovate and solve real-world challenges.

I seek no backward voyage across the sea of time; I will ever press forward. I believe that God intends the present to be better than the past, and the future to be better than the present.

Archbishop John Ireland, St. Thomas Founder
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Explore More Causes and Giving Opportunities

Explore additional giving opportunities across the university or connect with our team for personalized support in finding a cause that aligns with your passions.