Welcome to 2026 from the UToledo Foundation
At The University of Toledo Foundation and Alumni Association, we returned from the University’s winter break renewed and refueled by the idea of opportunities to create new partnerships, advance progress on campus and explore new possibilities for our alumni and donors.
As we step into this new year, I invite you to reflect on the remarkable impact we achieved together in 2025:
$27.2 million
in direct support to
The University of Toledo.
$22 million
in new philanthropy – gifts that fuel scholarships, academic programs, athletics, research and transformative capital projects.
$839.2 million
in total assets, powered by a $681 million endowment, we are building long-term financial resilience that empowers the University to thrive well into the future.
These numbers tell a powerful story. But the true measure of our success is in the lives of those who receive our support.
It lives in students whose dreams become reality because someone believed in them. In researchers pushing boundaries and discovering solutions that change lives. And in alumni and donors who see UToledo not simply as a chapter in their past, but as a legacy worth building.
Generosity isn’t just about giving – it is about believing. Believing that education changes futures, research solves problems and opportunity should be within reach for every student who earns it. We’re turning your belief in UToledo into reality every day: graduates like Lucie Morris leveraged her UToledo experience into an NCAA internship, an opportunity made possible through donor-supported programs that prepare students to compete, lead and succeed.
At the Foundation, we take our role as your trusted partner seriously. Our promise: transparency, careful stewardship and unwavering alignment with your intentions. We are committed to maximizing every investment so that every Rocket has the Power To Do more, dream bigger and reach further.
Thank you for believing in the power of generosity. Together, we are turning ambition into achievement and potential into progress.
The Power To Do is real and it is Powered By You.
Derek Groves, Ph.D.
Interim President
University of Toledo Foundation