Thanks To Our Donors, We Did It!

Cooper Union graduates throw hats

The support of our donors this past fiscal year brought Cooper through a difficult and transformative time in its history. Thanks to their generosity we can continue to graduate architects, artists, and engineers who go on to change the world.

Earlier this spring we announced an end-of-year fundraising goal of $1,600,000. These funds provide essential resources to our students now, and shore up Cooper’s financial wellbeing for the future. As of midnight, June 30, we not only reached that goal - we exceeded it! Contributions made via mail are still being counted, and we look forward to sharing our fundraising total soon.

Our donors inspire the next #COOPERMADE generation to pursue their greatest ambitions, and we are so proud to have them as our students' supporters and role models. We hope you’ve had the chance to look through our #COOPERMADE content featuring the surprising ways our alumni have made their impact on the world. These stories demonstrate how powerful our community's philanthropy is – when you make a gift to Cooper, you put your mark on the future our students will create.

A new fiscal year is beginning and we look forward to sharing more content, events, and other opportunities to connect with the Cooper community around the world. Thank you for being part of our Cooper family!

With gratitude,

Your Friends at The Cooper Union

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.