THANK YOU - GIVING DAY 2025

Thank you

Giving Day 2025 reminded us of something we’ve long known: when Cooper calls, our community answers.  


We’re deeply grateful to each of you who stood with us—through your generosity, your dedication, and your belief in the power of this institution. 


A heartfelt thank you to the students, alumni, faculty, staff, and volunteers who brought such energy and excitement to the day both on campus and through online gifts and pledges—and to Cooper Couple Bill and June Rowe, whose generous matching grant was instrumental in making this campaign possible. 


To see the Cooper community in action, we invite you to explore a selection of photos from our campus Giving Day activities here.  


If you gave, thank you again. 
 

If you haven’t yet had the chance and would still like to make a gift, please do so here. 


Your support sustains our community and fuels the mission that defines Cooper. 


Thank you for being part of Giving Day 2025 and for your commitment to 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.