Transformations: The Campaign for Donnelly College 

Transformations: The Campaign for Donnelly College builds upon Donnelly’s unique success in working with at-risk students, and enables the college to continue pursuing its mission of meeting the educational needs of all students from throughout this region. Through higher education, Donnelly continues to transform people, places and spirits (and will be able to do so much more through a revitalized campus that will result from a successful campaign). 

With its $30 million goal, Donnelly’s Transformations Campaign is the largest and most comprehensive in the College’s history—perhaps as visionary and ambitious as when the college was founded in 1949. But there is no better investment to ensure that future students have the opportunity to develop their talents, reach their educational goals, and prepare for a future working and serving as our region’s next generation of diverse business and community leaders. We are so grateful to our generous donors who have invested in creating a bright future for our students that will benefit the entire Kansas City community.    ​
Total Campaign $30,000,000

​Capital Improvements- ​$24,000,000
Building state-of-the-art learning environments
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​Endowment -$3,500,000
Providing a sustainable source of future funding and student scholarships

Annual operating fund-$1,500,000
Maintaining existing levels of student service during campaign
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​Expenses & marketing -​$1,000,000
Sharing Donnelly's mission and opportunities with the broader community

Campaign Progress

Please see our Transformations Campaign partner investors and join us in thanking them!

Partner Spotlight
Michael and Guadalupe Dean
​La Familia Dean-Lozoya Foundation 

Donnelly College friends and benefactors Michael and Guadalupe Dean (Guadalupe also serves on the Donnelly College Board of Directors) of the La Familia Dean-Lozoya Foundation, generously committed to name the new Academic Resource Center – a commitment that supports the transformative work that occurs every day on the Donnelly College campus.
Michael and Guadalupe Dean pose next to a rendering of The Dean-Lozoya Family Academic Resource Center.

Partner Spotlight
The Sunderland Foundation

The Sunderland Foundation has supported Donnelly’s mission since 1976 and has been especially instrumental in advancing Transformations master plan projects. After supporting the first two phases with gifts totaling $750,000, the Sunderland Foundation made a $5 million commitment to Phase III. “We are pleased to be able to help Donnelly provide its students with this new learning environment,” said Kent Sunderland, president and trustee of the Sunderland Foundation. 
 
​The Sunderland Foundation’s pledge continued momentum generated by several previous donors. In 2010, an anonymous alumnus pledged Donnelly’s first $1 million gift. In 2013, our sponsor, the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, committed $4 million and another friend of the college committed $2 million. The Sunderland gift also came just a month after an anonymous new individual donor committed $1 million.  
Kent Sunderland, speaking at SHINE, Donnelly's annual celebration for our students and mission.