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When current and former parents and families make gifts to The Wake Forest Fund, their gifts contribute to the Parents’ Campaign. Gifts to the Wake Forest Fund are unrestricted, which means they go where they’re needed most—covering things tuition and endowment dollars don’t. These gifts afford the University the most flexibility based on where they are designated – from recruiting and retaining top faculty, to providing leading edge technology in the classrooms and library, to our expanded and outstanding career development program. Gifts to the Parents’ Campaign make an immediate impact on Wake Forest students!

Each and every gift – of any size is appreciated. Each year over 3,000 parents and families support the Parents’ Campaign – an outstanding indicator of student and family satisfaction with the University.

For More Information

To learn more about how you can support these efforts, contact:

Janelle Cunningham
Assistant Director
Office of Family Engagement
cunninj@wfu.edu
336.758.4237


2024-2025 Parents’ Campaign Results

The 2024-2025 Parents’ Campaign was RECORD SETTING! A monumental $7.4 million in unrestricted funds were given to the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund. Not only was the overall total incredible:

2025-2026 Parents’ Campaign Goals

While we celebrate last year’s success, we also challenge ourselves to surpass the outstanding success we experienced. This year’s Parents’ Campaign goal is to raise $8 million for Wake Forest. Your gifts to Wake Forest are building a wonderful experience for our students today, and an even brighter one for Wake Foresters of the future.



Are there other ways to support Wake Forest?

The leading areas of restricted support for parents and families have been as follows:

Access and Opportunity

Campus life

College and Academic life

Wake Forest Athletics