09/10/2026
Brandeis University raised $138 million in fiscal year 2026 — the highest amount ever in a single year — to support its mission to deliver an education that’s as rigorous as it is relevant as part of the Brandeis Plan to Reinvent the Liberal Arts. Marked by historic gifts and widespread participation, this achievement comes as Brandeis prepares for the public launch of a new fundraising initiative, "The Brandeis Promise: From the Classroom to the Street," in October.
For Dorothy "Dot" Richards, P'83, the Brandeis National Committee was more than a volunteer organization. It was a way to support a university whose values reflected her own.As president of the Los Angeles chapter of BNC from 1979 to 1981, Richards led fundraising efforts for the Brandeis library, f...