We did it. Together, we raised $25 million for CCAD, our students, and change.
Get to know three donors who supported the Here for Change campaign and are making a continued impact on CCAD.
Thanks to you—our dedicated community of donors, alumni, partners, and friends—CCAD has successfully completed our $20 million Here for Change campaign. You proved that this was more than a fundraising campaign—it was a movement. A movement that reaffirms the role of art and design in our communities, our businesses, and our lives. It says loud and clear that our alumni, citizens, and civic and business leaders understand, experience, and value the impact CCAD has on Columbus and the surrounding region. Today, and tomorrow.
You, our donor community, once again supported CCAD by believing in the power of CCAD to turn creativity into change. Your gifts continue to help CCAD turn faculty excellence into student achievement, student dreams into alumni success stories, and this amazing campus into Columbus’s creative hub.
Together, we deepen our commitment to the CCAD culture of exploration and change that supports and nourishes the larger Central Ohio economic and societal ecosystem that we call home. And we’re here for that.
Thanks to 840 donors, we raised
and change.
The Here for Change campaign supports three important pillars:
Here for creative minds. Together, we are expanding merit- and need-based scholarships, ensuring access to a world-class education regardless of financial background.
Create new named merit- and need-based student scholarships
Attract and retain the most creative students
Reduce the financial burden so students focus on their studies
Here for excellence. Together, we are creating endowed faculty positions and advancing student success initiatives that foster career readiness and lifelong impact.
Establish CCAD’s first endowed chair
Create new endowed faculty positions
Expand services and programs that support the whole student and our entire community
Here for the future of our campus. Together, we are updating technology and revitalizing spaces designed to inspire collaboration, fuel innovation, and strengthen CCAD’s role as a hub for creativity in Central Ohio.
Invest in a sustainable, whole-campus revitalization project that enhances the student experience
Modernize campus infrastructure, tools, and technologies
The future requires change. And changemakers. We envision. We plan. We enact. Together.
Thank you for being a part of our community. Thank you for being here for change.
Change starts with our
students.