Claflin University’s 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign for Need-Based Scholarships Breaks Institutional Record

Claflin University's 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign for Need-Based Scholarships Breaks Institutional Record

Claflin University is pleased to announce that this year's Giving Tuesday campaign raised $140,640 from 187 generous donors, marking the most successful Giving Tuesday effort in the institution's history.

This year's total represents a 26 percent increase over the previous record of $111,301 set in 2024, and underscores Claflin's longstanding commitment to providing private support for students in financial need.

President Dwaun J. Warmack expressed his deep gratitude for the broad community that came together this year. "I am humbled by the way Claflin's friends, families, alumni, and colleagues from other HBCUs rallied together to support our students and each other," Warmack said. "This collective purpose reminds us that when we lift each other up, we all rise."

"The purpose of this year's campaign resonated deeply with our donors," said Willie Jude II, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Claflin. "For many of our first-generation students, paying for college is a constant worry. According to a recent national survey, nearly one in four first-generation college students said they weren't sure how they would pay for the next semester. This kind of uncertainty affects not just a student's finances - it can jeopardize their path to a degree and beyond. Clearly, our donors want to change that."

As a historically Black institution committed to nurturing talent and ambition, Claflin knows that each scholarship awarded can transform a student's life - and, by extension, their family's future. The funds raised this year will directly support talented, low-income, and first-generation students, helping them stay on track toward graduation and achieve upward social mobility.

Claflin University thanks every donor - from longstanding alumni to recent graduates, from friends of the institution to first-time contributors - for investing in the next generation of leaders, scholars, and changemakers.