The university is currently facing a “donor crisis — born out of concerns regarding campus protests.”
Following the series of anti-Israel protests earlier this year, Columbia University has experienced a nearly 29 percent drop in donations during its 2024 annual fundraiser. During the protests, school officials called in the NYPD to break them up. University president Minouche Shafik resigned over the summer and the interim head who came in has since apologized for the school’s treatment of protesters. One protester has sued the school over being suspended over his antisemitic behavior.
Columbia’s “Giving Day” event in 2024 raised $21.4 million, a significant decrease from the $30 million it garnered in 2022, according to the Columbia Spectator, the campus newspaper. The event was not held in 2023 due to the October 7 Hamas…
