Stanford University Gets Record $6.2 Billion in 5-Year Campaign

Stanford University raised $6.2 billion, the most ever for any university, in a five-year campaign that concluded Dec. 31.

The Stanford Challenge officially started in October 2006 with a goal of $4.3 billion, according to a statement today from the university, near Palo Alto, California. The total includes $2.19 billion that Stanford raised before the campaign began, said Lisa Lapin, a university spokeswoman, in an e-mail.