Giving to Baylor
At Baylor, students find a vibrant, Christian community where ideas are exchanged, experiences shared, and relationships are developed.
Give Light is a $1.1 billion comprehensive campaign for the future of Baylor University. The campaign undergirds Illuminate, the University's Academic Strategic Plan, and will impact every aspect of campus life, from academics and athletics to student life and global engagement.
Giving Priorities
A scholarship to Baylor University opens doors to intellectual and spiritual discovery, to deeper knowledge and to greater dreams. Your gift to student scholarships is a gift that can change a life.
This platform showcases initiatives across campus that are the passion of our students, faculty and staff. Through crowdfunding, you can help the Baylor Family raise funds to launch new projects.
The thirteen schools and colleges at Baylor University are on the forefront of compelling research, teaching and scholarship. Your gift will support areas that reflect the highest priorities of the University.
Strengthen Baylor students’ opportunities and experiences through a gift to the Student Emergency Fund, Student Foundation, Student Missions, Baylor Line Camp and a number of other opportunities.
News
Read More NewsEarlier this spring, the Baylor Board of Regents approved a budget increase of $22.75 million for the renovation of the Honors Residential College (HRC) bringing the total project budget to $57.75 million. The project, which is slated to begin in May, fulfills key commitments of Illuminate Forward to improve students’ residential campus experience and to improve the Honors College.
Alan Jacobs, Ph.D., a longtime Baylor Honors College faculty member, literary critic and author, has been appointed as The Jim and Sharon Harrod Endowed Chair of Christian Thought. In this position, Jacobs will build on decades of past scholarship to promote deep study of the relationship between faith and knowledge, while fostering rich avenues for transformational learning among Baylor’s students within the Honors College. The Harrod Chair also will further ensure Baylor is a national leader in dialogue concerning the intersection of faith and learning in higher education.
WACO, Texas (March 3, 2023) – Baylor University today dedicated the Mary Jo Robbins Clinic for Autism Research and Practice during an event honoring the clinic’s namesake, Mary Jo Robbins, and her husband, William K. “Bill” Robbins, of Houston, who made the lead gift in her honor. The event recognized the Robbinses, a couple who has spent their lifetimes championing excellence in health care.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 24, 2023) – Baylor University today announced a $3.7 million gift from Jay and Jenny Allison of Frisco, Texas, to support the Give Light Capital Fund, as well as scholarships benefiting Baylor Law and the George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Baylor will recognize the couple’s philanthropic support through the naming of the Jay and Jenny Allison Development Center within the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion.
Stories of Giving
See More StoriesI am a Baylor University alum and want to help others join this amazing legacy of academic, spiritual, and personal excellence.
Cannot say enough good things about my daughter's experience at Baylor. Baylor has given her the direction and motivation to go out into the world and do great things.
Proud to be a Baylor Bear. Proud of my degree in the Army-Baylor Healthcare Administration Program. Also proud to be from a family of Baylor graduates.
As we bring a need to God, he meets it, sometimes through perfect strangers, always on time and always in abundance. We feel called to give out of God's generosity to us.