The University of Illinois Foundation says its eight-year-old Brilliant Futures fundraising campaign has topped its $2.25 billion goal several months early.
The foundation is the university's fundraising arm. It said in a news release Friday that the campaign has raised $2.267 billion in donations from graduates, corporations and others. The campaign ends Dec. 31.
Money from the Brilliant Futures campaign will be split among the university's three campuses. So far $1.6 billion is dedicated to the flagship campus in Urbana and Champaign. The Chicago campus will receive $593 million, and the Springfield campus will get $25.9 million.
The campaign was featured in an September 23, 2011, Associated Press article.
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