Welcome to Wake Forest University’s Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR). CFR promotes mutually beneficial relationships between the university and corporations and foundations, focusing on philanthropy and partnership-building.
Wake Forest University’s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations identifies, cultivates, manages, solicits, and stewards relationships with corporations and foundations that support the institution’s highest priorities. CFR manages corporate and foundation activity across the Reynolda Campus and consults with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on prospects and projects of mutual interest.
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION NEWS: GIFTS AND GRANTS
$5 million grant brings Gilead COMPASS Faith Coordinating Center to WFU School of Divinity to combat HIV/AIDS in the South
February 16, 2021
With a $5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Divinity will establish a new center to fight HIV/AIDS... Read More »
$1 Million Lilly Endowment Inc grant supports Wake Forest University School of Divinity to help congregations become agents of justice
November 5, 2020
$4 million grant funds project seeking truth about honesty
August 19, 2020
$3.4 M Lilly Endowment Inc. grant supports leadership and character
December 17, 2019
Wake Downtown grant will take STEM lessons into K-12 classrooms
June 7, 2019
Mellon Foundation awards $850,000 grant to WFU for humanities
August 2, 2018
Wake Forest Establishes David C. Darnell Presidential Chair in Principled Leadership
March 17, 2016
Wake Forest, with a $1 million commitment from Bank of America, is establishing the David C. Darnell Presidential Chair in Principled... Read More »