Community Investment
Reimagining 189 Acres for Education, Research, Discovery, and Public Life
A $50 million community campaign to acquire and strengthen an operating 189-acre educational campus while expanding housing, research capacity, public programs, and hosted events.
The campaign
An operating campus, strengthened for its next century of learning.
The campaign brings an operating 189-acre educational environment into the Stella Nova ecosystem and strengthens it for the next generation of students, faculty, researchers, families, and public audiences.
The campus already supports approximately $1 million in annual activity. The acquisition and improvement plan expands faculty and student housing, learning and research spaces, museum and camp access, and a performance bowl for lectures, performances, ceremonies, and community events.
Community support is translated into visible milestones, durable facilities, student access, and public educational experiences. Campaign reporting connects every phase of the work to the people and programs it supports.
Conceptual campus studies
A campus designed as a connected educational landscape.
Conceptual illustrations communicate program relationships and development priorities. Final plans follow property diligence, site assessment, and design review.
A connected learning landscape
Academic, residential, field, museum, and public spaces organized as one campus ecosystem.
Conceptual visualizationFaculty and student housing
Residential clusters that support mentorship, community, and extended field and laboratory work.
Conceptual visualizationPerformance bowl
An outdoor setting for lectures, performances, ceremonies, public science, and community gatherings.
Conceptual visualizationUse of campaign funds
Every phase advances acquisition, access, and durable institutional capacity.
58%
Property acquisition
Acquisition, closing, reserves, and transition costs.
18%
Faculty and student housing
Renovation and expansion of safe residential capacity.
14%
Academic and research facilities
Teaching spaces, laboratories, collections, museums, and technology.
7%
Performance bowl and public programs
An outdoor venue for hosted events, performances, lectures, and ceremonies.
3%
Campus transition and stewardship
Operational continuity, safety, assessment, and institutional readiness.
Campaign milestones
Progressive investment produces progressive campus capacity.
Acquisition readiness
Diligence, deposits, professional review, and transaction readiness.
Campus transition
Property transition, safety work, priority repairs, and continuity planning.
Housing and academic expansion
Faculty housing, student housing, classrooms, laboratories, and collections.
Full campaign
Acquisition, core improvements, performance bowl, and long-term operating reserves.
Recognition levels
Join the campaign at the level that matches your commitment.
Recognition and fulfillment preferences are selected with the contribution.
Educational Navigator
Honorary Educational Navigator designation, welcome letter, and campaign sticker.
- Welcome letter
- Campaign sticker
Educational Explorer
Campaign recognition package with sticker, hat, and T-shirt.
- Campaign sticker
- Campaign hat
- Campaign T-shirt
Campus Supporter
Recognition package and access to a participating camp or museum program.
- Navigator package
- Camp or museum access
Discovery Circle
Recognition package and access to a scheduled behind-the-scenes campus experience.
- Supporter benefits
- Behind-the-scenes access
Champion of Education — Bronze
Permanent bronze-level recognition in the campus donor record.
- Permanent recognition
- Bronze campaign designation
Champion of Education — Silver
Permanent silver-level recognition and brass nameplate.
- Permanent recognition
- Brass nameplate
Champion of Education — Gold
Permanent gold-level recognition and brass nameplate.
- Permanent recognition
- Brass nameplate
Champion of Education — Platinum
Permanent platinum-level recognition and brass nameplate.
- Permanent recognition
- Brass nameplate
- Founding campaign record
Founding Endowment Circle
Preserve principal. Sustain education through long-term earnings.
Ten-year term-designated commitments create a durable capital base supporting monthly operations, faculty, student access, laboratories, collections, and public programs. Each commitment is documented through a formal agreement defining purpose, term, stewardship, recognition, and reporting.
Make a community investment
Choose your contribution, recognition, and payment pathway.
Online contributions are processed through Stripe when available. Mail contributions begin with a pledge record so the campaign office can provide remittance and acknowledgment details.
Recognition preferences, benefit fulfillment, campaign receipts, and donor records are managed through the Stella Nova campaign office.