Citadel Foundation

Scholarships: scholarships allow the citadel to attract and retain promising cadets and students. Approximately 55% of the citadel's 2,300-member corps of cadets receive institutionally provided, donor-funded scholarship support. The citadel's office of financial aid and scholarships awards approximately $16 million in scholarships from endowments held at the citadel's affiliated foundations, including nearly $12 million in academic merit- and need-based awards. Scholarship awards range from full-tuition, merit-based awards to need-based financial awards that support dedicated cadets who simply need help to complete their citadel education. Most scholarships awarded by the citadel are renewable from one year to the next, providing that the cadet recipient remains in good standing and continues to meet the eligibility criteria for the award. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of the college, nearly three-quarters of the corps of cadets receives some degree of financial assistance toward earning their citadel degree.

Enrichment programs: the citadel has established a variety of programs to support the college's mission to educate and prepare graduates to become principled leaders in all walks of life by instilling the core values of the citadel in a challenging intellectual environment. These programs enhance the college's academic standing by enabling cadets and citadel graduate college students to participate in external leadership opportunities and conferences, and by helping to promote the citadel through associations with peer institutions focused on leadership development. Examples of program initiatives include:1. The newly established krause school for leadership and ethics, combining the existing krause center and the department of leadership studies to form the college's sixth academic school2. Cybercorps scholarship for service program3. Facility enhancements, including the design of a new school of engineering building, renovations to classroom and labratory spaces in byrd and ducket halls, raising funds to rebuild the east side stands at johnson hagood stadium, and renovating the baseball clubhouse and locker rooms at joe riley park.4. Emerging topics in intelligence and security studies lecture series5. Faculty and student panels exploring the merits, opportunities, and challenges of incorporating artificial intelligence into classroom and campus activities

Real estate: the citadel real estate foundation (tcref) supports the citadel through various real property initiatives. Tcref may request and accept gifts and grants from the foundation to support those initiatives. In 2024 grants were made to tcref related to the construction and debt service of bastin hall, and the purchase of properties on dunneman avenue and grove street along the edge of the citadel campus.