Penn State’s annual THON fundraising effort surpassed $18 million for the first time ever through this weekend’s dance marathon.
THON 2026 raised $18,841,726.53 for Four Diamonds at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital — breaking last year’s total of $17,737,040.93 by more than $1.1 million, the university announced Sunday.
Last year’s THON fundraising total was also record-breaking.
The 46-hour no-sleeping, no-sitting dance marathon began at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s University Park campus. More than 700 students danced.
THON, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy, has raised more than $272 million for Four Diamonds since 1977.
The past 10 years of THON fundraising totals, according to Four Diamonds, are as follows:
2026: $18,841,726.53
2025: $17,737,040.93
2024: $16,955,683.63
2023: $15,006,132.46
2022: $13,756,374.50
2021: $10,683,078.62
2020: $11,696,942.38
2019: $10,621,683.76
2018: $10,151,663.93
2017: $10,045,478.44
2016: $9,770,332.32