SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games earlier this week announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history.

The initiative, branded as Podium34, has raised more than $200 million and will fund community engagement programs surrounding the Games. It covers roughly a tenth of the $2.84 billion operating budget projected by organizers.

“We now launch what is the most impressive start to a Games this country, this world has ever seen,” said Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

The announcement helps ease the worries of Olympic officials who had questioned whether the state could meet its fundraising goals just a few years after the United States hosts other major global sporting events.

The International Olympic Committee awarded Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in July 2024, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002.

Utah organizers are planning one of the most compact layouts in Olympic history, with all venues within a one-hour drive of the athletes’ village on the University of Utah campus.

The plan requires no new permanent construction, with all 13 venues already in place from when the city first hosted.