Giving Day 2023
April 24, 2024
On the third annual VCU Giving Day, students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends celebrate a school unrivaled in its commitment to serve the community, provide transformational educational experiences to a diverse group of students and pursue creativity and innovation across disciplines.
What is VCU Giving Day?
For the third year in a row, VCU supporters will come together for 24 hours to raise money for the scholarships, programs and initiatives that transform our community.
Giving Day 2023 raised $8M from 5,293 gifts; over 5,331 donors supported 396 funds from 80 units across VCU, ensuring the university continues to provide an unparalleled educational experience and remains on the cutting edge of health care and research.
This year, with your help, we hope to garner even more support for VCU’s initiatives through online giving and participation in our challenges and match incentives.
Challenges
With challenges, a pool of money is raised and ultimately allocated to specific funds based on contest criteria. A challenge might reward, for instance, the area of impact that receives the most gifts in a one-hour timeframe. Challenge money is awarded to those “winning” funds, and donors are notified which initiatives their donation will support. Challenges lend a little excitement and suspense to Giving Day and encourage everyone to get involved.
For Gift Officers
What can I do now to help?
How do I share Challenge and Match documentation?
For Challenges and Matches by Jan. 18, 2024
Important Dates
Jan. 18, 2024
- Matches and challenges submission due
Feb. 19, 2024
- Matches and challenges published
Mar. 24, 2024
- Site goes live
Internal resources
- Community Funded platform training
- Giving Day counting guide FY24
- Giving Day donor agreement
- Giving Day executive summary FY23
- Giving Day Ovrture site example (password protected)
- Giving Day gift officer meeting Aug 2023
- Match and Challenge guide
- Challenges/Matching Gifts Innovation session
- Giving Day guide to success
- Giving Day guide for gift officers
- Giving Day roles and responsibilities
- Giving Day Transaction training 2024
Archive - past recordings and resources
- Leveraging Giving Day
- Leveraging Giving Day (for fundraisers) (password protected)
- Giving Day gift officer meeting recordings (password protected)
- Giving Day Call List User Guide
FAQ
Email Mike Andrews (M.S.’05/E), executive director of strategic initiatives at givingday@vcu.edu.
The minimum amount to qualify for matches and participate in hourly and full-day challenges is $10. You may donate a smaller gift, but it does not qualify for match and challenge bonus money.
Yes. Virginia Commonwealth University has 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax-exempt status; our federal tax ID number is 54-0757884.
Because of the compressed time frame of Giving Day, please make your donation online. Gifts cannot be accepted over the phone. Gifts by mail must be processed between March 24-April 24 and must be associated with a fund participating in Giving Day.
You can make a stock gift, but, because of the compressed time frame of Giving Day, such gifts will not qualify for challenges or matching funds.
Generous donors have made gifts to help support Giving Day challenges and matches.
Challenge money goes to funds chosen based on contest criteria.
Winners are listed in real time on the Giving Day site on the Leaderboards and the Challenges page.
The term "area of impact" refers to any department or unit on campus that raises funds to support its work. These include:
- Degree-granting schools and colleges
- VCU Health System
- Athletics department
- Many cross-platform programs — for example, the student success unit and efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
By the numbers
Our second Giving Day was a success! As the numbers above reveal, Giving Day 2023 raised $8M from 5,293 gifts; over 5,331 donors supported 396 funds from 80 units across VCU. On April 24, 2024, we hope to keep the momentum going as we continue to raise funds for the programs and initiatives that enable VCU to provide an unparalleled educational experience and transform our community.