About Giving Day
Giving Day is Vanderbilt’s most impactful fundraising tradition. On April 11, 2024, we’re calling on all students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and community members to make a gift of any size.
You decide where your dollars make an impact at VU. Whether your heart is in athletics, research labs, supporting students or investing in a specific school, the choice is yours. Every gift makes an impact on our $3.2 billion Dare to Grow campaign, giving more students access to a world-class education, investing in innovation, and connecting our community.
Donation Match
$5,000 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Graduate School Funds
Offered by Dean Christie-Mizell
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000
Match Complete!
Offered by Provost C. Cybele Raver
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000
Match Complete!
Offered by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For School of Nursing
Offered by Dean Jeffries
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For School of Medicine, Health Sciences Education
Offered by Dean Balser
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Student-Athlete (Former)
Offered by Candice and Sean Lee
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Owen School Dean's Discretionary Fund
Offered by Dean Tom Steenburgh
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000
Match Complete!
For Vandy United Fund
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For School of Medicine, Basic Sciences
Offered by Dean Kuriyan
Donation Challenge
$3,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For AVBA Scholarship
Offered by Cathy Bender, BS’82, and the AVBA Board
Donation Challenge
$280,000 if 150 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Vandy United Fund
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$150,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Underrepresented Engineering Student Program
Offered by Trustee Corey Thomas (BE'98) and Dr. LaQuanya Phillips Thomas
Donation Challenge
$150,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Women in Engineering Leadership Program-Annual Fund
Offered by Cynthia Julien Warner, BE'80
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 2,000 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 35 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Vandy United - Golf Facility
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 4,000 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 100 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Vandy United - Baseball Facility
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 400 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Peabody College
Offered by David and Julie Friedland
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 300 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Law School
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 250 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Engineering
Offered by John and Shannon Addison
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Student Care Assistance Program (SCAP)
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Dialogue Vanderbilt
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$42,500 if 175 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Medicine, Health Sciences Education
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$30,000 if 150 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Blair School of Music
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 75 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Opportunity VU Undergraduate Scholarship
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Faculty/Staff
Offered by Suzanne and Patrick McGee
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 300 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Student (2024)
Offered by Anonymous Trustees
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 400 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Student (2024)
Offered by Anonymous Trustees
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Student (2024)
Offered by Anonymous Trustees
Donation Challenge
$20,000 if 125 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Medicine, Health Sciences Education
Offered by Dr. Terri J. Vrtiska, MD ’87
Donation Challenge
$20,000 if 40 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Vanderbilt in Hollywood
Offered by Rich Hull, BA'92
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 100 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Athletics General Fund (NCC)
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 75 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Blair School of Music
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 150 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Law School
Offered by Dean Chris Guthrie and Vice Provost Tracey George
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 25 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Vandy United - Tennis Facility
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$1,000 if 25 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Varsity - Women's Bowling
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$1,000 if 30 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For K.C. Potter Center
Offered by The LAVA Board
Donation Challenge
$500 if $500 is donated in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Andy Dailey
Donation Match
$5 per donor up to $5
Match Complete!
Offered by Ashley West
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Divinity School Funds
Offered by Dean Yolanda Pierce and generous donors
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Undergraduate Alumni (1994)
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $20,000
Match Complete!
For School of Nursing
Offered by Dan Micic and Medical Shipment LLC
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500
Match Complete!
For Learning Assistants Program
Offered by Timothy P. McNamara, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Science
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $100
Match Complete!
For Vanderbilt Off Broadway
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Challenge
$625,000 if 625 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Peabody College
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 6,000 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Program in Climate and Environmental Studies
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 7,500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by An anonymous Trustee
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 400 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Law School
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Engineering
Offered by John and Shannon Addison
Donation Challenge
$40,000 if $40,000 is donated in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
Offered by BCC Donor Match Team
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 100 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Medicine, Basic Sciences
Offered by Basic Sciences Board of Visitors
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 600 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Student (2024)
Offered by Anonymous Trustees
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 275 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Nursing
Offered by A group of faculty, former faculty, staff and alumni
Donation Challenge
$1,000 if 50 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Undergraduate Alumni (2019)
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $1,000
Match Complete!
For Professional/Graduate Alumni (1994) who gave to Owen Graduate School of Management
Offered by Cara Heilmann
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Undergraduate Scholarship Fund for Arts and Science
Offered by A generous donor
Donation Match
$2 per $1 donated up to $100,000
Match Complete!
For Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship
Offered by A generous donor
The Commodore community is known for joining forces to make amazing things happen. This Giving Day, people from all over the world and all 50 states have given gifts that will make Vanderbilt even better in every way. We want to say a big thank you for your kindness.
We're especially grateful to the more than 6,000 individuals who pitched in to raise a total of $9.4 million in gifts today and the campaign leaders who set up 47 challenges to inspire additional gifts. You are helping our Dare to Grow initiative, which supports scholarships, discoveries, building a strong community and making everyone feel like they belong at Vanderbilt.
As the weekend approaches, we encourage you to keep up the spirit of giving. Let's tackle some of the challenges that are still left, share stories about how Vanderbilt has touched our lives and feel proud of all the amazing things we're accomplishing together.
158 days ago by Alyson
YOU Helped Make THIS Happen!
This morning as gifts continue to trickle in, we reached 6,000 donors for Giving Day and unlocked a gift of $100,000 from our generous trustees.
158 days ago by Alyson
Welcome to the Vandy late night challenge closer squad. You can close a challenge with literally $1 and unlock hundreds of thousands of dollars for the causes you believe in. Seriously. Here are some heavy hitters:
- One Vanderbilt Community Challenge: if 6,000 ‘Dores give, $100,000 will be unlocked! If 7500 people give, another $100,000 will be donated! You could help get VU another $200,000!
- Peabody College: if 625 people give, $625,000 will be donated by an anonymous trustee.
- Program in Climate and Environmental Studies: unlock $100,000 from a generous donor if 50 donors give!
Commodore nation, you showed up! Thanks to your generous giving and participation, you helped raise an additional $516,000 to support our student-athletes.
158 days ago by AlysonCongratulations, 'Dores! You have unlocked another generous $100,000 from a Board of Trust member by hitting 4000 unique donors. Two more opportunities exist to unlock this challenge, at 6000 and 7500 donors.
The rain didn't drive drive away our students from being a part of Giving Day. Make sure you are following us on socials to see all the Giving Day coverage.
158 days ago by Alyson
We've officially reached the halfway mark on Giving Day!
Thanks to everyone who has already made a gift!
159 days ago by AlysonStudents, faculty and staff gathered together to celebrate Giving Day! Check out the fun with Double 'Dore, Jess Abbatista.
159 days ago by AlysonStudent Care Assistance Program unlocks $50,000.
Thank you to the 50 donors who made a gift to Student Care Assistance Program and unlocked a gift of $50,000.
Opportunity Vanderbilt unlocks $25,000.
Way to go to the 75 donors who gave to Opportunity Vanderbilt on Giving Day, unlocking a gift of $25,000 from a generous Trustee.
159 days ago by Alyson
A huge thank you to more than 500 Vanderbilt University faculty and staff for making gifts to Giving Day. Their participation unlocked $25,000 to Opportunity Vanderbilt!
159 days ago by AlysonCongratulations to our first 2000 donors on unlocking a generous gift of $100,000 from a Board of Trust member. For every 2000 donors, another $100,000 will be unlocked, up to $400,000. $300,000 to go!
159 days ago by Stephanie BursetThe Vanderbilt Board of Trust cares deeply about giving back across Vanderbilt and believes that gifts of any size to any area of campus on Giving Day come together to make a big impact for the future of Vanderbilt. That’s why at each donor milestone of 2,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 7,500 donors, a $100,000 gift will be unlocked from four of our Trustees for a total of $400,000.
At Vanderbilt, Giving Day is a tradition that celebrates each and every member of our community, the lasting ties that unite us and the bold future we share.
Every gift is a testament to our collective commitment, and affirms our shared belief in the power of Vanderbilt to become the great university of the 21st century and to do nothing less than change the world.
Your gift, whether it’s one dollar or $1 million, drives momentum.
159 days ago by AlysonLeaderboards
View All Donors| Schools and Units | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| the Wond'ry - Vanderbilt's Innovation Center | 47 | $10,205 |
| Immersion Vanderbilt | 26 | $9,622 |
| Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship | 53 | $124,817 |
| Career Advancement and Engagement | 87 | $143,131 |
| Vanderbilt Library | 91 | $53,624 |
| Student Health & Wellbeing | 103 | $58,204 |
| Dialogue Vanderbilt | 61 | $53,777 |
| Identity and Affinity Groups | 132 | $13,277 |
| School of Medicine, Health Sciences Education | 235 | $127,661 |
| School of Engineering | 547 | $575,016 |
| Vanderbilt Athletics | 844 | $3,834,528 |
| Blair School of Music | 178 | $77,518 |
| School of Nursing | 239 | $169,433 |
| Experience Vanderbilt | 450 | $123,069 |
| College of Arts & Science | 826 | $417,878 |
| Opportunity VU Undergraduate Scholarship | 159 | $89,347 |
| Law School | 410 | $667,588 |
| Owen Graduate School of Management | 376 | $158,067 |
| Equity Diversity Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Centers | 383 | $77,472 |
| Student Orgs | 244 | $31,505 |
| School of Medicine, Basic Sciences | 109 | $42,987 |
| Peabody College | 509 | $813,252 |
| University Initiatives | 874 | $661,210 |
| Greek Life | 270 | $24,651 |
| Divinity School Funds | 148 | $75,161 |
| Graduate School Funds | 117 | $31,623 |
| Reunion Year | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 40 | $46,966 |
| 1964 | 12 | $4,360 |
| 1994 | 54 | $58,712 |
| 1969 | 17 | $14,775 |
| 2014 | 49 | $5,822 |
| 1974 | 33 | $7,940 |
| 1989 | 33 | $283,790 |
| 2004 | 81 | $27,976 |
| 2009 | 49 | $6,918 |
| 2019 | 33 | $7,185 |
| 1999 | 53 | $23,725 |
| 1984 | 26 | $19,513 |
| Undergraduate Gold Alumni | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 49 | $5,822 |
| 2015 | 46 | $4,897 |
| 2021 | 29 | $2,471 |
| 2020 | 25 | $1,615 |
| 2022 | 30 | $15,129 |
| 2023 | 38 | $1,711 |
| 2019 | 33 | $7,185 |
| 2016 | 42 | $4,256 |
| 2018 | 31 | $12,808 |
| 2017 | 30 | $1,965 |
| Undergraduate Class Years | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25 | $6,644 |
| 1992 | 51 | $14,026 |
| 1967 | 18 | $3,600 |
| 1986 | 21 | $19,429 |
| 1972 | 14 | $8,400 |
| 2007 | 65 | $18,411 |
| 1975 | 22 | $4,855 |
| 1999 | 53 | $23,725 |
| 1977 | 25 | $120,775 |
| 1983 | 20 | $1,550,622 |
| 2012 | 47 | $14,200 |
| 1982 | 13 | $1,390 |
| 2016 | 42 | $4,256 |
| 1996 | 56 | $13,381 |
| 2006 | 59 | $20,534 |
| 2000 | 56 | $25,226 |
| 2013 | 66 | $6,293 |
| 2011 | 61 | $7,633 |
| 1993 | 46 | $20,451 |
| 2008 | 54 | $9,521 |
| 1964 | 12 | $4,360 |
| 1969 | 17 | $14,775 |
| 1998 | 54 | $70,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | $1,180 |
| 1976 | 18 | $706,915 |
| 1988 | 30 | $25,520 |
| 1997 | 50 | $13,926 |
| 2001 | 40 | $23,794 |
| 1987 | 21 | $6,905 |
| 1991 | 35 | $31,657 |
| 1973 | 24 | $11,191 |
| 2005 | 44 | $11,578 |
| 1971 | 27 | $4,340 |
| 1980 | 40 | $25,322 |
| 1970 | 22 | $3,991 |
| 1937 | 0 | $0 |
| 1966 | 14 | $13,420 |
| 1985 | 32 | $18,085 |
| 2015 | 46 | $4,897 |
| 1965 | 14 | $15,798 |
| 2009 | 49 | $6,918 |
| 1995 | 35 | $15,427 |
| 2002 | 39 | $16,748 |
| 1940 | 0 | $0 |
| 1946 | 0 | $0 |
| 1938 | 0 | $0 |
| 1984 | 26 | $19,513 |
| 1939 | 0 | $0 |
| 1935 | 0 | $0 |
| 1953 | 0 | $0 |
| 1994 | 54 | $58,712 |
| 1989 | 33 | $283,790 |
| 2014 | 49 | $5,822 |
| 2004 | 81 | $27,976 |
| 1960 | 4 | $11,305 |
| 1954 | 2 | $525 |
| 2023 | 38 | $1,711 |
| 1978 | 44 | $14,482 |
| 2003 | 55 | $165,840 |
| 1934 | 1 | $5 |
| 1942 | 0 | $0 |
| 1979 | 40 | $46,966 |
| 1958 | 5 | $825 |
| 2020 | 25 | $1,615 |
| 2019 | 33 | $7,185 |
| 1959 | 1 | $100 |
| 1947 | 0 | $0 |
| 2010 | 54 | $12,983 |
| 1955 | 2 | $2,000 |
| 1943 | 0 | $0 |
| 1936 | 0 | $0 |
| 2022 | 30 | $15,129 |
| 1952 | 0 | $0 |
| 1968 | 32 | $12,410 |
| 1974 | 33 | $7,940 |
| 1944 | 0 | $0 |
| 1956 | 0 | $0 |
| 1961 | 5 | $555 |
| 1949 | 0 | $0 |
| 1951 | 0 | $0 |
| 1941 | 0 | $0 |
| 1981 | 22 | $109,455 |
| 2017 | 30 | $1,965 |
| 1948 | 0 | $0 |
| 1945 | 0 | $0 |
| 1950 | 1 | $500 |
| 1957 | 2 | $1,055 |
| 1962 | 6 | $5,880 |
| 2021 | 29 | $2,471 |
| 2018 | 31 | $12,808 |
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