University-wide Initiatives

2O36 inspires investment in people for the benefit of people, bringing the Emory community together to build on our mission to serve humanity through knowledge.

We envision that Emory will transform the world to come—contributing to boundary-pushing advancements that spark change, inspire wonder, and catalyze action.

For Emory Day of Giving, we are featuring several giving opportunities to support university-wide initiatives.

BCJ Cox Hall Fund supports Belonging and Community Justice (BCJ) identity spaces to advance Emory students’ education, empowerment, wellbeing and sense of purpose and belonging.
Black Emory Impact Circle Fund advances the causes of Black communities through the power of collective philanthropic giving.
Diversity and Inclusion Programming: The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) creates spaces for faculty, staff, and students to work and learn in inclusive, equitable, and diverse environments where they thrive and bring their whole selves to our campus community.
Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship Endowment supports annual scholarships for full-time undergraduate and graduate students. The Emory Alumni Board represents the voices of Emory's 150,000+ alumni and selects scholarship recipients based on merit and financial need.
Emory Emergency Medical Service (CEPAR Emory Emergency Medical Service Fund) is a volunteer EMS organization, operated by students, with oversight from Emory’s Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response. In the Emory EMS Education Program, students will learn how to become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Advanced EMTs (AEMTs) through classroom, lab, and clinical experiences.
General University Scholarships replace student loans in Emory financial aid packages, ensuring that talented students with financial need can graduate debt free.
Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life: By engaging the Emory community in creating an affirming and just campus environment, the Office of LGBT Life supports the development of students with all gender and sexual identities.
Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement (RACE): RACE empowers students to examine the construction of racial identities and create active learning communities that enhance opportunities for cultural engagement.
Student Flourishing Fund supports the four dimensions of the student journey: academic experience, professional pathways, purpose and meaning, and community and well-being.
Women of Emory Impact Circle Fund advances the causes of women and girls through the power of collective philanthropic giving.
And Center for Women, Emeritus College, Emory Alumni Association, and General University Fund for Excellence.

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Programs: Most Donors Leaderboard

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment; 2nd place, Track & Field; 3rd place, Swimming & Diving; 4th place, Emory University Student Hardship Fund; 5th place, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life's Center for Religious Life; 6th place, Center for Ethics' Friends of the Center for Ethics; 7th place, Emory Libraries' University Libraries Fund for Excellence; 8th place, Women's Varsity Basketball; 9th place, Varsity Volleyball; 10th place, Center for AIDS Research

Rank	Prize	Programs, Teams, Centers, Etc.	Donors
1	$2,800	Campus Life	306
2	$2,400	Cross Country and Track & Field	178
3	$2,000	Swimming and Diving	160
4	$1,700	University-wide Initiatives	153
5	$1,500	Office of Spiritual and Religious Life	134
6	$1,300	Center for Ethics	123
7	$1,100	Emory Libraries	77
8	$900	Women's Basketball	73
9	$750	Volleyball	72
10	$550	Center for AIDS Research	67
11		Michael C. Carlos Museum	60
12		Winship Cancer Institute	48
13		Women's Soccer	47
14		Emory National Primate Research Center	47
15		Fraternities	47

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Alumni Boards and Networks: Most Gifts Leaderboard

Emory’s alumni boards, regional networks, and affinity groups are challenging each other to a friendly Emory Day of Giving competition: the 15 groups chosen most often by Emory alumni when making their gifts will share $10,000 in bonus awards! The top three large networks (denoted with a *), top eight other networks, and top four boards (denoted with a +) will receive awards. Alumni donors: first, designate your gift to an area/fund at Emory, then on the checkout page, select “alumni” as your affiliation and choose one of the 50+ participating networks.

Boost your Emory Alumni Network on the Network Leaderboard!

Rank	Answer	Gifts
1	Oxford School Boards+	240
2	New York Network*	184
3	ATL Alumnae and Women*	55
4	Global 60 Plus Network*	47
5	Advancement Volunteer (EAVN)	42
6	Emory Alumni Board+	36
7	ATL Over 40 Network*	33
8	ATL Caucus of Black Alumni	29
9	ATL Young Alumni Network*	26
10	Broward Network	24
11	Emory College Alumni Board	23
12	Candler Alumni Board+	22
13	Miami Network	18
14	Tampa Network	18
15	San Francisco Network	18

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Faculty and Staff Giving Challenge

Congratulations to these funds that won the Faculty and Staff Giving Challenge! 1st place, Candler School of Theology' Fund for Excellence ($2000); 2nd place School of Nursing's Nurses Alumni Association Scholarship ($1500); 3rd place Oxford College's Organic Farm ($1000); 4th place Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence ($500).

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Wake-Up Challenge

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Luke Gregory Memorial Compassion Endowment Fund; 2nd place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment; 3rd place, Emory College's Scholarships fund; 4th place Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence!

Rank	Prize	Schools/Units/Departments/Orgs/Teams	Donors
1	$1,000	Oxford College	31
2	$750	Campus Life	25
3	$500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	22
4	$250	Goizueta Business School	21
5		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	14
6		Swara	9
7		Emory Law	8
8		University-wide Initiatives	8
9		Office of Spiritual and Religious Life	7
10		Candler School of Theology	6
11		Rollins School of Public Health	6
12		Swimming and Diving	5
13		Parent Giving	5
14		Emory Libraries	4
15		Laney Graduate School	3

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Student Alumni Association Challenge

Congratulations to our winners, Emily Trujillo and Tanvi Kulkarni who selected Gender Expansive Women’s Ultimate Frisbee as their beneficiary, and Jamie Villalobos and Sharay Castanon who selected Volunteer Medical Interpretation Services as their beneficiary. Each student org will receive $500!

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Instagram Challenge

Our Emory experience is shaped by generous donors, alumni, and students. Starting on March 21 at 4:00 p.m. EDT through March 23 at 4:00 p.m. EDT @EmoryAlumni asked "What do you value at Emory?" Over 130 followers answered on Instagram. The four randomly selected winners each received $250 to designate to the #EmoryDayofGiving fund of their choice. Winners were: Nitya Guduru who selected Swara, Molly McGehee who selected Oxford Organic Farm, Will Hutchinson who selected Juice Ultimate Frisbee team, and Annika Jordan who selected Emory QuestBridge Scholars Network.

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Parent Giving Challenge

Congrats to the following areas that won the Parent Giving Challenge: 1st place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Fund for Excellence ($2000); 3-way tie for 2nd place, Track & Field, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee, and Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($1,000 each).

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Women of Emory Impact Circle Fund Match

Beginning at 6:00 a.m. EDT on March 22, donations to the Women of Emory Impact Circle Fund will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. This match was generously contributed by Women of Emory Impact Circle founding chair Lee Miller 82L.

$5,000 MATCHED

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2,036th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Olin Wiley on making our 2,036th Emory Day of Giving gift! Olin has won an extra $500 for the Laney Graduate School Diversity Gift Fund.

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4,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Tifaney Millwood on making our 4,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Tifaney has won an extra $500 for BSI Start:ME Operations.

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Most Dollars Leaderboard

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence; 2nd place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Fund for Excellence; 3rd place, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence; 4th place, Emory Law's Fund for Excellence; 5th place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment; 6th place, School of Nursing's Integrated Memory Care; 7th place, Swimming & Diving

Rank	Prize	Schools/Units/Departments/Orgs/Teams	Raised
1	$2,000	Oxford College	$123,542.92
2	$1,500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	$120,858.60
3	$900	Goizueta Business School	$104,770.72
4	$800	Emory Law	$76,825.71
5	$700	Campus Life	$59,443.60
6	$600	Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	$51,550.40
7	$500	Swimming and Diving	$37,506.81
8		Candler School of Theology	$37,287.23
9		School of Medicine	$31,679.68
10		Men's Golf	$31,415.72
11		Women's Soccer	$29,090.72
12		University-wide Initiatives	$21,548.12
13		Women's Tennis	$18,305.72
14		Center for Ethics	$17,914.48
15		Parent Giving	$15,950.40

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We're Not Tired Yet Challenge

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence; 2nd place, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee; 3rd place, Emory College of Art & Sciences' Scholarships fund; 4th place Track & Field!

Rank	Prize	SCHOOLS/UNITS/DEPARTMENTS/ORGS/TEAMS	Donors
1	$1,000	Oxford College	55
2	$750	Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee	46
3	$500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	31
4	$250	Cross Country and Track & Field	31
5		Juice Ultimate Frisbee	28
6		Goizueta Business School	26
7		Emory Law	22
8		University-wide Initiatives	21
9		Swimming and Diving	21
10		Rollins School of Public Health	18
11		Club Women's Volleyball	17
12		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	16
13		Campus Life	16
14		Office of Spiritual and Religious Life	15
15		Swara	14

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Wonderful Wednesday Alumni Happy Hour Challenge

Congrats to the following areas that won the Wonderful Wednesday Alumni Challenge: 1st place, Oxford College's Luke Gregory Memorial Compassion Endowment ($1500); 2nd place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Scholarships ($1,250); 3rd place, Goizueta Business School's BBA Curricular Initiatives ($1,000); 4th place, Candler School of Theology's Erskine-Smith-Moseley Scholarship ($825); 5th place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment ($750); 6th place, Emory Law's Fund for Excellence ($625); 7th place, Black Emory Impact Circle Fund; 8th place, School of Medicine's Scholarship Fund ($525); 2-way tie for 9th, Rollins School of Public Health's Fund for Excellence and Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee ($487.50 each).

Your Affiliation with Emory (Select all that apply)

Rank	Answer	Gifts
1	Alumnus/a	354

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Swoop In and Win: Most Dollars Challenge

Congrats to the following funds that won the Swoop In and Win Challenge! 1st place, Women's Golf ($1,000); 2nd place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($500).

Rank	Prize	Department	Raised
1	$1,000	Women's Golf	$10,000.00
2	$500	Oxford College	$6,455.40
3		Emory National Primate Research Center	$2,500.00
4		Campus Life	$1,270.00
5		Swimming and Diving	$1,250.00
6		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	$1,100.00
7		Goizueta Business School	$525.36
8		Men's Soccer	$500.00
9		Persian Cultural Association	$250.00
10		Emory Libraries	$250.00
11		Emory College of Arts and Sciences	$190.72
12		Emory Law	$186.00
13		University-wide Initiatives	$150.00
14		Center for AIDS Research	$125.00
15		Oxford Class Gift	$100.00

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Pop-Up Alumni Donor Challenge!

Congratulations to the following funds for winning $1,000 each in the Pop-Up Alumni Donor Challenge: Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment, Emory College of Arts and Sciences' Fund for Excellence, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence, Oxford College's Brook International Travel Endowment, and Swimming and Diving

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Black Emory Impact Circle Fund Match

Beginning at 6:00 a.m. EDT on March 22, donations to the Black Emory Impact Circle Fund will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. This match was generously contributed by Audia Wells 90Ox 92C.

$3,891 MATCHED

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Student Giving Challenge

Thank you to the 320 student donors who contributed during the Student Giving Challenge! Congrats to the following areas that won: 2-way tie for 1st place, Emory College Scholarships and Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($900 each); 3rd place, Oxford Class Gift ($650); 4th place, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee ($550); 5th place, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence ($500).

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1,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Allen Beck on making our 1,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Allen has won an extra $500 for the Emory Eye Center Residents Program Fund.

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3,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Emily Trujillo on making our 3,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Emily has won an extra $500 for the Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee team.

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5,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Alexia Gaviria on making our 5,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Alexia has won an extra $500 for the Nurses Alumni Association Scholarship.

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