Name: W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Start: 2026-04-28T00:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-01T06:32:00-0400
Location: UMassGives 2026

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$ 2,221,764 raised 12,087 Gifts

W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies has raised $ 2,025 from 23 Gifts!

W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

The New Africa House Student Support Fund

This fund will support undergraduate majors, minors, and graduate students in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies. Our department, located in New Africa House, was founded in 1970 during an era when activists sought revolutionary change in the United States. UMass Amherst was among the first campuses to establish an autonomous department that focused on the study of the Black World. Our students are committed to using the knowledge and skills gained in our department to support positive change in Black communities and the larger world.

For many students, the cost to study and live while pursuing a degree exceeds their resources, so the goal of the fund is to encourage retention, assist with enhanced educational experiences, and support students toward the successful completion of their degrees. The fund would support:

book grants
study abroad/travel for educational enhancement
conference travel
need-based and merit-based tuition support
small grants for unexpected emergencies
application and exam fees for postgraduate education
summer funding
student programming grants

Please help us to support our students by making a donation to the New Africa House Student Support Fund!

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$30,000

HFA - $30,000 challenge!

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Match

University-wide $10,000 match!

Beginning at 4 p.m. on April 30 we will be matching the first $100 of every gift made until we have matched $10,000 in gifts. Hurry and make your gift now before the matching funds run out!

$10,000 MATCHED

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #1

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 10-11 a.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Student Alumni Association	128
2	$1,000	UMass Women into Leadership	112
3	$500	Dept. of Food Science	90
4	$500	Golf Club	53
5	$500	iCons	40
6		Cape Cod Scholarship	38
7		Women's Cross Country/Track & Field	25
8		Department of Accounting	22
9		Professional Writing and Technical Communication	18
10		Pond Club	13
11		Women's Soccer	10
12		Department of Theater	9
13		Field Hockey Club	9
14		Alumni Association	8
15		Department of Physics	8

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Power Hour #2

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 12-1 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Women's Club Ice Hockey	180
2	$1,000	Women's Rugby	95
3	$500	Department of Polymer Science and Engineering.	71
4	$500	UWW Completion Fund	57
5	$500	PRSSA	51
6		Spanish and Portuguese Studies	51
7		Climbing Club	50
8		Department of Journalism	35
9		Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management	34
10		Smart Woman Securities	34
11		UMass Hillel	32
12		Frank Waugh Alumni Board Fund	16
13		Department of History	14
14		Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning	11
15		Dept. of Food Science	11

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #3

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 3-4 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Men's Rugby	175
2	$1,000	Field Hockey	102
3	$500	Women's Lacrosse	96
4	$500	New2 U	78
5	$500	Baseball	54
6		Men's Soccer	21
7		Department of Chemistry	15
8		Club Softball	11
9		Script U - Women's Lacrosse	9
10		ACEing Autism	8
11		Women's Soccer	8
12		CICS Scholarships	8
13		Libraries Sustainability Fund	7
14		Club Swim	7
15		Script U - Hockey	6

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #4

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 6-7 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Women's Ultimate Frisbee	153
2	$1,000	Club Water Polo	131
3	$500	S#arp Attitude	117
4	$500	Doo Wop Shop	98
5	$500	Choral Dilemma	70
6		ALANA	68
7		Dance Company	58
8		Sailing Team	57
9		CHAARG	55
10		Women's Club Soccer	47
11		Mu Epsilon Delta	42
12		Girl Up	34
13		Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers	21
14		Ellsberg Initiative	17
15		Department of Physics	15

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #5

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 11 a.m. - noon EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Stonewall Center	196
2	$1,000	Club Swim	127
3	$500	Minutemen Racing	97
4	$500	Comparative Literature Program	56
5	$500	Film Studies Program	50
6		Women For UMass Amherst	44
7		Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	33
8		Debate Society	29
9		School of Earth & Sustainability	23
10		Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	21
11		Pre-Optometry Professional Society	20
12		CNS Student Experiential Learning Fund	10
13		Women's Cross Country/Track & Field	9
14		McCormack Student Leaders	8
15		Script U - Hockey	7

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #6

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 1-2 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Minuteman Marching	193
2	$1,000	Women's Rowing	106
3	$500	Center for Women and Community	78
4	$500	WMUA	63
5	$500	Board of Student Businesses	61
6		Center for Neuroendocrine Studies	54
7		Student Care & Emergency Response Fund	50
8		Filipino Student Assocation	28
9		Society of Women Engineers	22
10		Civic Engagement and Service-Learning	16
11		Student Nurses Assocation	12
12		Women's Cross Country/Track & Field	12
13		Model UN	11
14		Stonewall Center	10
15		Science Olympiad	10

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #7

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 2-3 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Men's Club Rowing	268
2	$1,000	The Massachusetts Daily Collegian	189
3	$500	CLACLS	62
4	$500	Men's Club Volleyball	48
5	$500	Fencing Club	39
6		The Boltwood Project	36
7		Minuteman Marching	20
8		BOXING CLUB	15
9		Alpha Phi Omega Kappa Omicron	15
10		UMass Amherst Bach Festival and Symposium	14
11		Department of Microbiology	14
12		W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies	13
13		Men's Soccer	10
14		Department of Political Science	9
15		Women's Rowing	9

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Leaderboard

Power Hour #8

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 8-9 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Duly Noted	259
2	$1,000	UMass EMS	118
3	$500	Vietnamese Student Association	109
4	$500	Mock Trial Team	96
5	$500	InterVarsity Christian Fellowship	90
6		Running Club	46
7		Ballroom Dance Team	22
8		Softball	12
9		Dept. of Food Science	12
10		Men's Cross Country/Track & Field	7
11		K-POP Dance Club	5
12		Script U - Hockey	4
13		Stockbridge School of Agriculture	4
14		UMass Hillel	4
15		WMUA	4

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