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College of Social & Behavioral Sciences has raised $ 212,654 from 660 Gifts!
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Today is UMassGives! This is a powerful opportunity for our community to come together and invest in the future of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). Last year, more than 735 generous donors helped us raise over $426,000 in support of SBS students, faculty, and programs. That collective generosity made a tangible difference: expanding access for students from underserved backgrounds, strengthening the SBS in DC internship program, advancing senior completion initiatives, and fueling the innovative work of our faculty.

In 2026, we aim to build on that momentum and your support will help us get there.

Gifts to the SBS Dean’s Priority Fund provide flexible, immediate resources that allow the college to respond to emerging opportunities and student needs. From supporting undergraduate research through the UMass Poll to enabling internships across Boston, New England, and around the world, this fund helps ensure that SBS students gain the real-world experiences they need to succeed. During UMassGives, donations to the Dean’s Priority Fund will go even further thanks to a special matching challenge by Ryan Benharris ’01, who will donate $1,000 once 15 gifts to the fund are received.

You can also invest in the Faculty Excellence Fund, which supports the recruitment, retention, and development of outstanding faculty whose teaching and research shape the SBS experience. Your support of the SBS Faculty Excellence Fund helps the college recruit, retain, and propel outstanding faculty whose teaching, research, and public engagement define the SBS experience. This flexible funding provides critical seed support that removes barriers to innovation, fuels groundbreaking scholarship, and strengthens student learning across the social and behavioral sciences. When 15 gifts of any size are made to this fund, anonymous donors will contribute an additional $150,000 to advance faculty excellence at SBS.

Together, these funds as well as all the department funds we have here at SBS play a critical role in preparing graduates to lead in the public and private sectors, fostering informed social change, and strengthening communities locally and globally.

However you choose to give during UMassGives, your support has a direct and lasting impact on our students and faculty. Thank you for being part of the SBS community and for helping us shape the leaders, thinkers, and changemakers of tomorrow.


April 29

10:00- 11:00 a.m. - UWil

12:00- 1:00 p.m. - Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning

12:00- 1:00 p.m. - Journalism 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Legal Studies

3:00 - 4:00 - Resource Economics

April 30 

2:00 - 3:00 - CLACLS

2:00 - 3:00 - Political Science




Center for Research on Families CLACLS Data Analytics & Computational Social Science Department of Anthropology Department of Communication Department of Economics Human Security Lab Department of Journalism Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Department of Legal Studies Department of Political Science Department of Resource Economics Department of Public Policy Department of Sociology Social Thought and Political Economy Institute for Social Science Research SBS Andersen Graduate Enrichment Fund SBS Dean's Priority Fund SBS Faculty Excellence SBS John Hird Fellows in RISE SBS in DC SBS Scholarships SBS Senior Completion Fund UMass Labor Center UMass Poll UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL)
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Student Organization Challenge
The participating student organizations with the most donors at the end of #UMassGives will receive bonus money! First place will receive $2,000, second place will receive $1,000 and third - fifth places will receive $500 each! Make a gift to your favorite RSO to help them win! (NOTE: Multiple gifts made by the same person to the same RSO will only count as one gift.)
Rank Prize Student Organization Donors
1 $2,000 Duly Noted 275
2 $1,000 The Massachusetts Daily Collegian 235
3 $500 Vietnamese Student Association 154
4 $500 Student Alumni Association 150
5 $500 UMass Women into Leadership 149
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$1,000
SBS - Andersen Graduate Enrichment Fund $1,000 challenge!
When the Andersen Graduate Enrichment Fund reaches 10 donors a $1,000 challenge gift from Maggie Andersen '73 will be unlocked
Completed
$1,000
SBS - Dean's Priority Fund $1,000 challenge!
15 gifts of any size will unlock a $1,000 gift from Ryan Benharris '01
15 / 15 Gifts
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$150,000
SBS - Faculty Excellence Fund $150,000 challenge!
When 15 gifts of any size are made to the Faculty Excellence Fund, anonymous donors will contribute an additional $150,000.
15 / 15 Gifts
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Match
SBS - Political Science $1,500 match!
Joe Cayer '72 will match the first $1500 given to the Department of Political Science
$1,500 MATCHED
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$1,000
SBS - UWiL $1,000 challenge!
When UWiL receives 50 gifts of any size, Monserrate Rodríguez Colón, Founder of MRC Business & Consulting Services, LLC & member of the UWil Board of Directors, will donate an additional $1,000 gift.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
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Match
Student Group $5,000 Match!
Beginning at 4 p.m. on April 29 we will be matching the first $100 of every gift made to a student group, student club, or student organization until we have matched $5,000 in gifts. Make your gift now before the matching funds run out!
$5,000 MATCHED
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2
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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