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Power Hours, Matches, & Challenges!

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Past Events

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Club Sports Challenge
The participating Club Sport RSOs (registered student organizations) with the most donors at the end of #UMassGives will receive bonus money! First place will receive $1,000 and second and third 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 Club Sports Donors
1 $1,000 Men's Ultimate Frisbee 151
2 $500 Fencing Club 88
3 $500 Club Water Polo 76
4 Climbing Club 76
5 UMass Club Softball 22
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$250,000
Isenberg $500,000 Challenge
When the Isenberg community makes 500 gifts to the school, it will unlock $250,000 generously contributed by Thomas '76 and Cynthia Ackerman and once we hit our 1,000-gift goal an additional $250,000 will be unlocked by the Ackermans, totaling $500,000 for the Thomas and Cynthia Ackerman Family Scholarship!
Completed
$10,000
ISOM Finance $50,000 Challenge
Rick Stinson ’82 is challenging the finance community to get involved and support its students. For every 20 gifts to the Finance Department, Rick will generously contribute $10,000 in scholarship support, up to a total of $50,000!
Completed
$15,000
ISOM Management $25,000 Challenge
Ken Hintlian ‘76 is challenging the management community to get involved and give happy! For every 10 gifts made in support of the department, Ken will generously contribute $5,000 in scholarship support, up to a total of $25,000!
Completed
$5,000
ISOM McCormack Sport Management $25,000 Challenge
Pam Batalis '92 MS is challenging the sport management community to get involved and support McCormack students. For every 50 gifts that are made in support of the department, Pam will generously unlock $5,000 in support of women in the sport industry, up to a total of $25,000!
Completed
$25,000
Social & Behavioral Sciences Scholarships $25,000 Challenge
The first 25 gifts of any size supporting SBS scholarships or the Dean's Priority Fund will unlock a $25,000 challenge gift from alumni Mary Ann Higgins '72.
Completed
2
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SBS Ethnography Collective $25,000 Match
Generous donor Marian Krause has provided up to $25,000 to match donations to this fund on a 1:1 basis!
Completed
2
Match
SBS Johnetta Betsch Cole Award $1,000 Match
An anonymous donor has provided up to $1,000 to match donations to this fund on a 1:1 basis!
Completed
2
Match
SBS RISE Program $5,000 Match
Alumnus Sheldon Kline will match the first $5,000 donated to this program on a 1:1 basis!
Completed
$45,000
SBS UMass Women into Leadership $45,000 Challenge
When UWiL reaches 200 gifts of any size, it will unlock a challenge gift of $45,000 from alumna and UWiL Board member Jeanette Maillet '84.
Completed
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Athletics Team Participation Goals
Help each of our sports teams reach their participation goal.
Rank Team Goals % +/- Team Goals
1 Hockey -44.50% 111
goal: 200
2 Field Hockey -54.67% 34
goal: 75
3 Women's Soccer -62.00% 38
goal: 100
4 Women's Cross Country/Track & Field -68.00% 24
goal: 75
5 Men's Lacrosse -73.33% 40
goal: 150
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Isenberg Gift Leaderboard
See which areas within Isenberg are receiving the most support.
Rank Department/Group Gifts
1 Protect Our Breasts 125
2 Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management 99
3 Isenberg Class of 2024 Senior Gift 42
4 Accounting Department 36
5 ISOM Dean's Fund for Excellence 35
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SBS Gifts by Area
See how many gifts each area within SBS has received.
Rank Area Gifts
1 UMass Women into Leadership 130
2 Department of Journalism 47
3 The Galbraith Prize 38
4 The Frank Waugh Alumni Board Scholarship Fund 37
5 Department of Political Science 13
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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 24 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Protect Our Breasts 112
2 $500 University Without Walls 69
3 $500 Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning 31
4 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences 29
5 Indian Classical Arts Society 27
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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 24 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 The Massachusetts Daily Collegian 277
2 $500 Men's Ultimate Frisbee 134
3 $500 UMass CHAARG 99
4 Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management 85
5 The Boltwood Project 75
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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 25 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Men's Rugby 167
2 $500 Women’s Rugby Football Club 122
3 $500 Student Care & Emergency Response Fund 52
4 UMass EMS 46
5 UMass Hillel 33
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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 25 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Duly Noted 270
2 $500 Women's Ultimate Frisbee 148
3 $500 Boxing Club 80
4 Engineers Without Borders 40
5 Cape Verdean Student Alliance 32
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Athletic's Power Hour
On Thursday, April 25, the team with the most donors from 12-1 p.m. will receive an additional $5,000!
Rank Prize Athletic Team/Group Donors
1 $5,000 Women's Rowing 146
2 $2,500 Baseball 126
3 $1,000 Men's Soccer 64
4 Field Hockey 38
5 Hockey 19
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2
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College of Education $2,000 Match
Rena '65 and Howard Mirkin will match the next $2,000 donated to the College of Education!
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
$10,000
College of Education $10,000 Challenge
Peggy Jablonski '81 '84 will make a $10,000 gift if we can reach 100 donors.
39 / 100 Gifts
Ended
$5,000
ISOM Operations & Information Management $5,000 Challenge
OIM Advisory Board Chair David Sands ’92 and his wife Lisa ’95 are challenging the OIM community to get involved and support OIM students. For every $500 raised in support of the OIM Department, the Sands will generously contribute $1,000, up to a total of $5,000! Every gift counts.
$2,500 / $2,500 Raised
Completed
2
Match
Libraries $1,000 Power Hour Match
Dear friends of the Libraries have generously offered $1,000 in matching funds to encourage giving during today’s power hour, so please give to the Libraries between 2-3PM Eastern Time!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
$1,000
SBS in DC $1,000 Challenge
The first 10 gifts of any size to SBS in DC will unlock a $1,000 gift from SBS in DC alumnus Alfonso Hidalgo '18!
9 / 10 Gifts
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$1,500
SBS Sociology $1,500 Challenge
Support research shining a light on inequality! Dr. Margaret Andersen (’73 ’76) who created an endowment for graduate student research on inequality, has offered an enticing challenge. If at least fifteen gifts of any size are made to The Andersen Graduate Enrichment Fund, Dr. Andersen will give an additional $1,500. Support UMass graduate Sociology students researching inequality!
13 / 15 Gifts
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$1,000
University Without Walls $1,000 Challenge!
If UWW gets 100 donors, a generous donor will unlock an additional $1,000 that will be added to our total.
83 / 100 Donors
Ended
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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 $1,000 and second and third 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 $1,000 Mass Daily Collegian 318
2 $500 Student Alumni Association 146
3 $500 CHAARG 112
4 The Boltwood Project 85
5 Doo Wop Shop 81
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$5,000
ISOM Accounting $25,000 Gift Challenge
Ivan Yim ’95 is challenging the accounting community to get involved and support its students. For every 20 gifts to the Accounting Department, Ivan will generously contribute $5,000 in scholarship support, up to a total of $25,000! Every gift counts.
38 / 40 Gifts
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$21,000
ISOM Hospitality & Tourism Management $67,000 Challenge
UMass Amherst Trustee Robert Epstein '67 is challenging the Hospitality and Tourism Management community to get involved and give happy. For every 1 gift to the department, Bob will generously contribute $1,000 in scholarship support, up to a total of $67,000!
Completed
$10,000
ISOM Marketing $25,000 Challenge
Edmund Ward ‘77 is challenging the marketing community to get involved and give happy! For every 10 gifts that are made in support of the department, $5,000 from Edmund will be unlocked to support the Charles Schewe Endowed Fellowship, up to a total of $25,000!
Completed
$10,000
Manning CICS $10,000 Challenge!
This year, your gift to the CICS Experiential Learning Fund and the Dean's Opportunity Fund will help us reach our goal of 150 donors to unlock a challenge gift of $10,000. Please help us reach our goal and unlock this amazing challenge gift!
Completed
2
Match
SBS Annie Magennis Graduate Peer Mentoring Fund $5,000 Match
An anonymous donor has provided up to $5,000 to match donations to this fund on a 1:1 basis.
Completed
2
Match
SBS in DC $16,000 Match
Alums Joseph Donovan ‘92, Alfonso Hidalgo ‘18, and Donovan Strategies will match the first $16,000 in donations to SBS in DC!
Completed
$15,000
SBS Political Science & Legal Studies $15,000 Challenge
When Political Science and Legal Studies receive a total of 75 gifts of any size, it will unlock a $15,000 challenge gift from alumnus Chris McCabe '81.
Completed
2
Match
SBS Senior Completion Program $2,500 Match
Alumnus Sheldon Kline will match the first $2,500 donated to this program on a 1:1 basis!
Completed
2
Match
Student Alumni Association $5,000 Match
Help us unlock a $5,000 matching gift from a longtime friend of the SAA!
Completed
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Isenberg Cash Leaderboard
See which areas within Isenberg are receiving the most support.
Rank Department/Group Raised
1 ISOM Scholarships $275,520.00
2 Finance Department $53,200.00
3 Hospitality & Tourism Management Scholarships $25,600.00
4 Accounting Department $22,940.00
5 Operations and Information Management Department $7,695.00
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SBS Cash by Area
See how much each area within SBS has received during UMassGives.
Rank Area Raised
1 UMass Women into Leadership $80,756.00
2 Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning (Unrestricted) $50,200.00
3 The Galbraith Prize $47,730.00
4 Department of Political Science $16,565.00
5 SBS in DC $16,000.00
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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 24 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Student Alumni Association 128
2 $500 UMass Women into Leadership 90
3 $500 Professional Writing and Technical Communication 36
4 College of Education Student Emergency Fund 10
5 Men's Lacrosse 8
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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 24 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Minuteman Marching Band 87
2 $500 Fencing Club 74
3 $500 Active Minds 65
4 Climbing Club 60
5 HackUMass 33
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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 25 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Stonewall Center 160
2 $500 Model UN 71
3 $500 Women for UMass Amherst 48
4 Film Studies Program 41
5 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 13
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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 25 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department/Group/RSO Donors
1 $2,000 Men's Club Rowing 216
2 $500 Women's Club Ice Hockey 123
3 $500 Spanish and Portuguese Studies 78
4 Filipino Student Association 69
5 Nursing Study Abroad Scholarships 25
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2
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$10,000 university-wide match!
Beginning at 4 p.m. 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
Completed
2
Match
College of Education $3,000 Match
Richard Allan '73 will match the first $3,000 raised for the College of Education!
$2,415 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Meal Plan Assistance Fund Match!
Ken Toong ’04 MBA will match the first $1,000 in gifts made to the Meal Plan Assistance Fund. Gifts will enhance UMass Dining’s No Student Goes Hungry policy.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
$20,000
ISOM Accounting $25,000 Challenge
Matthew Davis ‘03 is challenging the accounting community to get involved and support accounting students! For every $1,000 raised in support of the department, Matthew will unlock $5,000 in scholarship support for accounting students, up to a total of $25,000!
$3,965 / $4,000 Raised
Ended
2
Match
Nursing Power Hour $1,000 Match!
To encourage as many donations as possible during our Power Hour from 2-3 p.m. on April 25, Dean Vorderstrasse is personally matching the first $1,000 raised. Go Nursing and Go UMass!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
$37,500
SBS Economics $37,500 Challenge
An anonymous donor has agreed to donate $37,500 Galbraith Prize Endowment if the Economics department can get 50 gifts during UMassGives.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$50,000
SBS Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning $50,000 Challenge
The first 50 gifts of any size to Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning will unlock a challenge gift of $50,000 from alumnus John Arnold '86, supporting student scholarship.
Completed
$25,000
SBS UMass Women into Leadership $25,000 Challenge
Maritza and Javier Reyes have generously pledged to establish a new endowed scholarship for UWiL, if we can raise $10,000 during UMassGives it will unlock this additional $25,000 gift!
$10,000 / $10,000 Raised
Completed
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