Preliminary last results for Fresno State’s March 26 Day of Giving amusement that assemblage enactment for the Central Valley’s flagship instauration reached a caller all-time high, with gifts totaling $615,879, a 30.6% summation implicit the past Day of Giving successful November 2023, and surpassing the erstwhile grounds of $550,366 successful 2019.
“We are thrilled to denote that this year’s Day of Giving has acceptable a caller record, acknowledgment to the unthinkable generosity of our alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends,” said Brady Crook, vice president for University Advancement. “Your enactment fuels the programs and initiatives that amended and empower our students, equipping them for occurrence successful their careers and the interaction they volition person connected their communities. This milestone is simply a testament to the spot and committedness of our assemblage that starts present successful the Valley and spreads acold and wide crossed the globe. We are profoundly grateful for each acquisition that makes a lasting interaction connected the lives of our students. Thank you!”
The intent of Day of Giving has ever been astir engagement and giving astatine each level, centering connected each acquisition matters. This twelvemonth besides focused connected engaging caller philanthropic partners to articulation the greater Fresno State assemblage to amusement corporate impact. This effort was extensive, including being fueled by the caller Fresno State Day of Giving Roadshow. Throughout the day, the Roadshow visited 5 ardent Fresno State supporting businesses; including Moss Adams, Noble Credit Union, Pearson Realty, Precision Civil Engineering and Starbucks astatine Campus Pointe.
The eighth yearly Day of Giving took spot for 24 hours connected Wednesday, March 26 — from midnight done 11:59 p.m. The online fundraising run encouraged philanthropic partners to marque a acquisition to 1 of Fresno State’s 8 schools and colleges, athletics oregon the field part oregon programme of their choice.
There were 19 giving areas, representing dozens of initiatives, to support. Philanthropic partners could besides prime “other” and benignant successful the country of their choice. Donations straight payment students with scholarships, internships, research, improved learning spaces and more.
A unrecorded leaderboard tracked the fig of gifts and generosity committed passim the day, providing minute-by-minute updates connected the campaign’s website. A vigor representation of each 50 states and astir the satellite showed wherever donations came successful from — representing 42 states and 12 countries, including the archetypal Day of Giving gifts from Vermont and Rhode Island ever.
Previously held successful the fall, moving it to the outpouring aligned it with champion practices for days of giving and “I Heart Fresno State Week,” a week of events and activities that celebrates what makes Fresno State special.
Fresno State’s Day of Giving began successful 2017 arsenic portion of a increasing nationalist inclination for dedicated giving days that person go fashionable astatine universities crossed the nation. Since it began, Day of Giving has raised much than $3.9 million.
