Our 8th Giving Day was a Resounding success! Thank you to all who made a gift during the day. If you missed your opportunity to give, you can still come together for uc irvine and give by clicking here!


Events

Here's where you can find all of the opportunities to help your favorite schools and programs win extra funds and bragging rights — time-based contests, special matches and challenges, and competitive social media events. New opportunities will be added regularly, so check back often to see how you can further your impact of the programs and priorities most meaningful to you!

Past Events


Success!
Last But Not Least!
Congratulations to Tse-Wen Chen, a current student, whose gift to Solar Car Engineering Student Group won the Last But Not Least Challenge! With your gift Tse-Wen, $1000 in bonus funds will be awarded to Solar Car Engineering, thanks to the generous support of UCI Foundation trustees Gary and Melanie Singer!
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Match
Women's Volleyball Charlie Brande $3,000 Match
Double your impact! All gifts to the Women’s Volleyball program will be matched dollar-for-dollar by former UCI Men’s and Women’s Volleyball coach Charlie Brande up to $3,000!
$3,000 MATCHED
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$1,000
Women's Volleyball Leinbach Family 40 Gift Challenge
Help the Women’s Volleyball program unlock a generous $1000 gift from the Leinbach Family after 40 gifts are made to the program!
40 / 40 Gifts
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Leaderboard
Anteater Athletics - Most Dollars Raised
Let's see which team reigns supreme this Giving Day! Most dollars raised gets bragging rights!
Rank Department Raised
1 Mens Volleyball $120,733.00
2 Mens Basketball $63,108.00
3 Baseball $45,974.10
4 Mens Soccer $43,000.00
5 Womens Basketball $36,882.00
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Event
Young Alumni Power Hour
Over 70 young alumni made a gift during our Power Hour Challenge! Congratulations to the Young Alumni Council Scholarship Fund for winning the challenge with 28 individual donors! $1,000 in bonus funds will be added to the YAC Scholarship Fund!
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$1,965
1965 Challenge
Congratulations to Hilary Lapks! Your gift to Men's Volleyball just unlocked $1,965 in bonus funds for the program!
1,965 / 1,965 Gifts
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Leaderboard
Rip 'em Eaters Challenge
Thanks to a generous commitment from UCI Foundation trustees Mark & Kathleen Santora, the top-5 UCI Athletics programs with the largest growth in donors over last year's Giving Day will share a bonus prize of $10,000!
Rank Prize Program % +/- Goal
1 $3,500 Eater Nation Fund +57.14% 11
goal: 7
2 $2,000 Anteater Band & Spirit Squad +53.12% 49
goal: 32
3 $1,750 Mens Volleyball +46.22% 174
goal: 119
4 $1,500 Mens Water Polo +17.65% 40
goal: 34
5 $1,250 Womens Tennis +6.25% 17
goal: 16
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$1,000
Women's Volleyball Coach Mike Puritz 25 Gift Challenge
Help the Women’s Volleyball program unlock a generous $1000 gift from former UCI Women's Volleyball Coach Mike Puritz after 25 gifts are made to the program!
25 / 25 Gifts
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Match
Women's Volleyball Shannon (Flint) Eusey Match
Double your impact! All gifts made to the Women’s Volleyball Program will be matched 1:1 by UCI alumna and former Women’s Volleyball student-athlete Shannon (Flint) Eusey, up to $3,000!
$3,000 MATCHED
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Leaderboard
Anteater Athletics - Most Gifts Received
Let's see which team reigns supreme this Giving Day. Most gifts receives bragging rights!
Rank Department Gifts
1 Mens Volleyball 174
2 Mens Soccer 117
3 Baseball 96
4 Womens Basketball 78
5 Mens Basketball 60
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$10,000
Parent Power Hour 25 gift Challenge
Power Hour? How about a power 15-minutes?! Congratulations to our UCI Parent and Family community for coming together in record time to unlock $10,000 in support for Campus Organizations and Volunteer Programs! Keep the momentum going and support some of our outstanding matches and challenges below!
25 / 25 Gifts
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Success!
Early Bird Challenge
Congratulations to Darcy Wilson-Jones (LGBT Resource Center), Katy Young (School of the Arts/Dance), Charlton Lee (Social Sciences Student Awards) and Rick Emerling (UCI Retirees Association Scholarships), for winning our Early Bird Challenge! $500 in bonus funds will be added to each of these funds in your honor!
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