AU Giving Day

Every year, our AU community unites on Giving Day to accelerate change. This year, we're in the final stretch of the Change Can't Wait campaign. Your gift during the 36-hour event will be the critical force that propels us across the finish line.

From providing student scholarships, financial aid, and emergency support, to empowering AU's scholar-teachers who are pushing boundaries and tackling humanity's most pressing issues, donors like you make a real impact on our university.

Your gift can be multiplied by taking advantage of one or more of our matches and challenges below! All gifts made during AU Giving Day will be counted towards the 3,000 donors needed to unlock the $50,000 AU Giving Day challenge gift.

The AU community knows Change Can't Wait, and you can join the effort. Make your gift on AU Giving Day and join Eagles everywhere.

SAVE THE DATE: February 25-26, 2025

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Challenges and Matches

Don't miss the chance to multiply your impact, thanks to gift matching and challenge opportunities from some of our most generous donors.

AU Giving Day Challenge

Giving Day is more than just a fundraising event, it's a rallying cry—a chance to amplify the impact of Change Can't Wait together.

Every gift unlocks potential. And, if we reach 3,000 donors we’ll unlock a generous $50,000 gift on behalf of Courtney Surls and Mark Caylor in honor of AU's Change Can’t Wait Campaign.

          

School of Communication Match

An anonymous SOC alum will match all gifts to the SOC Dean’s Fund, up to a total of $50K.

Match Amount: $50,000

School of Public Affairs Dean's Fund Match

Ken Bleakley, SPA/MPA ’71, will match all gifts School of Public Affairs Dean's Fund up to a total of $25,000. 

Match Amount: $25,000

School of Public Affairs Student Emergency Fund Match

Ken Bleakley, SPA/MPA ’71, will match all gifts School of Public Affairs Student Emergency Fund up to a total of $25,000. 

Match Amount: $25,000

Extra Credit Challenge

To close out AU Giving Day strong, AU Board of Trustee member Alan Meltzer will match all gifts from 4:30pm to 7pm this evening, February 27, with a gift of his own to AU up to a total of $25,000.

Match Amount: $25,000

School of International Service Match

Matt Klinger, SIS/BA ’95, will match all gifts to the SIS Emergency Fund up to a total of $20,000.

Match Amount: $20,000

College of Arts and Sciences Match

Jenine Rabin, CAS/BA ’96, will match all gifts to the CAS Student Emergency Fund up to $10,000. This fund helps CAS students experiencing unforeseen economic hardships and makes an immediate and profound impact.

Match Amount: $10,000

College of Arts and Sciences Challenge

When the CAS community comes together great things can happen. An anonymous CAS alumnus has pledged $1,000 to be unlocked when 50 CAS donors make a gift to the CAS Student Emergency Fund.

Challenge Amount: $1,000

AU Athletics Challenge

An Athletics donor has generously donated $25,000 to AU Athletics to sponsor a giving challenge. On Giving Day specifically, teams can earn additional funds by completing various challenges!

Challenge Amount: $25,000

Kogod School of Business Match

AU alum Toby McChesney will match all gifts to the Kogod School of Business up to $25,000.

Match Amount: $25,000

Kogod School of Business Match

AU alum Toby McChesney matched all gifts to the Kogod School of Business up to $25,000.

Match Met!

The Eagle Newspaper Match

The Eagle Advisory Board will match all gifts to The Eagle newspaper to support student journalism, up to a total of $2,700.

Match Amount: $2,700

AUWCL Climate Justice Fellows

To recognize the legacy of Professor David Hunter, who will soon retire, we are grateful to the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) for establishing the Climate Justice Fellow Initiative and matching all gifts up to $20,000.

Match Amount: $20,000

Washington College of Law Match

Double your impact! Give to the newly established WCL Dean’s Innovation Fund to support creative, cutting-edge initiatives, and Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, WCL ’76 will match up to $20,000.

Match Amount: $20,000

AUWCL Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project

An anonymous WCL alumna has committed a challenge gift of $2,000 to the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, to be unlocked with 25 gifts of any size in honor of the program’s 25th anniversary.

Match Amount: $2,000

AUWCL Janet Spragens Federal Tax Clinic Match

An anonymous WCL donor will match all gifts to the Janet Spragens Federal Tax Clinic up to $25,000.

Match Amount: $25,000

Eagle Endowment Match

Rick Evanchec, SPA/BA ’02, will match all gifts to the Eagle Endowment to provide AU students with service grants, up to a total of $1,000.

Match Amount: $1,000

University Library Match

The Library Council will match all gifts to the Emergency Technology Fund, supporting laptops for students in need, up to a total of $25,000.

Match Amount: $25,000

AUWCL Moot Court Honor Society

Stephen Wermiel, ’82, matched all gifts to WCL Moot Court Honor Society up to $1,500, to support students in representing WCL in national competitions demonstrating their oral advocacy and brief writing skills.

Match Met!

SIS Environment, Development, and Health Match

All gifts honoring Professor Paul Wapner’s legacy were matched up to $1,000. These gifts will help provide need-based funding opportunities for graduate students at the SIS Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Match Met!

Morning Match

All gifts made before 10 a.m. on Monday, February 26 were matched up to a total of $40,000 by Board of Trustees member Gaurdie Banister, Jr and Simin Banister. 

Match Met!

Alumni Donor Challenge

The AU cause with the most alumni donors by 5 p.m. on February 26 unlocked an extra $1,000 in funding thanks to three anonymous donors.

Challenge Unlocked!

AU Parent and Family Challenge

An anonymous donor donated $1,000 to the Parent and Family Fund because 50 parent or family donors gave by 7 p.m. February 26.

Challenge Unlocked!

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty and Staff Challenge

Elizabeth Harless, CAS Associate Dean of Advancement, will donate $500 to the CAS Student Emergency Fund, because 10 staff and faculty members gave!

Challenge Unlocked!

Leaderboard

See which AU schools, colleges or causes are leading the way this Giving Day.  You can help elevate your favorite AU cause to the top of the leaderboard and inspire others to join you.

Deadline :
feb 22, 2025 9:00:00
Additional Amount :
287066
Additional Donor :
1743
Target Donor :
3000
Give Now URL :
https://giving.american.edu/page/21176/donate/1?supporter.appealCode=24GD19W01
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Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) :
2024-02-19
End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) :
2024-03-01

Who Has Given?

When we all come together, American University grows stronger. Members from across the AU community participate in AU Giving Day—will you join them?

43%
Students & Alumni
18%
Parents
16%
Faculty & Staff
23%
Friends

Donor Honor Roll

We are grateful for those who can support AU Giving Day with a gift of $2,500 or more. Gifts at this level qualify for membership in the President’s Circle, our leadership community that invests in AU changemakers year after year.

Match & Challenge Donors

  • Courtney Surls and Mark Caylor
  • Gaurdie Banister, Jr. and Simin Banister
  • Alan Meltzer
  • Ken Bleakley
  • Matt Klinger
  • Library Council
  • Jenine Rabin
  • Elizabeth Harless
  • Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee
  • IGSD
  • Cedric & Tanya Rawls
  • Katie Benoit
  • Lindsey Campbell
  • Dan Luperchio
  • Emily Hampsten
  • CJ Murphy
  • Rick Atkinson
  • Mike Scott
  • Stephen Wermiel
  • The Eagle Advisory Board
  • Keith McIver
  • Rick Evanchec

Leadership Donors

  • Derek McGinty
  • Paul Hagen
  • Brenda Jarrell
  • Scott and Sheila Brown
  • Deborah Meland
  • Kenneth Meier
  • Melissa Maalouf
  • Jack Cassell
  • Steve Pann
  • William Chesley
  • Rahul Shah
  • Alan Meltzer
  • David Aldridge
  • Steve Harrick
  • Andrew Bon Salle
  • Chris and Fiona Chandler
  • Roin Baratashvili
  • Janice Abraham
  • Jeff McLoughlin
  • Loren Danielson
  • Ed and Gretchen Shifflett
  • Laura Ripol
  • Jeff Sine
  • George Younis
  • Francesco d'Archirafi
  • Anita Horn Rizek
  • Wayne Chasen
  • Tanya Ball
  • Cydney Harris

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