{"id":1829,"date":"2020-03-05T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:10:24","slug":"siu-day-of-giving-totals-top-1-6-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"SIU Day of Giving totals top $1.6 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Day of Giving \u2013 Chancellor John M. Dunn discusses the fourth SIU Carbondale Day of Giving campaign during festivities on Wednesday. The 24-hour fundraising campaign raised more than $1.6 million.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CARBONDALE, Ill., \u2014 The preliminary total raised through Southern Illinois University Carbondale\u2019s fourth Day of Giving on March 4 reached more than $1.6 million. The total reflects more than 2,441 individual gifts from 43 states and 10 countries.<\/p>\n

Chancellor John M. Dunn thanked donors for continued growth in support through the annual Day of Giving, from $340,000 in 2017 to more than $1 million in 2020. Last year, donors contributed $910,000 through the Day of Giving.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe annual growth in contributions is another signal of confidence in the university\u2019s momentum,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we near the end of our 150th<\/sup>\u00a0year, donors are positioning SIU for the next 150.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunn added that ultimately, the Day of Giving is not about the number.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about impact,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery gift made will help a student, support a program or contribute to the greater community through the arts, athletics and service. We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s Day of Giving was \u201c1 Vision. 24 Hours.\u201d Between 6 a.m. March 4 and 5:59 a.m. March 5, donors visited\u00a0siuday.siu.edu<\/a>\u00a0to support more than 150 programs, initiatives and scholarships.<\/p>\n

The numbers aren\u2019t final, said Rae Goldsmith, chief executive officer of the SIU Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe immediate totals include gifts made online,\u201d she said. \u201cThe numbers will grow as we count gifts made in person, by phone and by mail in the days ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Day of Giving includes a friendly competition for traveling trophies recognizing academic and non-academic units raising the most funds or attracting the most individual gifts.<\/p>\n

The College of Liberal Arts received more than $197,960, making it the academic unit that that raised the most funds. The School of Medicine had the highest number of individual gifts for an academic unit at 285. Among non-academic programs, Saluki Athletics received the most in total donations at $139,301. The Balancing Education, Experience and Reality Scholarship supported by the Carbondale \u201880s & 90s Facebook group received 815 individual gifts, earned the trophy for a most gifts raised by a non-academic unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery gift of any size makes a difference,\u201d Goldsmith said. \u201cThe Day of Giving demonstrates the power of community and philanthropy.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that all gifts to the Day of Giving also support the foundation\u2019s current $200 million Forever SIU campaign for the university.<\/p>\n

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CARBONDALE, Ill., \u2014 The preliminary total raised through Southern Illinois University Carbondale\u2019s fourth Day of Giving on March 4 reached more than $1.6 million. The total reflects more than 2,441 individual gifts from 43 states and 10 countries. Chancellor John M. Dunn thanked donors for continued growth in support through the annual Day of Giving, … Continue reading SIU Day of Giving totals top $1.6 million<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowdfunding","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}