Day of Gracious Giving 2025

$505,538
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1,136
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This campaign ended on May 08, 2025, but you can still make a gift to Kalamazoo College by clicking here!
Student Stories 🧡
🎥 Adventure Begins
This Recipe is 🔥🔥
Doodle by Campfire
Start Your Adventure in Giving


Every adventure begins with a single step. Today, you can illuminate paths for a new generation of adventurers, igniting a spark of discovery that will set them on their own transformative K journey.

Gifts to the Kalamazoo College Fund

help to provide essential scholarships and financial aid, support the K student experience and provide faculty resources.

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Class LeaderboardClass years can be filtered by donors and dollars per class.
Giving By ClassDonorsRaised ($)
200421$3,529
199713$2,130
199127$4,790
19667$2,975
201121$1,750
198816$5,475
20099$1,700
197629$5,826
199245$30,096
196916$18,475
19689$7,833
199427$9,906
199012$2,530
201717$1,165
200321$3,170
197131$40,700
20127$2,470
199969$13,169
198411$2,675
20196$525
199316$32,000
19655$3,725
20138$795
200220$14,576
20149$1,630
200810$925
196710$5,750
19989$3,475
198324$10,465
198710$4,787
199513$2,410
200731$3,895
198223$15,475
198116$6,597
201019$1,253
197322$3,250
20057$600
197931$29,804
200616$8,940
197421$19,583
199611$12,105
197747$11,530
197041$14,268
200025$11,655
19510$0
197827$6,008
20222$75
197528$20,043
19894$1,375
19593$1,600
19639$10,716
20153$150
197210$3,010
19500$0
20016$600
19520$0
19613$1,200
198030$22,900
20182$75
19857$11,195
20246$250
19530$0
19646$7,018
20164$81
19570$0
19866$3,650
20232$150
19581$100
20212$100
19551$100
19560$0
19621$50
19540$0
20201$50
19600$0
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Donor Affiliations
Gradhat icon75%Alum
Suitcase icon4%Faculty/Staff
Parent icon4%Parents & Family
Friends icon1%Friends
Book icon1%Students
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Thomas M Flynn
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Kevin C. Murphy & Amy Murphy
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Patricia A. Harrington Wydell
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Dr Betsy J Hancock & Dennis MacMahon
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Updates📣
First Light: New Donor Match

Welcome to the K giving campfire! Your first gift adds your spark to our K community flame. We’re so glad you’ve joined our K giving adventure crew!

42 days ago by Maxine Horton
Summit Seeker: 20 Match or Challenges Unlocked


Woo-hoo—we’re halfway up the mountain of matches and challenges! Your generosity just gave an amazing view of what’s possible when we come together for K students. The adventure continues because of you! 

43 days ago by Maxine Horton
Mountain Crew: 800 Donors


We’ve assembled an amazing expedition team! With 800 donors joining our Day of Gracious Giving adventure, we’re proving that giving together makes K stronger. K student journeys are powered by this incredible community!

43 days ago by Maxine Horton
Trailblazer: 10 Match or Challenges Unlocked


Look at you go! You’ve helped kickstart our Day of Gracious Giving adventure with your awesome gifts. The first steps are always the most exciting—thanks for getting us moving!

43 days ago by Maxine Horton
Achievement Patches

Adventure Awaits: Give and Explore!

This Day of Gracious Giving is all about helping Kalamazoo College students get out there and explore! Help our giving community earn all the digital adventure patches as we complete challenges together—each patch will appear on our giving platform when we reach a new milestone, showing the power of our combined generosity. Let's fill our virtual sash with all the patches before the day ends! 

Adventure Patches to be unlocked: 

Trailblazer: 10 Match or Challenges fulfilled  

Summit Seeker: 20 Match or Challenges fulfilled 

Global Voyager: 30 or more Match or Challenges fulfilled 

First Light: New Donor Match fulfilled 

Mountain Crew: 800 Donors 

Voyager Fleet: 1,200 Donors


43 days ago by Maxine Horton