Giving Day 2025 - Be Unstoppable

And there's still time to earn $5,000 for an area of your choosing with the Alumni Association's $5,000 Donor Participation Challenge, ending at midnight.

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Ring, Ring, Ring! Time for the Dinner Bell Blitz: 5 pm to 7 pm EDT

🍴 The Dinner Bell Blitz challenge is happening NOW!

As the day winds down, donors are stepping up to support their favorite projects.

Let's make this dinner hour count and secure that extra $1,000! 🌟

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Lunch Power Hour & Midday Momentum

This afternoon, VIP Hockey Fund and Stony Brook Child Care both earned $1,000 towards their funds, thanks to the Alumni Association!

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Midday Momentum: 2 pm to 4 pm EDT

The chances to win extra dollars for the areas that mean the most to you keep coming!

☀️ The Midday Momentum challenge is gaining traction!

Donors are rallying to make a difference in the afternoon.

Keep the momentum strong and help your project win extra funds! 🚀

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Halfway through Power Hour #2

Current standings:

Respiratory Care & Hockey are battling it out for $1,000!

Make sure to make your gift and give your project a boost!

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Lunch Power Hour: 11 am to 1 pm EDT

🍽️ The Lunch Power Hour challenge is heating up!

Donors are coming together during their lunch break to support meaningful projects.

Let's keep the energy high and push for that additional $1,000! 💪

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

First winner of the day!!!!!

We've got our first winner!

Stony Brook Child Care has won $1,000 towards their fund for having the most donors between 8am-10am!

Stay tuned for our next Alumni Association Power Hour challenge at 11am!

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Halfway through Morning Buzz!

We're halfway through our first of 5 Power Hour Challenges and here are the current standings:

Occupational Therapy is in the lead!

Make your gift to the area of your choice to help them win $1,000!

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Win $1,000 - Morning Buzz: 8 am to 10 am EDT

🌅 The Morning Buzz challenge is off to a great start!

Early risers are making a significant impact by supporting their favorite projects.

Keep the momentum going and help your chosen area earn extra funds! 🌟

563 days ago by Katrina Culhane

The Alumni Association $5,000 Giving Day Participation Challenge starts NOW!

🎉 The Giving Day Participation Challenge is underway!

The project with the highest number of donors during the next 24 hours will receive the top prize of $5,000, thanks to the generosity of the Stony Brook Alumni Association.

Every donation counts, so let's make this day unforgettable! 🏆

564 days ago by Katrina Culhane

Two Ways to Make a BIG Impact!!

Just Announced: Two Ways to Make a BIG Impact!!

1. Your Giving Day Gift Amplified — 2.25x Match for Scholarships!

Endowed scholarships are the most impactful way you can help bring a life-changing Stony Brook education within reach for a deserving student. On Giving Day 2025, your gift to the Stony Brook Endowed Scholarship Fund will be more than doubled through a special match.

Thanks to the MJS Foundation as well as the New York State match, your gift to unrestricted endowed scholarships will be matched 2.25x up to $100,000! For instance, a gift of $100 will become $225 in total impact to support talented Seawolves.

In addition, thanks to the Stony Brook Alumni Association, when 150 donors make their gift to the Stony Brook Endowed Scholarship Fund, it will unlock an additional $30,000 for scholarships, which means your gift goes even further!

2. Take Part in the Alumni Association Challenge

The Alumni Association wants to help YOU make an even bigger impact.

Help the area that matters most to you earn extra funds.

The project with the highest number of donors in each of these windows will receive an additional $1,000 ($5,000 total will be awarded):

Morning Buzz: 8 am to 10 am EDT

Lunch Power Hour: 11 am to 1 pm EDT

Midday Momentum: 2 pm to 4 pm EDT

Dinner Bell Blitz: 5 pm to 7 pm EDT

Evening Energizer: 8 pm to 10 pm EDT

But that's not all! The project with the the highest number of donors during the 24 hours of Giving Day (midnight to midnight) will receive the top prize — $5,000!

With over $300,000 in matches and challenges this Giving Day - YOU can help Stony Brook #BeUnstoppable

564 days ago by Katrina Culhane

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Generated 446 clicks and 57 gifts, totaling $5,076

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Nicole Levy

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Daria Carioscia

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Katrina Culhane

Generated 107 clicks and 15 gifts, totaling $131

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Incentives

A Pair for a Pair! If 2 or more donors make a gift through your personal share link, you will receive brand new, limited edition, Stony Brook branded shoelaces!

Only 371 left!

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Charmed, I'm sure! If you receive $20 or more through your personal share link, you will receive a pair of Stony Brook Croc charms!

Only 164 left!

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Dressed to Impress! If you receive $57 or more through your personal share link (in honor of our founding year), you will be entered to win one of 12 Stony Brook University t-shirts, courtesy of Shop Red West!

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Touchdown! If you garner $100 in support through your personal share link, you will receive a pair of tickets to Stony Brook University's Homecoming 2025 in October! Limited to 40 advocates.

Only 15 left!

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10/10! If 10 or more donors make a gift through your personal share link, you'll receive a code for 10% off your next order of tickets at the Staller Center! While supplies last, the code is valid for any of the following shows: Duel Reality (4/11 & 4/12 @ 8pm), Emerson Legacy Concert-featuring cellist Paul Watkins and famed soprano Christine Goerke (4/14 @ 7pm) and Paul Taylor Dance (5/3 @ 8pm). Offer valid 3/24 - 4/20.

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VIP Tour! If you garner $200 or more in support through your personal share link, you will be eligible to receive a private campus tour for yourself and your family, thanks to Student Affairs. (Tours are dependent on availability during designated tour times.)

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Top Performing Projects

Programs & Funds	Donors	Raised ($)
Stony Brook Marching Band	97	$5,231
Stony Brook Endowed Scholarship Fund	110	$78,840
Thomas Hartman Center for Parkinson's Research in Neurobiology & Behavior	1	$48
Autism Initiative Excellence Fund	3	$20
Kidney Transplantation Program Fund	5	$520
Softball Fund for Excellence	38	$2,743
Fund for Stony Brook University Hospital	6	$785
The Sherry and Howard Sussman Endowed Scholarship	2	$18
Occupational Therapy Fund for Excellence	83	$1,653
Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund	4	$150
Physical Therapy Department Fund for Excellence	11	$662
Institute of Energy: Sustainability, Environment, & Equity Excellence Fund	3	$200
Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC) Alumni Endowed Scholarship	3	$167
Electrical and Computer Engineering Fund for Excellence	1	$1,000
Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC) Alumni Endowed Scholarship	3	$167
Long Island State Veterans Home Capital Fund	115	$9,960
Career Center Support Fund	3	$157
Center for Changing Systems of Power Excellence Fund	5	$1,255
Program in Writing and Rhetoric Fund for Excellence	4	$250
Stony Brook Heart Institute	4	$185
SDM Scholarship for Underrepresented Students	25	$2,313
School of Social Welfare Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	21	$2,981
Geosciences Department Fund for Excellence	2	$30
Mathematics Department Fund for Excellence	14	$1,148
Graduate School Dean's Fund for Excellence	9	$351
Women's Basketball Fund for Excellence	29	$3,818
Heart Institute Cardiology Fund for Excellence	2	$500
Humanities Institute Fund	14	$545
LGBTQ* Center Fund for Excellence	11	$574
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fund	2	$60
Geriatric Education Fund	0	$0
Institute for Ocean Conservation Science (IOCS) General Fund	1	$10
The Conti Family Scholarship	1	$100
Emergency Department	1	$25
Staller Center for the Arts Endowed Fund	1	$100
Korean Studies	2	$100
Tennis Fund for Excellence	5	$540
Men's Basketball Fund for Excellence	35	$4,181
Carlos Vidal Memorial Scholarship Fund	5	$1,325
Emergency Department	1	$25
Turkana Basin Institute Project	4	$367
Civil Engineering Fund for Excellence	2	$510
Staller Center's Barbara N. Wien Arts & Education Fund	0	$0
Graduate Student Organization Student Emergency Support Fund	2	$21
Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communications Fund for Excellence	5	$168
Department of Psychology Fund for Excellence	27	$3,779
Honors College Scholarship Fund	3	$210
European Languages Fund for Excellence	1	$200
Study Abroad	0	$0
Speech Language Pathology	166	$5,235
The Francesco P. and Dina D'Alto Malgeri Endowment in Italian Culture	0	$0
Philosophy Department Fund for Excellence	5	$220
Africana Studies Fund for Excellence	4	$175
Study Abroad Scholarship Fund	8	$377
Gerald Brown Endowed Fund for Excellence in Physics & Astronomy	0	$0
Out of State Recruitment Counselor Events	7	$380
Stony Brook HOME	5	$228
Center for Hellenic Studies	28	$5,315
John H. Marburger III Endowed Fellowship for Science, Engineering & Mathematics	0	$0
Collaborative for the Earth	2	$270
Urology Department Fund	5	$365
Urology Department Fund	5	$365
Department of Orthopedic Surgery Fund for Excellence	0	$0
Student Enrichment Theatre in New York	0	$0
Alda Center for Communicating Science	3	$2,557
School of Dental Medicine Scholarship Endowment	2	$500
School of Professional Development Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	7	$162
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Fund for Excellence	4	$1,710
Richard B. Moore Endowment	0	$0
Evan R. Liblit Memorial Endowed Award	1	$200
Mobile Stroke Unit	2	$10
Endocrinology Division	2	$7,510
Renaissance School of Medicine Scholarship Fund	9	$2,133
Chemistry Department Fund for Excellence	27	$9,257
Hispanic Languages and Literature Undergraduate & Graduate Student Award Fund	22	$1,325
Student Emergency Support Fund	23	$2,374
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	27	$5,925
Child Life Services Fund	3	$130
BookEnds Second Chapter Endowment Intent Fund	52	$4,966
SoMAS General Scholarship Fund	15	$2,009
Frances Bisignano Memorial Scholarship in Nursing	1	$1,000
Art Department Fund for Excellence	8	$336
Stony Brook Alumni Association Scholarship Fund	5	$125
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Fund For Exellence	38	$2,361
The Southampton Review	22	$873
Friends of the Library	3	$281
Mechanical Engineering Fund	5	$201
Terry Alexander Award in Women's and Gender Studies	0	$0
School of Social Welfare Scholarship Fund	1	$50
SBU Letters Fund	3	$60
Applied Math and Statistics Fund for Excellence	10	$6,111
College of Business Scholarship Fund	9	$471
Women's Leadership Council Fund	57	$6,458
Baseball Fund for Excellence	37	$11,069
Men's Soccer Fund for Excellence	17	$3,492
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Endowment	2	$21
History's Chairs Fund	26	$3,029
Applied Math and Statistics Fund for Excellence	10	$6,111
Surgery Chairman's Research and Education Fund	11	$2,037
Women's Soccer Fund for Excellence	31	$2,440
Hillel Jewish Culture Fund	44	$5,030
World Language Teacher Award	15	$2,100
College of Business Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	34	$4,771
Stony Brook Kappas Endowed Achievement Scholarship Fund	41	$8,414
Sociology Department Fund for Excellence	31	$1,644
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at Staller Center	17	$1,046
Benjamin Wisoh Lee Endowed Excellence Fund for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships	11	$1,860
Renaissance School of Medicine Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	25	$8,842
Women's Lacrosse Fund for Excellence	17	$2,044
College of Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	56	$8,388
School of Communications and Journalism Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	25	$3,532
School of Health Professions Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	77	$1,567
Volleyball Fund for Excellence	25	$3,699
Stony Brook Fund for Excellence	64	$4,043
The Southampton Review	22	$873
Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Fund for Excellence	18	$2,536
Center for Hellenic Studies	28	$5,315
Alda Center Innovation Fund	36	$808
Cross Country / Track & Field Fund for Excellence	41	$7,807
SBU Veterans Assistance Fund	25	$1,102
Honors College Program Fund	3	$223
The Japan Center at Stony Brook	8	$1,480
CVB-Rainforest Conservation Fund	9	$1,926
Athletic Training Program	77	$2,207
University Food Pantry	37	$1,600
School of Dental Medicine Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	6	$2,470
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	22	$2,437
Department of Medicine Research and Education Fund	49	$54,385
Campus Beautification Committee Fund	10	$397
BS Health Sciences Support Fund	81	$1,601
Asian American Fundraising Account	19	$1,642
Stony Brook Children's Hospital	23	$1,312
Respiratory Care Program	45	$1,288
EOP Endowed Fund	21	$12,721
Paul L. Siegel Endowed Scholarship for Women in STEM Fund	19	$6,203
UG Biology Research Awards	36	$2,040
Swimming & Diving Fund for Excellence	23	$2,319
Italian Studies Fund	16	$8,292
Staller Center for the Arts	14	$815
The English Department Fund for Excellence	11	$1,080
School of Nursing Fund for Excellence (Greatest Needs)	57	$4,555
Family Medicine Division Fund for Excellence	2	$18
FoodLab Education	6	$191
WUSB-FM Radio Fund	40	$2,683
Political Science Fund for Excellence	9	$3,737
John J. Ricotta Professorship in Surgery	0	$0
Internet of Things Laboratory Fund	0	$0
Pollock-Krasner Study Center	1	$75
College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Endowment	1	$10
CLS Equipment Fund	0	$0
Stony Brook Child Care	214	$13,456
Knapp Pediatric Research Endowment Fund	0	$0
Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communications Fund for Excellence	5	$168
Medical Scientist Training Program Fund for Excellence	6	$1,767
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Endowment for Excellence	103	$43,904
School of Social Welfare L Fund	0	$0
Jazz Fund for Excellence	1	$5
Pharmacology Department	10	$1,899
Dr. Aldustus E. Jordan Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine Endowed Alumni Scholarship	7	$1,278
Physics and Astronomy Department Fund for Excellence	37	$5,787
Music Department Fund for Excellence	31	$2,629
Economics Department Fund for Excellence	3	$110
The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Center (Greatest Needs)	0	$0
Friends of the Ashley Schiff Park Preserve	37	$2,431
Division of Gastroenterology	4	$2,150
Stony Brook Cancer Center	11	$331
Dan Rattiner Special Collections Fund	1	$57
Growth and Discovery in Skin Cancer and Aging Skin Treatments	1	$5
Post Endodontics Educational Fund	1	$250
University Counseling Center	6	$250
Palliative Care Department Fund for Excellence	1	$100
Black and Latino Alumni Network Endowed Scholarship	14	$1,730
Student Affairs Fund	3	$221
Lauterbur Frontier Research Endowment Fund in Chemistry	1	$500
Class of 1987 Endowed Scholarship in Medicine	2	$200
Physician Assistant Education Fund for Excellence	14	$710
Dr. Jason Kim '03 Endowed Scholarship in Medicine	1	$1,000
Ecology and Evolution Department Fund for Excellence	64	$9,398
Anthropology Fund for Excellence	10	$1,314
Mattoo Center for India Studies	3	$200
Butterklee Assistantship Endowment	2	$3,000
Seawolves United	41	$3,846
Microbiology Department	13	$1,674
Fund for Excellence in Undergraduate Biology	4	$48
Stony Brook Film Festival at Staller Center	4	$135
Brooke Ellison Endowed Scholarship	33	$7,700
W.I.S.E. Diamond Fund	4	$210
Graduate Program in Public Health Fund	33	$1,980
Mattoo Center for India Studies	3	$200
Radiation Oncology Department Fund for Excellence	1	$5
Alumni Dissertation Fellowship in Philosophy	1	$500
Asian and Asian American Studies Fund for Excellence	18	$1,118
Dept. of Neurology: Resident Training Funds	0	$0
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease	2	$41
First Alumni Endowed Scholarship	1	$250
VIP Hockey Fund	342	$25,832
Richard L. Gelfond Fund on the Health Effects of Mercury Exposure	0	$0
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Building Fund	2	$150
The Judy Sue Sussman Fund for Breast Cancer Research	2	$18
Radiology Department	0	$0
Football Fund for Excellence	209	$450,597
Stony Brook Center for Global Health Equity Fund for Excellence	1	$30
Global Affairs Fund For Excellence	0	$0
Center for Clean Water Technology Excellence Fund	3	$260
Pediatric Emergency Department Expansion Fund	1	$15
Men's Lacrosse Fund for Excellence	97	$9,026
Theatre Arts Department Fund for Excellence	1	$100
Applied Health Informatics Fund for Excellence	3	$145
Guru Madhavan Endowed Intent Leadership Speaker in Engineering	0	$0
Support the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University (OLLI)	123	$7,086
Neurosciences Institute	0	$0
Study Abroad Scholarship Fund	8	$377

Top Performing School/College

School/College	Donors	Raised ($)
School of Social Welfare (SSW)	21	$3,031
School of Nursing (SON)	58	$5,555
College of Business	44	$8,242
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences (CEAS)	66	$20,115
School of Communication & Journalism (SOCJ)	60	$6,897
School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS)	40	$4,916
School of Health Professions (SHP)	530	$16,392
Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM)	110	$23,559
College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)	724	$141,984
Honors College	5	$433
School of Professional Development (SPD)	7	$162
Graduate School & Programs	10	$371
School of Dental Medicine (SDM)	34	$5,533