Hoos Giving 2025

The Virginia Athletics Foundation (VAF) is Advancing Greatness! Join us and support our student-athletes competing for all 27 of our varsity teams during Hoos Giving, a 35-hour giving “day” from 9 a.m. September 22 through 8 p.m. September 23.

These 35 hours serve as a time for our donors, fans, parents, student-athletes, staff, and friends to join us in celebrating not only our 35 NCAA team National Championships but each and every one of our programs that finds success both on and off the fields of play.

A gift of any amount, to any designation, counts towards Hoos Giving. Some choose to give to a sport that shaped their own UVA experience and others choose to give unrestricted, allowing us the opportunity to put the gift where the greatest need is. Virginia Athletics funding priorities are scholarship endowment (invested funds providing ongoing scholarship support), operational support through sport enhancement funds and/or sport operating endowment, and annual scholarship support via the Annual Fund/Friends Of.

Throughout the campaign, we will be giving away some awesome prizes so stay tuned on social media @virginiaathleticsfoundation.

Scholarships Change Lives. Our student-athletes are not only the recipients of the outstanding education they receive from UVA, but they are also ambassadors of Virginia Athletics through their performance on the field and in the classroom, participation in the Charlottesville community, and then beyond in their own professional development and leadership opportunities after their time at Virginia.

Spread the word, inspire others, and join us for the chance to win great prizes along the way. To reach our goal of 1,000 donors, we need you, because together, we can continue to advance greatness and secure the future of Virginia Athletics.

Join our campaign as an advocate to assist in sharing Hoos Giving with fans, friends, and future VAF members! See below for five easy steps to join!

• Create an Account (or if you already have one, log in!)
  1. We can only celebrate your hard work if we're able to tell it's you! And we do that by tracking outreach done when you're logged in to GiveCampus.
  2. Click 'Log In' at the top of the page and create an account from there!
• Consider Your Own Gift
  1. Lead by example and make your own gift early. It’s much easier to ask your friends and family to join you in making a gift when you’ve already done it yourself!
• Offer a Match (or Challenge)
  1. Leverage your gift and encourage others to give via a match or challenge.
  2. Consider restricting your match or challenge by your class year, affiliation, or to a list of your friends (by email address) to raise the stakes!
• Share, Share, Share!
  1. The built-in sharing buttons on the campaign page generate a link that is unique to you. If you share while you're logged in, we can track it and celebrate your impact!
  2. Share via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Text Message, Email, Phone Call, Carrier Pigeon… The sky’s the limit!
• Tell Your Story
  1. Create a personal plea and post it to the campaign page!
  2. Film a quick video in which you tell your community why you’re excited about the campaign and why others should get involved! Keep it quick, casual, and fun!

THANK YOU for your support and for being a part of our team. We could not do what we do without you!