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Fire Up for Student Success

Participate in GivingTuesday and be a force for good! On December 3, celebrate your giving spirit by supporting your favorite CMU student scholarship or fund. Be a key role in setting up our students for a successful future in 2025 and beyond.

Every gift counts! Each and every dollar creates a meaningful impact.

Explore the matches and challenges for this day of giving, and together, let's #igniteCMU. Want to get more involved? Become an online GivingTuesday ambassador here.

CMU alumni and friends Fired Up for GivingTuesday!
Dec 11, 2024

Our GivingTuesday event is now complete. Thank you once again to our amazing alumni and friends for helping to ignite the path for our students. Thank you for coming together to be a force for good. Every gift counted and made an impact!

1,500 Donors Reached!
Dec 09, 2024

Fire Up for being amazing! CMU Alumni and friends have helped unlock a $1,500 gift for the Finish Up Chips Scholarship, CMU Student Food Pantry, and the Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students. Thank you for giving to our students!

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Match
Dollar-for-Dollar Student Food Pantry Match
Give once to help twice! Thanks to a generous donor, all donations for the CMU Student Food Pantry will be matched up to $10,000. A $10 gift provides 30 meals, so every dollar counts!
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,000
Student Emergency Fund Challenge
Unlock a $2,000 gift for the Student Emergency Fund! Support our students through difficult times and help them stay in school.
$2,000 / $2,000 Raised
Completed
$5,000
CMU Student Food Pantry Matching Challenge
Thanks to a generous donor, a $5,000 matching gift will be unlocked once we reach $5,000 for the CMU Student Food Pantry. Give a gift to double your impact and help students on campus!
$5,000 / $5,000 Raised
Completed
2
Match
Susan Colby Maly Endowed Scholarship Matching Challenge
Give once to help twice! All gifts for the Susan Colby Maly Endowed Scholarship will be matched up to $15,000. Support a student in CMU's Teacher Education Program whose family is or has experienced financial hardships due to cancer treatment costs.
$875 MATCHED
Ended
$500
CMU NLSA’s #CountdownToChange Challenge
Thanks to Isabella Community Credit Union, a $500 matching gift will be unlocked once we reach $500 for CMU’s Nonprofit Leadership Student Alliance. Support future nonprofit students at CMU!
$500 / $500 Raised
Completed
$250
250 Donor Challenge
Once we reach 250 donors, $250 goes to the CMU Student Food Pantry!
250 / 250 Gifts
Completed
$750
750 Donor Challenge
Once we reach 750 donors, $750 goes to the Ignite Scholarship – For First Generation Students.
750 / 750 Gifts
Completed
Success!
1,500 Donors Challenge
Once we reach 1,500 gifts, $500 will go to support the Finish Up Chips Scholarship, $500 to the CMU Student Food Pantry, and $500 to the Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students!
Completed
$2,000
Finish Up Chips Challenge
Unlock a $2,000 matching gift for the Finish Up Chips Scholarship! Help CMU students who are within 25 credits of graduation and at risk of dropping out of school for financial reasons.
$2,000 / $2,000 Raised
Completed
$2,000
Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students Challenge
Unlock a $2,000 gift for the Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students! Support incoming and current undergraduate first-generation CMU students.
$2,000 / $2,000 Raised
Completed
2
Match
Grace Helen Tallman Legacy Endowment Matching Challenge
Help send more compassionate nurses out into the world and have your gift matched dollar for dollar up to $25,000!
$14,650 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute Matching Challenge
Have your gift to the Leadership Institute matched! A generous donor is matching all donations up to $2,500 for this CMU student leadership development program.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Physical Therapy 30th Anniversary Challenge
Give once to help twice! All donations will be matched up to $4,500. Thank you to i'move for providing $2,500 of this match. Celebrate 30 years of Physical Therapy at CMU and support the next generation of physical therapists!
$65 MATCHED
Ended
$500
500 Donor Challenge
Once we reach 500 donors, $500 goes to the Students First General Scholarship!
500 / 500 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
1,000 Donor Challenge
Once we reach 1,000 donors, $1,000 goes to the Finish Up Chips Scholarship.
1,000 / 1,000 Gifts
Completed
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1 MI 1095
2 VA 37
3 FL 36
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