Giving Challenges
With the support of alumni, family, and friends like you, we continue driving tradition forward and fulfilling our mission of providing superior educational opportunities for all Carroll students.
You can help us unlock #CUonGivingTuesday Challenges and matching gifts throughout the day.
All donors on #GivingTuesday will receive a special thank you in the form of a newly designed keyboard decal. Any donors making a gift before Giving Tuesday will be entered into a drawing for a Carroll Swag Basket! Also, Carroll employees that give will be entered into a drawing for Carroll special parking spot!
During #CUonGivingTuesday, you can be entered to win prizes and unlock extra funds from our Pioneers! Here’s how…
Drive Tradition Forward Challenge
Any Alumni making their very FIRST gift to Carroll University in our "Drive Tradition forward" challenge will be entered into a drawing for a Carroll Swag Basket including a #GivingTuesday long sleeve tee and other great Pio-gear from the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Pioneer Student, Employee, Alumni, & Parent Challenge
In true Pioneer fashion, the first student, employee, parent, and alumni donor will each be matched with $125 given to The Carroll Fund.
-$500 matching gift challenge provided by: ANONYMOUS
Share the Love Challenge
Calling all alumni couples! If you and your spouse both went to Carroll, Bruce '85 & Christine (Kaiser) '84 Hermans would like to share the love by matching your gifts up to $500. Honor your significant other and the time you spent together at Carroll with a gift to The Carroll Fund today!
Professor Emeritus Scholarship Challenge
Dr. Richard J. O’Farrell, professor emeritus of mathematics, affectionately known by many as Dr. Oh, has been a dedicated advocate and ambassador for Carroll University since his retirement 2001. He is known as one of our most distinguished emeriti professors for his tremendous legacy at Carroll and commitment to scholarship, teaching, and service.
On Giving Tuesday, the O’Farrell matching gift challenge calls on the Carroll community, from alumni to parents, emeriti to staff, to give back to support student scholarships. Dr. Oh is especially committed to elevating and supporting talented students studying in the computational sciences, particularly math, through the establishment of the Jewel Lee and Richard J. O’Farrell Endowed Scholarship Fund for Mathematics. When gifts to current scholarships exceed $25,000, an additional $25,000 will be unlocked to help the next generation of Pioneers. We encourage your gift to scholarships today in the same spirit and generosity of the O’Farrells.
The Alumni Council has offered a Mystery Fund Challenge!
How much could we add today for student scholarships or The Carroll Fund? Thanks to the generous 100% participation from your Carroll University Alumni Council members, your gifts to support student scholarships or The Carroll Fund will have greater impact when the Alumni Council adds a MYSTERY total to the winning fund this #GivingTuesday!
The GOLD Rush Challenge $2023
This Challenge calls on Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), the Classes of 2012 through 2022 for any and all gifts, which will be matched by an anonymous Proud Pioneer. She will drive the impact of your gift forward (up to $2023). She’s a golden Pioneer asking you younger alumni to continue driving tradition forward.
The Old Main Society (OMS) Trustee Challenge $30,000
– provided by select members of the Board of Trustees
As members of the Old Main Society, our board of trustees would like to help you deepen your involvement with Carroll by sustaining your Old Main Society membership today!
The board has set forth a challenge to the Carroll community to drive the tradition of the Old Main Society forward with gifts of $1000 or more. Last year we welcomed 81 new members to the Old Main Society and today, $30,000 in matching funds will be provided for any Old Main member renewing their gift in support of Giving Tuesday.
The Young Alumni Matching Gift Challenge - $1,000
– provided by, Nate ‘13 + Kelsey ‘15 Schwarzbach
We have so many Carroll alumni that work for great organizations and companies – and many of those companies will match your charitable donations! Ask Nate and Kelsey. They have generously contributed to #CUonGivingTuesday AND have submitted the necessary paperwork within their respective HR departments to have their donation matched! They would love you to see how easy it is to double your gift!
Check here to see if your employer will match your gift and donate today! The first $1,000 in employer matching gifts will be generously matched by the Schwarzbachs.
Social Challenges
The Proud Parent Challenge
Parents, post a picture on social media of your alumnus or future Carroll grad! Be sure to tag #CUonGivingTuesday. We will put you into a drawing for parent themed Pio-gear!
The Pioneer Pete Challenge
Show your Pioneer Spirit. Share a pic of you, your child, your pet, or anything decked out in Carroll Orange and Blue! Make sure to add the hashtag #CUonGivingtuesday and Pioneer Pete will pick his favorite for this challenge and send you brand new Pio-gear to add to your collection!