Day of Giving 2026

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This campaign ended on May 07, 2026, but you can still make a gift to University of Rochester by clicking here!
Thank you!

On May 6, the University of Rochester community came together in an extraordinary way for Day of Giving.

Alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends united to support the University and academic health system—fueling our pursuit of an ever better world. The energy, generosity, and pride displayed throughout the day were inspiring. Whether you made a gift, served as an Advocate, or helped build momentum throughout the day, you played an important role in this incredible effort.

If you missed the chance to give on May 6, it's not too late to be a part of it. Every gift made by June 30 helps strengthen the University of Rochester.

Philanthropy Advocates

Anne-Marie Algier

Generated 99 clicks and 22 gifts, totaling $1,625

Nathan Howton

Generated 58 clicks and 18 gifts, totaling $225

Heather Moynihan

Generated 21 clicks and 9 gifts, totaling $17,215

Christa Whitney-Miller

Generated 31 clicks and 8 gifts, totaling $3,170

Jill Cohen

Generated 38 clicks and 7 gifts, totaling $2,650

Cory Dagen

Generated 16 clicks and 7 gifts, totaling $585

Community Advocates

Generated 304 clicks and 7 gifts, totaling $929

Thomas Cassada

Generated 33 clicks and 6 gifts, totaling $3,325

Travis Hughes

Generated 8 clicks and 5 gifts, totaling $210

Molly Morrison

Generated 14 clicks and 5 gifts, totaling $660

Top Funds by Donor
FundDonorsRaised ($)
Physical Medicine Resident Education0$0
Fund for Jazz Trumpet0$0
Fund for Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion1$50
Mobile Crisis Team Support Fund0$0
History Alumni Fund for Undergraduate Studies3$100
Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority Fund1$50
CARE Network5$235
Simon Business School Scholarship Fund44$13,345
Women's Cross Country Fund0$0
Department of Art & Art History General Gift Fund5$770
Dean's Fund for Religion and Classics2$10
Geriatric Psychiatry Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for UR Christian Fellowship0$0
Dean's Fund for Philosophy0$0
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research & Education0$0
Kearns Center for Unrestricted Gift Fund8$280
University Health Service Gift Fund5$185
Simon Business School Experiential Learning Gift Fund5$660
Dean's Fund for Chemistry2$200
Buddhist Students' Association0$0
WRUR Gift Fund0$0
Women's Lacrosse Fund0$0
Endovascular Research Special Purpose Fund0$0
SMNA Fund0$0
Burgett Intercultural Center4$275
Vice President for Student Life Discretionary Fund5$3,955
SMD General Scholarship Fund8$1,560
Undergraduate Business Research Fund0$0
Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics General Gift Fund0$0
Fund for Viola0$0
Division of General Medicine Fund0$0
Anesthesiology General Unrestricted Gift Fund0$0
URNI Gift Fund0$0
Golisano Children's Hospital Annual Fund99$74,986
Panhellenic Association0$0
Neuro Palliative Care Fund0$0
Women's Swimming and Diving Fund0$0
Class of 1996 Scholarship Fund1$250
Neurology Movement Disorders Gift Fund0$0
Fund for Institute for Music Leadership0$0
Internal Medicine Residency Program3$350
Microbiology and Immunology Research0$0
Fund for Piano Accompanying0$0
Fund for Technology & Media Production1$100
Biomedical Engineering General Gift Fund0$0
MAG Membership Family/Grandparent with Reciprocal9$875
Fund for Jazz Saxophone0$0
Cardiology Gift Fund0$0
Unrestricted History Gift Fund0$0
Highland Social Work Fund0$0
RCL iZone Operating & Programming Fund34$7,392
The Democracy Center36$16,160
Department of Urology Annual Fund12$920
eSports0$0
Gastroenterology Gift Fund0$0
Stroke Research Fund in Neurology0$0
Frederick Douglass Institute0$0
Parkinson's Project2$7,500
University Counseling Center Fund7$239
EIOH SmileMobile Fund1$25
Football Fund7$13,310
Urology Cancer Fund2$50
Lawn Endowed Fund For Jazz Composition2$50,025
Dean's Fund for Study Abroad8$600
Home Healthcare Hospice13$1,485
Jean McCreary & Gregory Franklin Scholarship2$5,000
Fund for Percussion0$0
Movement Disorders Research Annual Fund1$100
Class of 1986 Scholarship Fund0$0
Center for Community Engagement22$11,138
Center for Community Health0$0
Class 1992 Med Student Volunteer Fund0$0
EIOH Research Fund4$850
Food Pantry37$9,839
Cardiology Research Fund0$0
New Horizons Program1$25
The Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections11$8,797
Fund for Harp0$0
Undergraduate Anthropology Research Fund1$35,000
Suicide Prevention0$0
Catholic Newman Community Dean's Fund176$80,390
Varsity Softball Fund0$0
Office Mentoring and Student Advocacy (OMSA)5$310
Eastman Musical Assistance Fund5$103
Eastman Dean's Discretionary Fund2$50
Rochester Parents Fund14$7,520
Rare Books and Special Collections Fund23$3,110
Art & Music Library General Fund18$1,060
Hajim Dean's Innovation Fund22$6,960
Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies Fund15$1,650
Benet Career Management Center Annual Fund7$2,945
Dean's Fund for Political Science1$667
SMD Graduate Studies Annual Fund19$26,370
Home Healthcare Pediatric Program1$5
Dean's Fund for Art & Art History0$0
Earth & Environmental Sciences Fund0$0
Heart Failure Patient and Family Support Fund0$0
Microbiology & Immunology Department Gift Fund0$0
Sigma Delta Tau Sorority Fund1$5
Mt. Hope Family Center Emergency Fund6$140
Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit0$0
SMD Graduate Student Travel Award3$300
Lizette Perez-Deisboeck Current Use Scholarship0$0
Fund for Guitar and Lute0$0
Baseball Fund8$12,755
Rochester Youth Year0$0
Department of Music General Gift Fund3$225
Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Fund1$50
URochester Medicine Resident & Fellow Education Fund8$1,700
Neurology Research Fund13$458
Higher Education Student Support Fund15$8,790
Golisano Children's Hospital Facility Dog Program14$10,695
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery0$0
Frederick Pei Li, MD and Elaine Li Shiang, MD Family Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Earth & Environmental Science1$25
Dean's Fund for Modern Lang & Cultures0$0
Men's Club Lacrosse0$0
Simon Business School NetImpact Fund0$0
Fund for Bassoon0$0
General Epilepsy Research Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Music0$0
Substance Use Recovery0$0
Fund for Jazz Guitar0$0
Larrea Graduate Scholarship0$0
Timothy G. Hale Donor Advised Fund for Track & Field and Cross Country0$0
Eastman Facility Support Fund0$0
ASE Facilities Support Fund0$0
MAG Membership Individual Plus0$0
Fund for Humanities0$0
Department of Medicine Gift Fund0$0
Class of 2016 Scholarship Fund1$100
Class of 1981 Scholarship Fund0$0
MAG Membership Individual + Guest Plus0$0
Pediatric Eating Disorder Annual Fund0$0
Louvre Performance Ensemble Fund0$0
Fund for Jazz Percussion0$0
Sigma Chi Fraternity Gift Fund1$5
SMD Class of 2016 Scholarship Fund0$0
Breast Cancer Research Fund0$0
EIOH Oral Surgery Fund0$0
Habitat for Humanity Gift Fund0$0
Psychiatry Annual Fund0$0
URochester Medicine Resident & Fellow Education Fund8$1,700
Carlson Library General Gift Fund0$0
Department of Child Psychiatry Gift Fund0$0
Golf Fund2$25
Department of Linguistics General Gift Fund3$300
Class of 1991 Scholarship Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for LGBTQ Program9$560
Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority Fund0$0
MAG Sculpture Park0$0
Fund for Early Music Program1$100
Ballet Performance Group Fund2$100
Men's Soccer Fund3$100
Simon Faculty Research, Innovation and Curriculum Enhancement Fund4$1,525
Summer and Year-Out Research Fellowships0$0
Department of Laser Energetics General Gift Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Hillel85$85,803
Eastman Performing Arts Medicine Fund2$50
Dean's Research Fund0$0
EIOH General Dentistry Fund6$2,705
Dean's Fund for Brain & Cognitive Science0$0
Pulmonary Annual Fund0$0
Global Emergency Response Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for English0$0
CMT and Inherited Neuropathy Fund0$0
Neuromuscular Disease Research Fund0$0
Class of 2006 Scholarship Fund0$0
Class of 1961 Scholarship Fund0$0
University of Rochester Health Lab Research Fund0$0
Center for Human Athleticism and Musculoskeletal Performance and Prevention Fund0$0
Cologne Fellowship1$100
Excellence in Optics Scholarship0$0
After Hours Co-Ed A Capella - Gift Fund0$0
Surgical Resident Education Program1$7,500
MAG Goergen Special Access Current Use0$0
Dean's Fund for the History Department6$4,025
Memory Care Program in Psychiatry0$0
Class of 2011 Scholarship Fund0$0
Class of 1971 Scholarship Fund0$0
Fund for EMBA Program3$35
University Mindfulness Initiative0$0
Patrick Brophy, M.D., MHCDS Current Use Lectureship0$0
SMD Class of 2021 Scholarship Fund0$0
Department of Mathematics General Gift Fund5$1,125
GLC International Student Scholarship Fund (Undergraduate)1$100
The Ruth A. Lawrence Educational Fund0$0
Fund for Cello0$0
Sports Bra Research1$100
School of Arts & Sciences Annual Fund125$142,180
Fund for Strings, Harp & Guitar1$20
Fund for Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media0$0
Chemistry Unrestricted Fund2$200
Department of Medicine Fund0$0
EIOH Community Dentistry Fund0$0
Dermatology Educational Fund0$0
Kessler Trauma Center Annual Fund0$0
Department of Neuroscience Gift Fund0$0
Eastman Parents Annual Fund3$20
Barbara Barasky Birnbaum and Scott M. Birnbaum Class of 1981 Scholarship0$0
Feinberg Del Monte Research Fund0$0
Fund for Conducting & Ensembles0$0
Get Real! Science Program Fund4$12,250
Class of 2001 Scholarship Fund0$0
Fund for Horn0$0
Eastman Gateways Music Festival0$0
Men's Basketball Fund5$2,350
Walter Francis Buell Scholarship0$0
Pediatric Urology Gift Fund0$0
Fund for Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman (EMuSE)0$0
Medallion Program3$10,005
Community Education Scholarship0$0
Wilmot Cancer Institute Annual Fund167$51,172
Class of 2021 Scholarship Fund0$0
Optics Alumni Scholarship Fund2$150
Fund for Oboe0$0
John Izzo Donor Advised Fund for Track & Field and Cross Country3$60
Division of Vascular Surgery Gift Fund0$0
Eastman Pathways CED Scholarship Fund0$0
Hajim School of Engineering Annual Fund91$42,233
Fund for Trombone1$250
Prosthodontic Educational Fund0$0
Autism Annual Fund0$0
Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library7$625
Allergy/Immunology/Rheumatology Gift Fund0$0
Rowing Fund1$25
General Practice Gift Fund0$0
Humanities Center Director's Fund0$0
Men's Tennis Fund0$0
Frank Richeson MD Cardiology Patient Care Assistance Program0$0
Fund for Jazz Double Bass0$0
Midnight Ramblers1$48
UR Photography0$0
Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund1$25
Fund for Organ, Sacred Music & Historical Keyboard4$213
Department of Political Science6$675
LACX Fund6$325
Glover Eye Glass Program with the Flaum Eye Institute0$0
Neurosurgery Stroke Fund0$0
Vice President for Student Life Discretionary Fund5$3,955
DISCOVER Undergraduate Research Fund16$1,150
Douglass Leadership House Fund1$100
SMD Engagement and Enrichment Scholarship0$0
Palliative Care Fund0$0
Strong Memorial Hospital Fund39$6,245
River Campus Libraries Excellence Fund49$28,020
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience Gift Fund12$1,651
Fund for Chamber Music2$100
Highland Family Medicine Gift Fund2$10,000
Pediatric Cardiology Gift Fund0$0
First-Gen Scholarship Fund5$610
Fund for Piano0$0
Squash Fund1$50
Hopeman Carillon Fund2$125
Research and Innovation Grant Fund0$0
Department of Economics General Gift Fund5$1,268
Orthopaedic Resident Academic Fund1$500
Muslim Students' Association12$339
Men's Swimming and Diving Fund1$25
Aging Institute Fund0$0
Bench to Bedside Ophthalmology Translational Research0$0
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)0$0
BCS Alumni Donation Fund2$200
AD-CARE fund2$750
Center for Disability and Education (CDE)7$410
Hajim School of Engineering Alumni Undergraduate Scholarship Fund19$2,015
Dr. Jim White Pulmonary Research Support0$0
Rochester Club Sports Fund7$380
Orthopaedic Research and Development Fund6$26,370
Charity Care Program at Strong0$0
Schwartz Undergraduate Research Fund0$0
TMJ Fund0$0
Transplant Patient Fund at UR Medicine1$15
MAG Academic Programs1$10
Neurology General Gift Fund1$25
Department of English General Gift Fund6$235
Rochester NROTC Fund1$500
Dean's Fund for Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences2$200
Women's Track and Field Fund5$150
F.F. Thompson Foundation, Inc. Annual Giving Fund4$15,010
YellowJackets Music Group18$2,700
Mark & Lois Taubman Distinguished Professor of Health Humanities & Bioethics Current Use Fund0$0
MAG Free for All Endowment124$67,541
Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund--Brain0$0
Dean's Fund for Protestant Chapel Community31$6,943
Women's Tennis Fund0$0
Fund for Violin0$0
Class of 1966 Scholarship Fund0$0
Fund for Music Teaching & Learning2$270
EIOH Pediatric Dentistry Fund4$800
UR International Theatre Gift Fund3$175
EIOH Oral Medicine Fund0$0
UR Well Student Outreach2$260
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Gift Fund2$70
Parkinson's Disease Research Fund4$7,625
Reitz Family Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Research Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Physics & Astronomy0$0
Dr. Kevin J. Parker Graduate Fellowship2$25,500
Dean's Fund for Anthropology0$0
Dean's Fund for Community-Engaged Learning1$1,500
Fund for Composition4$420
Dean's Fund for Data Science1$67
ROC Reading Partners Fund9$275
History Department General Gift Fund12$3,580
Cardiology Fellows Research Fund0$0
Statistics Fund4$440
Fund for Tuba & Euphonium0$0
Vocal Point2$90
Mock Trial Fund0$0
Medical Student Support Fund0$0
MSKI CHAMPP Current Use0$0
SMD Class of 1966 Scholarship Fund0$0
Art New York Fund0$0
ICU Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Linguistics0$0
Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence General Gift Fund0$0
Lawrence Katz George Eastman Circle Scholarship0$0
Student Emergency Fund70$11,705
Simon Women's Alliance Engagement Fund22$4,301
UR Simulation Gaming Association0$0
Eastman Annual Fund70$13,921
Founders' Allergy Fund4$9,500
Rochester Annual Fund17$78,735
Meals On Wheels29$8,215
SMD Scholarship Fund22$14,320
Highland Hospital General Fund26$9,525
ROC Music Fund0$0
Home Healthcare22$8,830
School of Arts & Sciences Fund for Excellence and Innovation13$3,150
Department of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences0$0
Eastman Community Music School Annual Fund16$4,900
Strong Expansion Project14$395
Schwartz Community-Based Internships1$25
School of Nursing Annual Fund88$16,990
Alzheimer's Disease Initiative0$0
Mt. Hope Family Center Gift Fund2$25
Pediatric Surgery Annual Fund0$0
Department of Physics and Astronomy8$2,710
EIOH Urgent Care Fund0$0
Nephrology Gift Fund7$350
Biology Department Gift Fund14$1,480
School of Nursing Alumni Scholarship Fund38$8,766
Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life Fund3$136
Hajim School of Engineering Graduate Support Fund16$31,375
Neurology Resident Education Fund0$0
UR Baja SAE4$606
Momentum Fund1$500
RNA Center Annual Fund5$275
Ain Center for Entrepreneurship Annual Fund5$310
Fund for Piccolo0$0
Ainslie Office of Student Engagement Annual Fund76$1,621
Simon Business School Entrepreneurship Current Use Fund0$0
Wilson Commons Student Activities Fund38$2,183
Alan Finder Memorial Class of 1969 Scholarship Fund0$0
Fund for Jazz Piano2$150
ALS Research and Patient Care Annual Fund0$0
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Fund0$0
SMD Class of 1971 Endowed Scholarship0$0
Rochester Research Fund14$3,761
Rochester Center for Community Leadership0$0
Time Away Resource Fund0$0
Department of Dermatology0$0
Family Medicine International Health Fund0$0
Palliative Care Program6$425
Simon Faculty Research, Innovation and Curriculum Enhancement Fund4$1,525
Dean's Fund for Graduation Initiatives0$0
Fund for Clarinet0$0
Nursing Education Fund at Highland Hospital0$0
Simon Venture Capital Fund0$0
Simon Corporate Engagement Fund0$0
SMD Emergency Fund0$0
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Fund0$0
MAG Creative Workshop Support2$100
Women's Soccer Fund6$5,550
EIOH Annual Gift Fund16$19,130
Fund for Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media4$105
Department of Philosophy General Gift Fund3$200
Chemical and Sustainability Engineering Gift Fund5$545
Roc Players0$0
Undergraduate Scholarship Fund147$38,277
Computer Science General Gift Fund5$3,604
Department of Modern Language & Cultures General Gift fund8$1,105
F.F. Thompson Hospital Intensive Care Unit Fund0$0
Interfaith Chapel0$0
Division of General Pediatrics Fund in the Department of Pediatrics0$0
Rochester Promise Scholarship Fund0$0
Highland Facilities Modernization Fund0$0
Materials Science Program Gift Fund0$0
Scott and Courtney Marshall Family-Centered Care Fund0$0
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity Fund2$300
English Department Fund3$7,620
Dean's Fund for Dance0$0
Dean's Discretionary Fund in Nursing2$30,000
Audio and Music Engineering Fund0$0
Women's Basketball Fund2$150
Men's Cross Country Fund2$250
Fund for Jazz Voice0$0
Division of Colorectal Surgery Gift Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Institute of Performing Arts0$0
Lambda Sigma Upsilon Fraternity Fund0$0
Warner Center for Professional Development6$250
Psi Upsilon Fraternity Fund0$0
Fund for Saxophone0$0
Biomedical Engineering Research & Innovation Fund3$125
Summer Internship Fund3$45
Golisano NICU Annual Fund2$100
SMD Class of 1961 Scholarship Fund1$100
Investment Lab0$0
Imaging Sciences Annual Fund1$50
Sibley Music Library Gift Fund3$960
Chemistry Alumni Research Fund2$7,500
EIOH Orthodontics Fund1$250
School of Nursing Technology Fund4$370
Fund for Musicology0$0
MAG Exhibition Underwriting Fund16$2,910
Warner School of Education Annual Fund44$16,830
Eastman Unrestricted Scholarship Fund36$14,535
UR Medicine Cardiac Care Gift Fund8$295
Warner School Scholarship Fund16$1,615
REJI Justice Scholars49$7,463
Russell A. Peck Memorial Fund for METS27$5,963
Center for Urban Education Success (CUES) Gifts5$205
Mt. Hope Family Center Annual Fund27$34,830
Department of Religion and Classics General Gift Fund1$50
Simon Consortium For Graduate Study in Management Scholarship Fund18$2,260
Simon Business School Annual Fund132$251,055
SMD Annual Fund69$53,933
Frank and Nancy Pluta Heart Failure and Transplantation Continued Education Fund0$0
Rochester Traditions58$13,250
MAG Membership Family/Grandparent without Reciprocal2$125
Department of Psychology General Gift Fund9$580
Dean's Fund for Biology3$170
Pathology & Lab Medicine Annual Fund10$2,995
Brain and Spinal Tumor Project0$0
UR Street Medicine Outreach Program4$235
URMC Food Pantry3$300
Mazelsky FASD Fund0$0
Optics Centennial Gift Fund1$50
Mechanical Engineering General Gift Fund5$420
Field Hockey Fund0$0
Edward G. Miner Library Fund0$0
EIOH Prosthodontics Fund4$120,750
Dean's Fund for the Humanities Center0$0
2008 American Chemical Society Award0$0
Bhangra Dance Fund1$25
Pulmonary Hypertension Research, Education & Patient Care Fund1$24,000
Music Therapy Program0$0
Otolaryngology, ENT Unrestricted Fund0$0
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program Fund0$0
Department of Anthropology General Gift Fund2$300
Heart Failure and Transplantation Research Fund0$0
Nancy Perini Chin Community Impact Internship Fund3$5,000
Emergency Financial Aid Fund5$5,815
Fund for Flute0$0
Dean's Fund for Chabad House86$27,031
Women's Volleyball Team1$10
George Walker Center Fund0$0
Career Success Fund0$0
Fund for Voice, Opera & Vocal Coaching5$230
UR Street Medicine Outreach Program4$235
Theta Chi Fraternity Fund0$0
Gene Discovery and Treatment Program0$0
Amy & Geoffrey Bass George Eastman Circle Scholarship0$0
MAG Membership Individual + Guest4$315
Electrical & Computer Engineering General Gift Fund2$205
Men's Track and Field Fund2$600
Dr. Chul Soo Hyun & Ms. Mikyong Kim Hyun George Eastman Circle Scholarship0$0
Neurosurgery Gift Fund3$58
Flaum Eye Institute Gift Fund26$1,705
Fund for Music Theory1$500
MAG Annual Fund118$25,419
Pediatric Palliative Care0$0
Medical Center Annual Fund4$4,775
MHFC Sheree L. Toth Imagine Fund0$0
Experiencing Civic Life Current Use Fund0$0
Dean's Fund for Mathematics0$0
Toxicology Student Professional Development Fund0$0
Home Healthcare Leadership Development6$6,300
Dean's Fund for the Office of Admissions0$0
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Fund4$95
Center for Musculoskeletal Research0$0
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute Discovery Fund6$425
Program of Dance and Movement3$125
Institute for the Family2$5,000
Friends of Rochester Athletics10$5,400
Simon Business School AI Initiative Annual Fund4$12,600
Fund for Jazz Trombone0$0
Ronald Rettner Campus Improvement Fund0$0
Pediatric Cancer Annual Fund1$1,000
EIOH General Practice Residency Gift Fund0$0
Hire Rochester Internship Program13$860
Dean's Fund for Economics1$2,500
Louise Slaughter Papers6$500
Class of 1976 Scholarship Fund2$500
HOPE Alliance0$0
Dean's Fund for the Theatre Program5$400
Library Summer Interns Fund5$80
Studio X Fund5$475
Wilmot Cancer Institute Research Fund8$750
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