GIVE2COO has ended, but you can still make a gift!
$ 249,289 raised 652 Donors
GIVE2COO 2023
USF's 7th annual Giving Days have ended - and the results? INCREDIBLE!

A record-breaking 652 DONORS made a gift during #GIVE2COO for a total of $249,289 RAISED for 22 different areas of campus! This wouldn’t be possible without our amazing #COOmmunity. USF is great #THANKS2YOU.

Together we create, we compete, we learn, we grow, we give. 
Together we are USF.

See you next year for GIVE2COO - March 19-21, 2024!
 In the meantime, learn how you can get involved and give back to the University of Sioux Falls anytime!

Keep Going, Cougars!
Mar 23, 2023

Incredible! With 4 hours left, can we hit $250,000?!

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YOU are the KEY!
Mar 23, 2023

We needed 350 donors to make a gift during GIVE2COO to break our record number of donors and unlock $20,000!  YOU DID IT!  YOU are the KEY to our success. Please spread the word to help us reach our stretch goal of 450 donors to help unlock more challenge funds! 

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See what people are sharing about Giving Days 2023!
Where are you giving from?
Rank State Gifts
1 SD 304
2 MN 71
3 NE 54
Leaderboard
Fine Arts Donor Count
Fine Arts Donor Count
Rank Fund Designation Donors
1 Vocal Music 59
2 Theatre 46
3 Instrumental Music 30
4 Visual Art & Design 11
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Leaderboard
GIVE2COO 2023: Top Donor Group
Check back throughout #GIVE2COO to see which group has the most donors!
What is your affiliation to the institution?
Rank Answer Donors
1 Alumni 249
2 Parent/Former Parent 186
3 Friend 153
4 Faculty/Staff 68
5 Trustee 37
6 Student 29
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$1,000
President's Challenge
COMPLETE! To finish out GIVE2COO, President Brett Bradfield and his wife Jane are challenging 20 more donors to make a gift to the USF Fund to unlock their gift of $1,000!
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Start Strong Challenge
COMPLETE! To kick off our giving days, Marissa ’06 and Garrett Weinreis are challenging 25 donors to make a gift between 7-10pm to unlock a gift of $1,000 for Academic Scholarships!
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
$2,000
Together We Give - Let's Break our Record!
COMPLETE! A generous donor has pledged to give $2,000 to the USF Fund for every 35 donors that make a gift. Help us break our giving day record and maximize this challenge by reaching 350 donors to unlock the full $20,000.
350 / 350 Donors
Completed
$5,000
Together We Give - STRETCH GOAL
COMPLETE! An anonymous alum is challenging 100 more donors to make a gift to unlock $5,000 for the USF Fund. Help us reach our stretch goal of 450 donors!
450 / 450 Donors
Completed
$2,500
New Donor Challenge
COMPLETE! If you've never given to USF before, now's your chance! If 50 new donors GIVE2COO, a gift of $2,500 will be unlocked for the USF Fund thanks to an anonymous alumnus ’77.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$500
Alumni Donor Challenge
COMPLETE! For every 25 alumni that make a gift, the Alumni Association Board will give $500 to Academic Scholarships up to $4,000 and 200 alumni donors!
200 / 200 Donors
Completed
$1
Unlock a Medley
COMPLETE! The tradition continues! If $1,000 is given overnight Rev. Dennis T and Dr. Jonathan Neiderhiser will perform an original parody/medley for you first thing in the morning!
$1,000 / $1,000 Raised
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact
MATCHED! Gifts to Academic Scholarships are worth DOUBLE! Mick ’63 and Marilyn Woodden '70 have generously offered to match gifts to Academic Scholarships up to $2,500!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Join Together
COMPLETE! Todd ’84 and Laurie Knutson ‘84 are challenging 50 donors to make a gift to unlock their $2,500 gift for Academic Scholarships for our bright young Cougars!
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
2
Match
Twice the Good
MATCHED! An anonymous alum ’04 wants to boost your impact and has generously offered to match gifts to the USF Fund dollar for dollar up to $3,000!
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
ANOTHER Athletics BONUS CHALLENGE
COMPLETE! GO COUGARS! An anonymous Coo Couple has added ANOTHER challenge – if 25 more donors make a gift to USF Athletics, $2,500 will be unlocked!
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
$5,000
Fine Arts Challenge
COMPLETE! If 50 donors make a gift to USF Fine Arts, a gift of $5,000 from an anonymous alum ’66 will be unlocked to Vocal Music!
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
2
Match
Vocal Music Match
MATCHED! In honor of Music Professor Emeritus Lois Harchanko ‘55, all gifts to Vocal Music will be matched up to $5,000!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Athletics Match
MATCHED! A Coo Couple from the class of 1966 will match all gifts to General Athletics up to $2,500!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
1960s Alumni Challenge
COMPLETE! An anonymous alumnus from the class of 1963 is challenging 25 alumni from 1960-1969 to make a gift to unlock $2,500!
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
$2,000
Faculty & Staff Donor Challenge
COMPLETE! If 35 members of USF’s faculty and staff community make a gift, beloved USF couple Lyle ’63 & Paula Terveen will give $2,000 to Academic Scholarships in honor of their combined lifetime service to USF of 35 years.
35 / 35 Donors
Completed
$250
Make it Count
COMPLETE! In honor of USF faculty, staff and administration, Paula Newport O'Neill-Weedon '64 and Ren Weedon will add $250 to gifts to the USF Fund that are $250+ up to a total of $2,500.
10 / 10 Donors
Completed
$5,000
Help Unlock $5,000
COMPLETE! If 50 donors GIVE2COO, a member of our Board of Trustees will give $5,000 to the USF Fund!
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Finish Strong
COMPLETE! An anonymous donor is challenging 25 donors to make a gift in the final lap of GIVE2COO to unlock $1,000!
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
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