Giving CMU Day 2025

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This campaign ended on December 03, 2025, but you can still make a gift to Carnegie Mellon University by clicking here!
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Thank you for setting a new standard of generosity at Carnegie Mellon.

This Giving CMU Day, our amazing Tartan community reached 7,360 donors and raised more than $2,000,000. The collective impact will allow Carnegie Mellon’s students, faculty and staff to take their innovation and creativity to new heights.

If you missed Giving CMU Day this year, you can still make a gift — and an impact — any time.

Updates
📢 Volunteers Unite!

Five volunteers who make a gift of $10 or more to any CMU fund for Giving CMU Day and bring in the highest number of donors for Giving CMU Day through their unique giving link will be selected to have an additional $200 given to the fund of their choice. 

Current Leaders: 

  1. Jeremy Olisar
  2. Derek Cole
  3. Robert Wu
  4. Alex DiClaudio
  5. Joey Perrino


187 days ago by Daniella Staudacher
📢 Volunteers Unite!

Five volunteers who make a gift of $10 or more to any CMU fund for Giving CMU Day and bring in the highest number of donors for Giving CMU Day through their unique giving link will be selected to have an additional $200 given to the fund of their choice. 

Current Leaders: 

  1. Jeremy Olisar 
  2. Derek Cole 
  3. Robert Wu 
  4. Tess Harty
  5. Marc Onetto


187 days ago by Daniella Staudacher
📢 Volunteers Unite!

Five volunteers who make a gift of $10 or more to any CMU fund for Giving CMU Day and bring in the highest number of donors for Giving CMU Day through their unique giving link will be selected to have an additional $200 given to the fund of their choice. 

Current Leaders: 

  • Jeremy Olisar
  • Marc Onetto
  • Tess Harty
  • Caitlin Marcoux
  • Michael Hermeston

187 days ago by Daniella Staudacher
A Message from Gina Casalegno, Dean of Students and Vice President, Student Affairs

187 days ago by Daniella Staudacher
📢 Volunteers Unite!

Five volunteers who make a gift of $10 or more to any CMU fund for Giving CMU Day and bring in the highest number of donors for Giving CMU Day through their unique giving link will be selected to have an additional $200 given to the fund of their choice. 

195 days ago by Daniella Staudacher
Giving CMU Day Unit ChallengeThe unit with the highest number of donors who make a gift of $10 or more for Giving CMU Day will receive $5,000 additional funds to their unrestricted fund. Three units with at least 50 individual donors for Giving CMU Day, will be randomly selected to receive $1,000 to their gift fund. An anonymous CMU alumnus is sponsoring this challenge. All donors count!
UnitDonorsRaised ($)
School of Computer Science (Giving CMU Day)497$120,483
College of Fine Arts (Giving CMU Day)373$106,044
Tepper School of Business (Giving CMU Day)873$472,056
Heinz College (Giving CMU Day)172$35,260
Athletics (Giving CMU Day)869$633,715
Libraries (Giving CMU Day)120$39,375
College of Engineering (Giving CMU Day)651$189,185
Mellon College of Science (Giving CMU Day)310$81,474
Dietrich College (Giving CMU Day)355$57,087
Greek Sing ChallengeThe participating Greek organization with the most donors at the end of Giving CMU Day, with gifts of $10 or more to the Greek Sing Fund through this website, will receive $500. The second-place finisher will receive $300, and the third-place finisher will receive $200. Three randomly selected organizations will each receive $100 each.
Greek OrganizationDonorsRaised ($)
Greek Sing - Delta Delta Delta53$4,135
Greek Sing - Alpha Phi12$2,433
Greek Sing - Kappa Phi Lambda0$0
Greek Sing - Alpha Epsilon Pi5$701
Greek Sing - Delta Gamma1$250
Greek Sing - Pi Kappa Alpha0$0
Greek Sing - Delta Upsilon2$200
Greek Sing - Sigma Nu2$124
Greek Sing - Alpha Chi Omega2$110
Greek Sing - Phi Delta Theta14$674
Greek Sing - Sigma Phi Epsilon0$0
Greek Sing - Kappa Alpha Theta0$0
Greek Sing - Sigma Alpha Epsilon0$0
Greek Sing - Kappa Kappa Gamma2$275
Student Organization ChallengeThe participating student organizations with the greatest number of individual donors who make a gift of $10 or more for Giving CMU Day will receive funds to their organization’s gift fund, thanks to Leejay Wu (CS 98 05). All donors count, but the gift must be made via the Giving CMU Day page. First place = $6,000, Second place= $4,000, Third place= $2,000. Six organizations, with at least 15 individual donors for Giving CMU Day, will be randomly selected to receive $500 to their gift fund. Open to all donors — everyone can participate! 
Student OrganizationDonorsRaised ($)
CMU Ice Hockey Club36$9,750
American Marketing Association4$1,100
College Democrats25$2,040
Freedom by Design4$1,100
Effective Altruism4$450
CMU Figure Skating Club10$430
Roller Hockey3$200
Buggy Sweepstakes8$861
Game Creation Society13$749
Pi Kappa Alpha14$2,250
SHPE Hispanic Engineering Society4$125
CMU Women in Product9$435
Women's Water Polo Club19$1,122
CMU Swim Club59$3,070
WRCT36$2,584
CMU Singapore Students Association18$7,200
CMU Bhangra15$4,465
Sigma Eta Pi7$195
Infra Dance Company23$2,762
Chess Club9$520
CMU Pickleball9$675
Global Medical Brigades25$10,000
FRINGE43$6,538
Women's Volleyball Club16$1,083
Asian Christian Fellowship50$20,763
CMU Saans10$860
Greek Sing0$0
KGB Student Organization Gifts31$5,817
CMU Wushu14$1,524
Engineers Without Borders CMU10$827
Men's Club Soccer Team2$110
Carnegie Tech Radio Club11$2,893
Arm Wrestling Club8$250
Artist Alley Club5$300
CMU Quantum0$0
Tartan Wind Ensemble7$460
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)3$70
Thai Students Association (SIAM)2$20
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers7$270
Dancers Symposium11$590
NSBE National Society of Black Engineers26$1,270
SPIRIT Buggy Racing Systems103$7,591
User Experience Association14$640
All University Orchestra28$2,000
American Institute of Chemical Engineers3$50
College Republicans58$5,960
Ballroom Dance Club25$2,030
Phi Delta Theta13$690
Inter-Fellowship Association95$10,698
Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command14$1,428
Helix Dance Crew14$1,150
Emergency Medical Services19$1,115
Sigma Nu39$6,459
Spring Carnival Fund33$1,845
Camp Kesem (Student Organization)200$11,244
TartanAUV22$1,450
Traders at CMU13$2,305
C#63$5,291
Theme Park Engineering Group8$430
Women's Club Basketball5$260
ScottyLabs10$5,826
CMU RAASTA33$12,260
CMU Street Styles24$3,418
Graduate Student Assembly Community Improvement Fund1$15
Alpha Chi Omega9$1,110
AB Tech Committee38$2,552
Bhangra in the Burgh29$4,975
Sigma Phi Epsilon66$12,745
Scotch 'n' Soda Theatre20$1,640
Undergraduate Consulting Club19$885
Men's Club Volleyball19$3,845
CMU Business Technology Group14$540
TEDxCMU0$0
CMQ+1$10
Asian Students Association41$4,280
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship6$226
MoneyThink17$1,020
Kiltie Band20$2,230
Delta Gamma27$1,513
Sustainable Earth11$380
Black Latino Business Association1$50
Filipino Student Association6$310
CMU Counterpoint13$1,450
Men's Ultimate Frisbee Club48$10,285
Joyful Noise12$2,844
AB Tech Development Fund16$1,489
ScottyCon11$1,209
Muslim Student Association9$750
Women's Ultimate Frisbee Club131$9,414
CMU ChemE Cube31$1,635
APEX - Student Organization194$9,733
The Flying Club5$200
CMU Abhinaya11$1,070
NSBE - HISIG0$0
Bhakti Yoga Club12$3,593
Turkish Student Society2$500
CIA Carnegie Involvement Association148$9,321
Industrial Designers Society of America9$510
Tau Beta Pi0$0
Carnegie Mellon Racing288$28,740
Womens Soccer8$445
Spanish and Latin Student Association3$115
AB Tech Alumni3$273
Tennis Club14$2,710
Climate Action Campaign1$200
Alpha Phi Omega7$405
CMU Tricking Club22$2,260
Steel City Shershaah0$0
Habitat for Humanity9$390
Bangladeshi Student Organization0$0
Hong Kong Students Association18$3,167
CMU Club Baseball12$1,825
Delta Delta Delta12$530
Treblemakers25$1,316
Alpha Kappa Delta Phi23$9,520
CMU Robotics Club20$6,020
Catholic Newman Club23$2,900
Colombian Student Organization17$433
Tanah Student Organization - CMU JIYA20$6,225
K-Pop Dance Club10$1,490
Tartan Cultural League14$6,500
Historical European Martial Arts7$500
CMU Club Squash3$550
Taiwanese Student Association7$2,065
Out in STEM5$230
Intervarsity Ignite Black Christian Ministry7$255
Korean American Student Organization25$2,030
CMU Star Wars6$260
ARCC Awareness of Roots in Chinese26$4,171
Tepper Grad Club CompetitionThe Tepper Graduate Club with the most donors who make a gift of $10 or more wins $3,000 for their club. Second place wins $2,000. Sponsored by the Tepper Advancement Office.
Tepper Organization DonorsRaised ($)
Tepper Latin American Business Club58$1,347
Tepper Asian Business Association29$1,250
South Asian Business Association38$1,055
Tepper African Business Collective48$1,725
Tepper Graduate Business Association17$2,840
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