Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday took place on December 3, 2024. The final results are in, and it was a record-breaking year with over a quarter of a million raised.
Don't worry, the sprinkles will return in 2025! We welcome donations year-round to areas of greatest need.
Thank you
Huge thanks to everyone who played a role in making Giving Tuesday such a success. See the highlights and learn from students where they designated donated dollars in the annual wrap-up video.
Results from Giving Tuesday 2024
Raised
Donors
unlocked
Priority funds
See how much was raised for each of the four priority funds, including Giving Grams designations and money allocated by participants in Philanthropoly and the Instagram quiz.
More students than ever are relying on the campus food bank. Help students access nutritious, free food and household essentials.
Total Raised: $35,041
Provide vital financial aid to students by supporting scholarships, awards, and bursaries, where the need is greatest.
Total Raised: $15,201
Support student wellness programs promoting physical, mental and spiritual health.
Total Raised: $17,776
Help students meaningfully access knowledge, teachings and support from Indigenous Elders.
Total Raised: $12,150
Other featured funds
See how much was raised for each of the featured funds, including Giving Grams designations and money allocated by participants in Philanthropoly and the Instagram quiz.
Alumni fund
Your donation will support student activities like clubs, events, and community engagement, through the Alumni Association's grant program.
Total Raised: $62
IALH Fund
Support innovative research that has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and improve quality of life at every stage.
Total Raised: $343
Leadership projects
Help provide customized, assistive technologies to a wide age range of clients in the community, with an eye towards identifying broad-impact technologies for future development.
Total Raised: $3,883
Changemaker Awards
Your gift will recognize a co-op student who has made significant contributions to their workplace, their community or to their own personal learning.
Total Raised: $1,400
Neuroscience Grad Student Association
Support students in the Division of Medical Sciences neuroscience program in relationship building activities with peers, professors and professionals.
Total Raised: $524
Centre for Outreach Education (CORE)
Provide a UVic Education student with invaluable hands-on teaching experience, while helping a child receive the learning support they need.
Total Raised: $6,169
2030 Initiative
Create opportunities for girls and women at every stage of the journey into STEM. Your gift will support mentorship programs and awards for women students in the UVic Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, as well as girls-only outreach programming.
Total Raised: $5,290
Cora Arenas and Carol Artemiw Award
Your gift will help ensure that women students in Engineering and Computer Science continue their studies after their first year.
Total Raised: $11,444
Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Series
Uplift Indigenous voices through your support for this series hosted by UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts.
Total Raised: $8,232
Graduate Scholarship Endowment
Provide critical financial relief to master’s and PhD students through scholarship support.
Total Raised: $1,639
Gustavson School of Business Emergency Bursary
Your support provides a vital safety net for Gustavson students during their most challenging moments.
Total Raised: $805
HSD Indigenous Student Emergency Fund
Support Indigenous students facing a financial crisis that could mean disrupting, or even ending, their studies.
Total Raised: $3,175
Faculty of Humanities Travel and Learning Scholarship
Help make exchange programs and field schools more accessible for undergrad students in humanities.
Total Raised: $6,147
Native Students Union
Support activities like feast nights, social events and training sessions that build a sense of community among Indigenous students.
Total Raised: $540
International Student Support Award
Provide vital financial support to undergraduate international students who have demonstrated financial need.
Total Raised: $1,121
Law Student Emergency Fund
Provide critical support to a law student facing a financial emergency.
Total Raised: $34,948
Library Enrichment Fund
Help the Libraries acquire valuable collections and resources, and support workshops and programming to facilitate student success.
Total Raised: $3,467
Science Rendezvous
Support this community event that gets kids in grades K-12, families and educators excited about STEM while UVic students showcase their research.
Total Raised: $5,001
Social Sciences Experiential Learning Fund
From field schools to service learning to global exchanges, your donation will bring students out of the classroom and into the community to gain experience that has the power to change their lives.
Total Raised: $2,949
Student Meal Share Program
Help reduce food insecurity for students. Your donation will directly provide funds for students to purchase meals and food.
Total Raised: $741
Chair in Transgender Studies: Scholarships & Fellowships
Support Trans+ undergrad and grad students. Your gift will drive social change and improve the well-being of Trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, and other gender-diverse people.
Total Raised: $11,044
Sports Injury Clinic
Support Vikes student-athletes. Your donation will directly contribute to cutting-edge equipment for Vikes medical and strength and conditioning programs.
Total Raised: $588
Unlock challenges
$89,665 was unlocked!
Donation matching challenges
Many Giving Tuesday donations had double the impact this year thanks to generous donors who gave matching money to priority funds and select featured funds.
Sponsorship challenges
$5,000 in cash and $500 in product was unlocked through student engagement on Giving Tuesday, thanks to our generous sponsors.
Giving Gramalanche
Each year the UVic community takes up the challenge to see who can sprinkle the most kindness and positivity across campus. Participants sent a record-breaking 1,237 Giving Grams!
This is the final leaderboard for the 2024 Giving Gramalanche Challenge:
- Taking the top spot with the most Giving Grams sent is Alumni and Development (A&D)
- Hot on their heels in second place is Communications and Marketing (UCAM)
- Third place in the race is Law (LAW)
- Business (BUSI) swooped into fourth place
- The Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost (VPAC) was just a whisker behind in fifth!
Thank you to everyone who took part.
About Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday at UVic brings together alumni, community members, faculty, staff and students to donate, participate in events and unlock dollars. UVic has been participating in Giving Tuesday since 2016. Since then, the event has generated over $1 million for a variety of programs and projects across the entire university—including student aid, clubs, community-outreach programs, EDI initiatives and much more.
After the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a day to focus on giving back. But more important than the individual donations, Giving Tuesday is a chance to see how much we can achieve when we come together for the causes we care about at UVic.
Why the sprinkles?
The sprinkles theme is a fun way to demonstrate how many thousands of small actions (donations and participation) add up to have a significant impact at UVic and beyond.
What does Giving Tuesday fund?
Each year, campus partners select an initiative to promote on Giving Tuesday. These featured funds may support students or research within an academic area, or UVic initiatives in the wider community. This year, we are also promoting four priority funds which focus on student success, health and well-being. All donations, no matter the size, enrich the UVic experience!
Sponsors & partners
Thank you to our sponsors
Thank you to our partners
- Blink Printing
- Felicita’s
- Graduate Student Society (GSS)
- Phoenix Theatre
- UVic Bookstore
- UVic Distribution Services
- UVic Facilities Management
- UVic Food Services
- UVic OneCard
- UVic Systems
- Vikes
If you have any questions about UVic Giving Tuesday, please contact our Development Office at 250-472-4924, or send us an email.
Visit the UVic's giving website for ways to give to UVic year-round, or to read about the impact of giving.