
This year’s Purdue Day of Giving — the university’s 24-hour online, social media-driven fundraising event — inspired $76.5 million in donations from 32,054 gifts. This record-breaking year brings Purdue Day of Giving’s cumulative total raised to $497 million since 2014.
In Student Success Programs, we received $53,342 from 313 donations plus more than $3,000 in bonus funds from Day of Giving challenges. Below is a breakdown of each program’s earnings this year:

Disability Resource Center
Donation Total: $3,935
Number of Gifts: 31
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #26 on the Meet the Challenge Leaderboard
- #44 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #53 on the Donation Leaderboard

Veteran & Military Success Center
Donation Total: $5,670
Number of Gifts: 37
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #43 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #47 on the Donation Leaderboard

Academic Success Center
Donation Total: $31,052
Number of Gifts: 14
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #36 on the Donation Leaderboard
- #62 on the Participation Leaderboard

Horizons Student Support Services
Donation Total: $2,230
Number of Gifts: 101
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #2 on the Meet the Challenge Leaderboard
- #31 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #59 on the Donation Leaderboard

Orientation Programs
Donation Total: $7,911
Number of Gifts: 87
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #11 on the Meet the Challenge Leaderboard
- #34 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #45 on the Donation Leaderboard

Purdue Promise
Donation Total: $749
Number of Gifts: 22
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #15 on the Meet the Challenge Leaderboard
- #54 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #69 on the Donation Leaderboard

Purdue Testing Services
Donation Total: $420
Number of Gifts: 3
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #72 on the Donation Leaderboard
- #73 on the Participation Leaderboard

Span Plan
Donation Total: $1,375
Number of Gifts: 18
Day of Giving Rankings:
- #7 on the Meet the Challenge Leaderboard
- #58 on the Participation Leaderboard
- #64 on the Donation Leaderboard
Thank you to every donor who contributed to the success of Student Success Programs this Purdue Day of Giving. We are stronger when we rally together!

Emily Jones
Communication Manager for Student Success Programs, jone1594@purdue.edu