Challenges

Dr. Lundee Amos, CDH 1959, BSDH 1960, will give $500 to Dental Hygiene if 15 donors make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry.

Dr. Shawn J. Douglas, DDS ’05, and Mrs. Jamie Douglas will give $1,000 to The Dental Foundation Gift Fund if 20 donors make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry.

Dr. Mark E. Hyman, BA ’80, DDS ‘84, and Mrs. Anita Kaye Hyman will give $5,000 to support student conference travel if 30 people make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry

Dental Alumni Association Board President, Dr. Ralph K. Mensah, BA ‘02, DDS ‘08, and Mrs. Marcia R. Mensah, BA’01, will give $10,000 in DDS scholarship support if 40 donors make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry.

Adams Clinical Associate Professor and Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Program Director, Dr. Scott W. Cashion, DDS ’94, MS ’97, pledges to commit $3,500 to ASOD pediatric dentistry if 25 people make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry.

Dr. Nicole Scheffler, DDS ’02, MS ’05, will give $100,000 in Orthodontic resident fellowship support if 45 donors make a gift to the Adams School of Dentistry.

$500 for the First $100 Raised: Jennifer Manning ’89 ’91 will give $500 to the American Indian Center after the first $100 raised for the Center on GiveUNC.

$5,000 for the First $1,000 Raised: Dwight and Moira Jacobs will give $5,000 to the American Indian Center after the first $1,000 raised for AIC on GiveUNC.

Dr. Thomas Wong, PhD ’76 and MPH ’79 will give $5,000 if the Asian American Center gets 30 gifts of $100 or more by 12 pm.

Sam Guo ‘95 will give $5,000 if we reach 60 gifts of $100 or more by 9 pm.

A passionate Tar Heel will give $25,000 if 150 donors make a gift to Carolina Alumni.

Generous alumni Frank ’83, a former Carolina fencer, and Barb ’84 Sullivan will match every dollar contributed to the Men and Women Fencing fund, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000.

An anonymous donor to Carolina Athletics will match every gift, dollar for dollar, to the baseball operating endowment up to $50,000.

An anonymous donor will match up to $50,000, dollar-for-dollar, to the Women’s Lacrosse Operating Endowment.

Jim ’69 and Barbara Harrell will match gifts, dollar-for-dollar, to the Friends of Women’s Tennis Fund up to $15,000.

Swimming and Diving alumnus, Ned Jones ’77, will match up to $50,000, dollar for dollar, to the Friends of Swimming and Diving Fund.

An Anonymous donor has pledged $100,000 to Softball when 25 donors make a gift of any amount to the Friends of Softball Fund.

A generous Track & Field alumna, Margo Shepard ’78, has pledged a challenge gift of $25,000 in support of Carolina Track & Field that will be unlocked with 25 gifts to the Track & Field Operating Endowment.

Generous current Carolina Rowing parents have pledged a $50,000 matching gift for the Rowing program. The donor will match every dollar contributed to the Rowing Friends fund through the end of the season up to the amount pledged.

A generous Gymnastics alumna, Tracy Knowles Lutz ’94, has pledged a $50,000 matching gift for Carolina Gymnastics. The donor will match every dollar contributed to the Gymnastics Friends fund through the end of the season up to the amount pledged.

25 gifts of any amount to the Women’s Soccer Operating Endowment will unlock a $25,000 gift from Ms. Rosemary Carbery Stack ’81, former women’s soccer player.

WBB alumna, Catherine Morris ’77, ’78 and John Calhoun have committed $25,000 to the Women’s Basketball Bench Seat Fund – their gift will unlock once 25 donors step up to support Carolina Women’s Basketball’s Bench Seat Fund.

Your gift will help elevate the Volley Heels to the next level and unlock a $25,000 challenge: When 25 donors give to Carolina Volleyball, we will receive a $25,000 gift from Cheryl & Ken Williams ’70 ’76

An anonymous Men’s Tennis alum will match up to $15,000, dollar-for-dollar, to the Men’s Tennis Friends Account.

An anonymous donor will match up to $50,000, dollar-for-dollar, to the Field Hockey Operating Endowment.

Tyler Gamble ’09 and Hillary Hoffman will give $20,000 to the Carolina Center for Public Service when 20 current Carolina students make a gift today to CCPS!

Kim Davis Vinnakota ‘02 will match all gifts given to the Carolina Center for Public Service given today up to $200,000.

Members of the Carolina Latinx Center’s Advisory Board will give $5,500 for 25 gifts to the LÍDER: Carolina Leadership Institute Endowment Fund (110003).

Members of the Carolina Latinx Center’s Advisory Board will give an additional $6,000+ for 35 gifts to Carolina Latinx Center. 

A generous group of Carolina parent donors will contribute $186,600 to the University when 800 parents make a gift of any size on GiveUNC.

Linda and Dr. Paul Naylor ’89 will give $600 to the Carolina Women’s Center if 25 gifts are made to the CWC on GiveUNC.

A generous friend of Honors Carolina will give $50,000 when 50 gifts are made to the Friends of Honors Carolina fund today. Gifts of all sizes count!

A generous Carolina couple will match all gifts to the Writing and Learning Center dollar for dollar up to $10,000.

Every gift of $1500+ will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50k

Jennifer Manning ’89 ’91 will give $1,000 to the Phillips Passport Initiative if the College receives 10 gifts to funds supporting Study Abroad.

$100,000 for 500 Gifts to the Arts and Sciences Fund: Help us unlock $100,000 in additional support when we reach 500 gifts, showing what Tar Heels can achieve together for the liberal arts. With thanks to the Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors and the Dean’s Arts and Sciences Leadership Council for sponsoring this challenge. Give now!

Andrea & Bill Bates challenge you to join them in supporting the magic of live theatre at PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theatre in residence at UNC. Their family has cherished PlayMakers for generations—from the 1950s town-and-gown days to the Theatre’s professionalization in the 70s, to the launch of the 50th anniversary season. Your gift brings world-class artists from stage and film to perform alongside our professional company, supports six mainstage productions created entirely in-house, and opens the doors for students. Thanks for supporting our local gem!

When 20 donors make a gift to the Center for Student Success, Janet Chess ’88 will unlock $20,000 to support the Center’s greatest needs.

An anonymous donor will give $10,000 to the Carolina Living and Learning Center if 20 donors make a gift to Carolina Living Learning Center Excellence Fund.

An anonymous donor will now match any gift to the Carolina Living & Learning Center, dollar-for-dollar, up to $40,000!

$2,000 for 200 Gifts: Elizabeth “Liza” Cooke Elsner ’95 will give $2,000 when 200 gifts are made to the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media on GiveUNC.

Andi and Mike Griffin will match gifts to the Family Enterprise Center during GiveUNC dollar-for-dollar, up to $20,000.

When 100 donors make a Dean’s Circle gifts of $2,000 or more to the Business School, members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Board will generously contribute $250,000!

The 100 Women Executive Committee will give $55,000 if 55 gifts are made to support the efforts of the 100 Women Initiative.

A group of generous alumni will contribute $40,000 when 40 recent graduates (classes of 2015-2025) make a gift to The Fund for UNC Kenan-Flagler!

Members of the Marketing Advisory Board will contribute $25,000 when 25 gifts are made to the Marketing Excellence Fund for GiveUNC!

To celebrate the past and build for the future of the Wood Center, we invite you to help us raise $40,000 during this year’s GiveUNC.

Janice and Preston Linn will match all gifts to Lampe Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000.

In celebration of the Garden’s 60th anniversary this year, two generous supporters have stepped forward with a special challenge gift. If the Garden receives 60 gifts of $125 or more during GiveUNC, a $6,000 challenge gift will be unlocked.

Help us reach our $15,000 GiveUNC goal to unlock a dollar-for-dollar matching challenge from select NRI Advisory Board members and double your impact on nutrition research.

The Kenan Charitable Trust will be matching all gifts made to The School of Data Science and Society for GiveUNC.

The School of Education’s Board of Visitors invites you to join them in giving and has issued a special challenge: help reach 100 gifts to unlock $30,250 to advance education at Carolina.

If 26 students make a gift to the School of Education on GiveUNC, we’ll unlock a $10,000 challenge gift from an anonymous alumna.

In honor of the UNC MPA Program’s 60th anniversary, members of the UNC MPA Alumni Coates Society will give $60,000 if 60 donors make a gift to any UNC MPA designation.

Anonymous MPA alumni donors will give $40,000 to MPA Scholarships if 40 donors make a gift to any MPA Scholarship.

Current and past members of the School of Government Foundation Board will give $10,000 to the School of Government if 20 donors make a gift to any School of Government designation between 12:00pm-2pm.

The UNC MPA Alumni Association Board will give $12,000 to the program if 12 MPA alumni (class of ’23, 24, ’25) make a gift to any MPA designation.

An anonymous donor will give $10,000 if 250 donors make a gift to any School of Government designation.

An Anonymous Donor will give $50,000 if 50 donors make a gift to the School of Government Foundation.

Joshua Purvis ‘05, will give $1,000 to the School of Information and Library Science Fund when 10 alumni from classes of 2005-2024 make a gift today to SILS.

$10,000 for 50 Gifts. Just 50 gifts to any Carolina Law fund will unlock an additional $10,000 to support public interest summer grants, helping students pursue professional opportunities in service to the public good.

$83,000 for 250 Gifts. With 250 gifts to Carolina Law on GiveUNC, $83,000 in additional funding will be unlocked to strengthen scholarship support at Carolina Law.

$100,000 for 400 Gifts. When Carolina Law receives 400 gifts, an extraordinary $100,000 in unrestricted support will be unlocked to support the School’s greatest needs.

The first 50 donors to make a gift of at least $26 to the School of Medicine Alumni Loyalty Fund will be entered into a drawing for a School of Medicine Swag Bag!

Members of the African American Subcommittee of ACRED will match every gift to the Stone Center dollar for dollar this GiveUNC up to $5,000.

Laura Anderson Wright ’91 will give $1000 if 500 alumni donors in the 90’s decade make a gift to the Stone Center Gift Fund.

Jason & Elizabeth (’95) Castle will give $4,000 when 200 donors make a gift to The Carolina Fund.

Elizabeth “Liza” Cooke Elsner ’95 will give $2,000 if 200 gifts are made to The Carolina Fund on GiveUNC.

Rob Garris ‘92 (M.A.) ‘99 (Ph.D.) will give $3,000 to support graduate student fellowships if 10 gifts of any amount are received to the Graduate School Fellowship fund.

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Royster Society of Fellows, a former Dean and long-time support of the Royster Society will give $10,000 if 30 Royster alumni give any amount to the Royster Society of Fellows fund.

Dr. Debbie Boles ‘97 ‘02 (Ph.D.) and Mr. Steven Boles ‘98 ’00 (M.S.) will give $5,000 to support graduate student research during the summer if 25 gifts of any amount are received to The Graduate School’s Summer Research Fellowship fund.

A board member and Ph.D. alumnus will give $3,000 to support Student Success at The Graduate School if 15 gifts of any amount are received for the Graduate Student Success fund. He will give another $3,000 (for a total of $6,000), if 25 gifts are received for this fund.

An anonymous donor will give $5,000 to The Graduate School if 25 gifts of any amount are received to the Graduate School Dean’s Fund.

Dr. Druscilla French ‘71 ‘78 (M.A.) will give $10,000 to support graduate students if 50 gifts of any amount are received to the Graduate School Dean’s Fund.

Current and former members of the Young Alumni Leadership Council will give $7,500 when 500 young alumni make a gift on GiveUNC.

Current and former members of the Young Alumni Leadership Council will give $7,500 when we receive 250 gifts to YALC’s priority funds: the Carolina Covenant Scholarships General Fund, the Carolina Student Impact Fund and the Heels Care Network Fund.

$100,000 for 100 gifts: Alumna Suzanne Landis, MPH ’86 and William McKenna, have committed to donating $100,000 to a scholarship fund. Their gift – and yours – will support the needs of UNC Gillings students. Gifts of any size to any area of the Gillings School count.

$20,000 for 20 Student Gifts. Two parents of a current Gillings student challenge students to make a gift of any size to any fund at the School to unlock a $20,000 gift to the Public Health Foundation Fund.

Alumnus and Public Health Foundation Board Member Mark Lee, BSPH ‘95, MS ‘97 and alumna Neha Mehta, MPH ‘99, will match all gifts to the Public Health Foundation Fund (444580), dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000.

Members of the UNC Gillings Alumni Association Advisory Board and Public Health Foundation Board will give $67,000 if 67 alumni make a gift to the Gillings School. Gifts of any size to any area of the School will count.

$5,000 for 50 Donors. A committed supporter has made a generous $5,000 gift to the Dean’s Acceleration Fund. Once 50 donors make a gift to any Gillings fund, their contribution is unlocked to accelerate priorities across the school.

To encourage student philanthropy, IE Board of Visitors member, Pavel Molchanov, will donate $2,000 for every student gift received up to 50 gifts.

IE Board of Visitors Chair, Brian Bednar, will make a gift of $7,500 to the IE once 15 current or former IE Board of Visitors members make a donation.

IE BOV Past Chair Bryan Brice and his wife, Carson Holding Brice, have launched a GiveUNC Challenge! They will donate $470 for every gift made to the UNC Institute for the Environment, up to 100 gifts.

Rose Auman will give $12,500 when 50 donors make a gift to the School of Social Work.

Vera Tayeh will give $30,000 when 100 donors make a gift to the School of Social Work.

Carl and Susan Baumann will match the first $30,000 of gifts to the UNC School of Social Work.

Linnea Smith ’76 will match all gifts to The Louise Coggins Pathways Fund (491949) dollar for dollar up to $25,000.

Ken and Martha Howard will match all gifts to the UNC School of Social Work, dollar for dollar, up to $125,000.

Andrea Bates ‘87, Friend of the Library Board Member, will give $10,000 if 250 gifts are made to the University Library.

Eric Johnson ’08, Friend of the Library Board Member, will give $3,000 if 100 gifts are made to the University Library.

Lindsey Wilson ‘17, Friend of the Library Board Member, will give $3,000 if 150 gifts are made to the University Library.

Raquel Hudson ‘92, Friend of the Library Board Member, will give $3,000 if 200 gifts are made to the University Library.

Joanne Olszewski, in memory of Bernard John Olszewski ‘62, will give $1,000 if 50 gifts are made to the University Library.