Join the Global Generosity Movement: Giving Tuesday
Since its inception, Giving Tuesday has celebrated philanthropy, volunteerism and community service as a way to highlight the powerful difference people can make when they come together to help others. It’s a global movement encouraging people to do good. And each year, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, people from around the world can reflect and act on the importance of generosity.
Your gift to UCF supports student success, life-changing research and a brighter future — for all. Join us for Giving Tuesday on Dec. 3, 2024.
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Support UCF’s Areas of Greatest Need
Make an impact when and where it’s needed most. By giving to UCF’s Areas of Greatest Need funds, you can help ensure the university has the financial flexibility necessary to respond quickly to exceptional opportunities. Big or small, your gift helps bolster academic, inclusive and operational excellence at UCF. Here are just a few ways your gift to an Area of Greatest Need fund makes a difference:
Student Scholarships
Reduce financial barriers to achieving a degree. Scholarships make it possible for students to focus more on their studies and less on how they’ll make ends meet.
Academic Colleges
Put your gift to work by supporting one of our 13 colleges. This funding empowers deans to ensure students have the resources they need to succeed across academic disciplines.
Student Experience
Promote student involvement on and off campus. With 650+ student clubs and organizations, your support fuels career development, inclusion initiatives and life-changing experiences.
Innovative Research
Ignite curiosity and groundbreaking discoveries. Your gift helps researchers explore everything from how we can better diagnose diseases to how we can find resources on the moon.
Emergency Relief
Help Knights in need. From contributing to cover rent to stocking the shelves of Knights Pantry with nutritious food, your gift will help the students who need it most.
Student-Athletes
Do more than cheer on your Knights. With your support, student-athletes can keep charging on — in the classroom and on the playing field.
Here’s how you can participate
Give. By including UCF in your generous plans on Giving Tuesday, you help current and future Knights unleash their full potential. Your gift, of any amount, is important and makes a collective difference.
Advocate. Whether you’re an alum, student, fan, faculty or staff member, you know what makes UCF so incredible. Spread the word about the cause you care about most and multiply your impact.
$10
Tags one sea turtle for monitoring after nesting on Florida’s beaches
$45
Buys a suture training kit for a UCF nursing student
$125
Funds a student entry fee for submitting a short animated film or graphic design piece to a festival
Why Support UCF?
At UCF, we’re committed to making a better future for our students and all of society. We believe strongly in education’s ability to transform lives and livelihoods — because we see it happen every day. And we believe wholeheartedly in the need for creative and innovative research to not only help solve today’s most pressing issues, but also help us better understand ourselves, each other and our planet.
Give because you careYour Impact on UCF Students
Your generosity helps support the lives of current and future Knights. It unlocks potential, inspires excellence and expands access to higher education. And your combined generosity helps us make good on our promise to create a better world — for all of us.
Mariana Sorroza ’24
College of Engineering and Computer Science,
Burnett Honors College
“Scholarships really help students. Not only does it take some of our stress away and allows us to focus more on our work, but scholarships are also good for boosting one’s confidence. They serve as a symbol that there are people supporting us and believing in us, and believing that we can do good in the world.”
Annelisa Swiersz, ’25
College of Health Professions and Sciences
“This scholarship makes a significant difference for me by allowing me to spend more time researching ways to improve the lives of children and underserved communities. My goal is to become a physician assistant and provide healthcare to underserved individuals as a profession. With my UCF scholarship, I am one step closer to making this dream a reality.”