Challenge GIFTS
Are You Up For A Challenge?
Matching gifts and challenges give you the chance to significantly increase the impact of your gift for the area that means the most to you at WCU!
Learn more about matching opportunities below and maximize your contribution to the area of your choice today!
GENERAL MATCHES
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MATCHES BY GIVING PRIORITY
Athletics:
- Kenny Messer will give $32,000 to Western Carolina Athletics if 300 donors give to an athletics fund.
Baseball:
- Matt Magnus will give $11,500 if $5,000 is donated to the 1002 Club for Baseball.
Cheerleading:
- Cheer parents will match $1 per $1 donated up to $1,200 for gifts to Cheerleaders.
Football:
- Bev Barr will match $5 per donor up to $250 for gifts to Football.
- A group of football alumni & friends will match $1 per $1 donated up to $12,000 for gifts to Football.
- Allison M. Hinson will match $1 per donor up to $250 for gifts to Football.
Men’s Basketball:
- Matt Magnus will give $2,500 if $1,000 is donated to Men’s Basketball.
Men’s Golf:
- Matt Magnus will give $2,500 if $1,000 is donated to Men’s Golf.
Men’s Track and Cross Country:
- Danny Williamson will give $1,200 if $1,200 is donated in the next 11 days to Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country.
Softball:
- Amber Haber will give $1,150 if $1,150 is donated to Softball.
Women’s Golf:
- Alex Crenshaw will match $1 per $1 donated up to $2,000 for gifts to Women’s Golf.
Women’s Tennis:
- Anonymous will match $1 per $1 donated up to $6,000 for gifts to Women’s Tennis.
Women’s Track and Cross Country:
- Danny Williamson will give $1,200 if $1,200 is donated in the next 11 days to Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country.
Volleyball:
- Philip Byers will match $1 per $1 donated up to $5,000 for gifts to Volleyball.
Brinson Honors College:
- Andrew R Chmar will match $1 per $1 given up to $1,000 for gifts to the Brinson Honors College.
- David Moore will give $200 per donor up to $2,000 for gifts to the Brinson Honors College.
College of Arts and Sciences:
- Emily Glesias will give $1,000 to the Literacy Festival if $1,000 is donated to the Literacy Festival.
- Dave Kinner will match $20 per donor up to $2,000 for gifts made to the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Endowment.
College of Business:
- Charlie Bell and April Hicks will match $5 per donor up to $100 for gifts to the College of Business Excellence Endowment.
- Dennis Fox will give $250 per donor who gives to the Fox Family Career and Professional Development Endowment up to $5,000.
College of Education and Allied Professions:
- Jennifer Harris will match $50 per donor up to $1,000 for any gift to McKee unlocking her gift to the McKee Assessment & Psychological Services Clinic.
- Kimberly K Winter will match $1 per $1 up to $500 for gifts towards College of Education and Allied Professions Student Travel.
- Kim Winter, Alec Harris and John McDaris will match $20 per $1 donated to any CEAP fund up to $1,000 towards Students to Teachers through Education Pathways (STEP).
College of Health and Human Sciences:
- Sherri Holbert will match $10 per donor up to $2,000 for gifts to the College of Health and Human Sciences Excellence Endowment.
- Dr. Brett Morgan will give $10,000 if 1,000 people give to the College of Health and Human Sciences Exellence Endowment.
Hunter Library:
- Chuck Thomas will match $25 per donor up to $250 for gifts to the Friends of the Hunter Library Student Support.
- Chuck Thomas will match $25 per donor up to $250 for gifts to the Friends of the Hunter Library Learning Lab Support.
