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Go Boldly, Vandals

Bold Vandals set up matches and challenges every year to help Vandal Giving Day be a success. These matches and challenges inspire friendly competition and help make Vandal Giving Day more fun for participants and help the University of Idaho extend our reach and impact.

Last year more than $200,000 in matches and challenges helped us have a record-breaking Vandal Giving Day — raising $819,662 in only 1,889 minutes! Give early and empower more Vandals to participate by setting up your bold gift today!

It’s Easy to Set Up Your Bold Vandal Match or Challenge

Gifts of $250 or more can become a match or challenge. You can have your name attached to the match/challenge and direct both it and additional gifts made from it to any fund on campus. These gifts can be a one-time gift or split up into monthly recurring gifts.

A match typically offers to donate a dollar for every dollar given to a specific fund, up to a specified amount. Here’s an example:

Joe Vandal will match every gift – dollar for dollar – to Access for All scholarships, up to $500.

A challenge unlocks when certain criteria are met, like so:

For every 5 gifts to Access for All scholarships, Joe Vandal will donate $100, up to $500.

 OR

When Access for All scholarships receives 20 gifts, Joe Vandal will donate $500.

See more examples of established matches and challenges below!

Contact Marie Duncan for questions and more information on how to set up your match or challenge prior to March 29.

Past Events

2
Match
Dean Lisa Victoravich CBE Excellence Fund $3,000 Match
We did it! Thank you to Dean Lisa Victoravich and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
College of Business and Economics Advisory Board Match
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Jim '70 and Tedde Reid Department of Business $2,500 Match
We did it! Thank you to Jim and Tedde Reid and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Tracey Anderson Department of Accounting and MIS
We did it! Thank you to Tracey Anderson and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,600 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
College of Business & Economics Advisory Board Accounting and MIS $2,000 Match
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Wayne '72 and Joann Schneider College of Business & Economics Excellence Fund $2,500 Challenge
Thank you to Wayne and Joann Schneider and our generous donors for helping the College of Business and Economics reach our gift goal!
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
College of Business and Economics Advisory Board Deans Excellence Fund $2,500 Challenge
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
11 / 11 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
CBE Advisory Board Department of Business Challenge
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous suppoters! Go Vandals!
2 / 2 Gifts
Completed
$500
Jason Broenneke '99 Department of Accounting $500 Challenge
We did it! Thank you to Jason Broenneke and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
University of Idaho Foundation $30,000 Challenge
We did it! Thank you, U of I Foundation and outstanding supporters!
1,500 / 1,500 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
Overnighter Challenge
We had a tie! The funds below will get the boost from the U I Foundation. CAMP: Si Se Puede Endowment $500 Kootenai County 4-H $250 Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) $250
Rank Prize Overnighter Program Challenge Gifts
1 $500 CAMP: Si Se Puede Endowment 16
2 $500 Kootenai County 4-H 9
3 Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) 9
4 National Model UN - Martin Institute 7
5 Department of Agricultural Education, Leadership & Communications 5
Ended
Event
Vandal Procrastinator $500 Challenge
Procrastinators, this one is for you! Holding out to the last minute may have paid off, literally. The last donor of Vandal Giving Day - ending April 3 at 5:29 p.m. (PT) earns $500 to support the fund of their choice, courtesy of the University of Idaho Foundation.
Ended
2
Match
Jim '70 and Tedde Reid College of Business & Economics Dean's Excellence Fund $5,000 Match
We did it! Thank you to Jim and Tedde Reid and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Mya and Mark Groza Department of Business $2,000 Match
We did it! Thank you to Mya and Mark Groza and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
CBE Advisory Board Department of Business
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Jim '70 and Tedde Reid Department of Accounting and MIS $2,500 Match
We did it! Thank you to Jim and Tedde Reid and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Gene Taft '84 College of Business and Economics Ghazi Ghazanfar Scholarship $1,000 Match
We did it! Thank you to Gene Taft and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
Completed
$1,000
John '98 and Heidi '96 Kuntz CBE Dean's Excellence Fund $1,000 Challenge
We did it! Thank you to John and Heidi Kuntz! Go Vandals!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
College of Business and Economics Advisory Board CBE Scholarships Challenge
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
2 / 2 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
College of Business and Economics Advisory Board Accounting and MIS Challenge
We did it! Thank you to the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board! Go Vandals!
5 / 5 Gifts
Completed
$3,500
Gene Taft '84 CBE Entrepreneurship Program $3,500 Challenge
We did it! Thank you to Gene Taft and our generous supporters! Go Vandals!
5 / 5 Gifts
Completed
Success!
Early Bird Challenge
Thank you to Kaitlin, Alex, Payton & LeAnn for being our early bird donors!
Completed
Event
Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge
Thanks to our Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge winners!
Ended
Participating Groups
Access for All Agricultural and Life Sciences Athletics Alumni & Homecoming Programs Arboretum Art and Architecture Business and Economics Children's Center Vandal Brand Meats Study Abroad Undergraduate Research Education, Health and Human Sciences Engineering Equity & Diversity Fraternity & Sorority Life Graduate Studies Honors Program International Programs Law Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Library McCall Field Campus McClure Center Military & Veteran Services Natural Resources Raven Scholars Recreation and Wellbeing Science Vandal Food Pantry Idaho 4-H Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial Vandal Marching Band Vandal Promise Scholarships Idaho WWAMI Medical Education Program

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