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Share your storyDonors from around the world helped Cornell University break multiple records on its 12th annual Giving Day, March 12, 2026. In 24 hours, this year’s nature-themed event brought together 17,011 donors to raise $11,345,462, to support everything from student organizations to scholarship aid to groundbreaking research. “Cornellians everywhere joined together to make our 12th Giving … Read the full story
For 24 hours, donors rallied together to help Cornell University reach for the stars on its eleventh Giving Day, March 13, 2025. This year’s space-themed event raised $11,206,717 from 17,591 donors, for a total of 25,929 gifts making a tangible show of support for causes across the university. “Cornellians everywhere demonstrated their continued commitment to … Read the full story
The Cornell Club of Puerto Rico raised over $42,000 for their scholarship fund on Giving Day 2024
In just over 24 hours, Cornell’s 10th Giving Day rallied 18,692 donors to contribute to causes they care about on March 14, 2024.
Cornell’s ninth Giving Day brought together 18,296 donors to raise more than $13 million in just 24 hours, shattering records from previous years.
Last fall, in honor of his upcoming 20th Reunion, Alan Zhou ’03 took advantage of Cornell’s affordability challenge and made a gift to establish the Alan and Chelsea Zhou Family Scholarship. The fund will provide financial assistance to undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need, with a preference for students from the states of Maine, Oklahoma, … Read the full story