Dawg Day of Giving - Answer the call on March 26, 2026!

MAKE SOME NOISE, BULLDOG NATION!

For 24 hours we're #CallingAllDawgs to support UGA. Your gift, big or small, fuels scholarships, research and a brighter future.

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MAKE YOUR GIFT

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BILLING INFORMATION

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Power Hours

Power Hour

12:00 - 8:00 a.m. EDT

Early Bird Challenge

Two funds with highest number of gifts between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. each receive $1,000.

Power Hour

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT

School/College Challenge

Two schools/colleges with most gifts receive $2,000 (1st) and $1,000 (2nd).

Power Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Student Organization Challenge

Student organization with most gifts receives $1,000. This is in addition to the overall student org challenge.

Power Hour

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT

Unit/Division Challenge

Two Units/Divisions with most gifts receive $2,000 (1st) and $1,000 (2nd).

Units/Divisions include: 4-H, Academic Affairs, Athletics, Global Engagement, Georgia Museum of Art, Instruction, Libraries, Medical Partnership, Performing Arts Center, PSO/Botanical Gardens, Research, Student Affairs, WUGA

Power Hour

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT

School/College Challenge

Two schools/colleges with most gifts receive $2,000 (1st) and $1,000 (2nd). Winners from earlier school/college challenge are excluded.

Power Hour

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT

UGA Miracle Challenge

Reach 100 gifts to the UGA Miracle Impact Fund and unlock $1,500 to support UGA Miracle operations.

Power Hour

10:00 p.m. EDT - 11:59 p.m. PDT

Late Night Challenge

Two funds with highest number of gifts between 10pm and 11:59pm receive $1,000.

Challenges

Unlock $10,000 to UGA's Greatest Needs when we reach 12,000 gifts.

Unlock $1,000 to UGA's Greatest Needs when we secure gifts from all 50 states in the USA.

Unlock $5,000 to the Finish the Drill Scholarship Endowment when we reach 1,000 gifts from young alumni. (Young alumni = under the age of 30).

Unlock $5,000 to the Experiential Learning Connect Abroad Support Fund when we reach 2,000 gifts from students.

Unlock $1,000 to the Let All the Big Dawgs Eat Scholarship when we reach 1,000 gifts from faculty/staff.

The first 150 gifts to the College of Public Health will unlock $3,500 to support CPH.

The first 225 gifts to the College of Veterinary Medicine will unlock $20,000 to support CVM, provided by Mary Ann Hollick (DVM ’88) and Ray Jakubczak (MBA ’88, PhD ’89).

When 100 gifts to the Destination Dawgs Support Fund are received, $10,000 will be unlocked to support the program.

When the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education receives 40 gifts to the Institute of Higher Education Fund, $5,000 will be unlocked to support doctoral candidates' dissertation research.

First 150 gifts to the Odum School of Ecology will unlock $15,000 to support Ecology student field work, provided by Ray Jakubczak (MBA '88, PhD '89) and Mary Ann Hollick (DVM '88).

The first $2,500 raised for the Odum School of Ecology unlocks $2,500 in student support from the Odum School Alumni Board.

The first 150 gifts to the School of Medicine will unlock $10,000 to support scholarships.

When 250 gifts to the UGA Miracle Impact Fund are received, $2,000 will be unlocked to support UGA Miracle.

Leaderboards

Unlock $2,500, $1,500, $1,000, and $500 to the top 4 student organizations based on number of gifts.

Student Organization Name Gifts
1 AGHON Agriculture Honors Society (AGHON Support Fund)
2 Arch Society (Arch Society Endowment)
3 Chi Phi (Chi Phi Sunshine Fund)
4 Cultural Student Engagement Ambassadors (Cultural Student Engagement Development Fund)
5 Dawg Camp Extended Orientation (Dawg Camp Enrichment Fund)
6 Destination Dawgs (Destination Dawgs Support Fund)
7 First Gen Dawgs (First Generation Programming Support Fund)
8 Franklin College Student Ambassadors (Franklin College Student Ambassadors Fund)
9 Georgia Students of Landscape Architecture (Georgia Students of Landscape Architecture (GSLA) Support Fund)
10 Global Student Engagement World Leaders (Global Student Engagement Fund)
11 Hispanic and Latino Law Students Association (Hispanic and Latino Law Students Association (HLLSA) Opportunity Fund)
12 Kappa Alpha (Kappa Alpha Sunshine Fund)
13 Karate Club (UGA Karate Club-Grandmaster Couch Memorial Fund)
14 Mary Frances Early College of Education Student Ambassadors (MFECOE Student Supply Closet Support Fund)
15 Orientation Leaders (New Student Orientation Program Support Fund)
16 Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) (SAE Sunshine Fund)
17 Student Government Association (Student Government Association Support Fund)
18 University Judiciary (University Judiciary Legacy Endowment)

FAQ

Online:
https://givingday.uga.edu/

By phone:
706-542-4438

By check:
Make your check payable to University of Georgia Foundation

Mail to:
UGA Foundation
Office of Gift Accounting
1 Press Place, Suite 101
Athens, GA 30601

Yes, you can make a minimum $1 gift to participate.

You can designate your gift to the part of UGA that you’re most passionate about! Whether it’s a donation to a specific school, college or program or a gift to a special initiative that means something to you, every dollar counts.

Thank you for donating to Dawg Day of Giving!

If your Dawg Day of Giving gift qualifies for a limited-edition UGA sticker sheet, you should receive it in the mail within 4-6 weeks. Unfortunately, we are unable to ship internationally. Only 1 sticker sheet will be mailed per household.

Yes. You will receive a tax receipt via email a few days after you make your gift.

Yes. Click this link to make a gift using UGA's standard giving form and follow the prompts to make your gift as a tribute on the second page.

Help us spread the word about Dawg Day of Giving to the rest of the Bulldog Nation by sharing and posting on social media using #CallingAllDawgs on March 26!

Dawg Day of Giving is a 24-hour fundraising event where we're Calling All Dawgs to make a gift of any size to any area of UGA. This collective display of Bulldog generosity will propel our great university to ever-greater heights.

March 26, 2026 beginning at 12 a.m. EDT and concluding at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Please email gafund@uga.edu