Giving Day 2025 was a huge success
More than $3 million raised from 4,700 contributors across the nation on Feb. 20.
From Staff Reports |
The 7th annual Giving Day took place on Feb. 20 and was an incredible success, surpassing its bold goal of engaging 4,000 donors in a 24-hour time period by almost 700 contributors. Friends and fans of Lipscomb gave more than $3.1 million on a single day for the first time ever.
Giving Day provides donors with the opportunity to give specifically to a program or project of interest to them, and across the board from academic colleges to Athletics, from missions teams to the Honors College, every department reaped rewards in donations throughout the day.
Faculty and staff gathered in Giving Day central, he Bennett Campus Center, to boost morale and watch the generous donations digitally flow onto campus.
Funds raised will benefit a wealth of specific programs from student scholarships to a new AI lab, from specific athletics teams, the cheerleaders and the Lippy Lunatics fan group to medical, business and engineering missions or the Lanier Center for Archeology.
Giving Day drew 928 alumni (who raised almost $500,000 as a group), 424 faculty and staff, 374 parents and 304 students to contribute to Lipscomb’s future, among other donors. Programs drawing in the most of the valuable resources were Lipscomb Athletics, the College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
With volunteer Giving Day Ambassadors stoking the fires of generosity, various donation matches were awarded, including doubling funds donated for the Psalm 78:72 scholarship for business students, the J.S. Ward Society, the McClure Faith and Science Center and the Peugeot Center for Engineering Service in Developing Communities, just to name a few.
Throughout Giving Day, students were encouraged to write thank you notes to gift-givers located all over the nation.
Students and employees were also encouraged to honor faculty by making a gift in honor of the faculty member of their choice.
The entire event was the result of the tremendous generosity of the enthusiastic fans and friends of Lipscomb.
It is also the reflection of the hard work and planning of the Office of Advancement team, led by Keith Hinkle, senior vice president for advancement, and particularly the Annual Giving team, led by Stephanie Carroll, assistant vice president for annual giving and alumni and parent engagement, Rhonda Minton, director of strategic communications for advancement; and Bethany Perala, associate director of annual giving, and the Lipscomb Academy Advancement team lead by Eric Adams, associate head of school for advancement, and Sheron Davidson, director of advancement programs and alumni engagement.
Thank you also to the Giving Day Campus Leaders: Karin Hensley, Tony Exler, Debbie Tumblin, Andrew Best, Russ Sturgeon, Kendall Crosslin, Isabella Wittrig, Stacy Blackston, Laura Morrow, Beth Mangrum, Beth Morrow, Amy Hamar, Andrea Davis, Anna Shell, Christy Martin, Erin Ferree, Jenna Vance, J.P. Conway, Justin Kirby, Kathy Meadows, Kelli Garrett, Kristen Thompson, Laura Newsom, Lydia Hayes, Makala Marsee, Marcella Barbosa, Mickey Ryan, Misty Parsley, Shanna Ray, Robbie Spivey, Walker Cheatham, Scott Baker, Andrea Zahler, Kate Watkins, Leslie Cowell, Kate Minchew, Scott Sager, Spencer Barnabee, Claire Ottinger and Sydni Caldwell.
And, thank you to the many of you who were ambassadors, shared messages on your personal social media and were creative in your appeals!
Senior Vice President of Advancement Keith Hinkle thanked the many employees and students who came together to make Giving Day 2025 the biggest success yet.
Confetti, celebrating $3.1 million in gifts, rains down on students and staff as the clock strikes midnight on Giving Day 2025.