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$ 1,119,103 raised 3,075 Donors
UAA Student Needs and Financial Support has raised $ 46,791 from 80 Donors!
UAA Student Needs and Financial Support

Help students stay enrolled, reduce debt, and focus on completing degrees that power the state’s workforce and communities.

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UAA Student Support

Help students who experience unexpected crises or emergency financial needs that threaten their ability to continue their education. This fund exists to help students stay enrolled and persist toward degree completion when other options have been exhausted. 


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Increase the impact of your gift!
Your UAA Student Needs and Financial Support donation to the funds above may unlock the Challenges below:

A Race to the Finish!
Mar 26, 2026

Join us for a special final day challenge! All UA Giving Day donors that give today [26th] are automatically entered into a drawing for a $600 mini-grant for any program or scholarship that is listed on the UA Giving Day website.

We've reached our 2,026 donor goal!
Mar 25, 2026

Friends, families, and communities supporting UAA, UAF, and UAS students: Thank you so much for everything you have done to help us reach our goal of 2,026 donors! There are still 18 hours left in UA Giving Day, and we are at 752 of our 1,000 new donor goal! Please continue to share and spread the word about Giving Day to help us reach this.

Leaderboard
UAA First Hour Power Hour Leaderboard
Number of donors per UAA fund in the first hour of UA Giving Day
Rank Prize Fund Donors
1 $2,500 Excellence in Gymnastics 126
2 Excellence in Cross Country/Track & Field 57
3 Excellence in Hockey 32
4 Milers Legacy CrossCountry/Track & Field Scholarship Spendable 32
5 Excellence in Volleyball 31
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3
Match
UAA Student Support Matching Gift
Challenge unlocked. Thanks to your generosity, the George & Stephanie Suddock Foundation challenge has been met, tripling the impact of gifts to the UAA Student Support Fund.
Completed
$2,500
UAA Alumni $2,500 Leaderboard
The most alumni donors to a UAA fund will win a mini-grant from UAA to that fund. The winning fund will be announced following UA Giving Day.
Completed
$1,000
UA Engineers Make it Happen Challenge
Alaska counts on our incredible engineers to find the solution to complex Arctic concerns. 75% of UA's grads stay in Alaska long-term, which is something to be proud of; the challenge at hand is ensuring bright students receive the support they need to enroll and graduate. Stephanie Erickson, University of Alaska Foundation board member, challenges Alaska's engineers to be part of the solution. To represent 75% of alumni staying in Alaska long-term, when we reach 750 donors to any program or scholarship, Stephanie will donate $2,000, split between UAA College of Engineering and UAF College of Engineering and Mines.
749 / 749 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UAA Buretta Family Giving Day Challenge
Because of donors like you, the $1,000 Buretta Family matching gift has been unlocked in support of the Sheri ('91) and Gary Buretta Family Scholarship. Thank you for investing in UAA students and helping create meaningful opportunity.
Completed
$4,900
UAA 49th Finishers Challenge
Signature Land Services thanks donors for our alumni supporters for helping unlock this $4,900 gift to benefit the 49th Finishers Scholarship!
49 / 49 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
Dollars per Fund: UAA Student Needs and Financial Support
Dollars add up when our community comes together. This chart includes donations, challenge awards, matching gifts, and mini-grants.
Rank Fund Raised
1 UAA Student Support $36,795.00
2 49th Finishers Scholarship $5,450.00
3 UAA Food Insecurity $1,833.00
4 Sheri Buretta Family Endowed Scholarship $1,146.00
5 UAA Student Health and Counseling Center Support $737.00
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2
Match
UAA Student Support Fund UA President's Office Match
The UA President's Office will match donations to the UAA Student Support Fund dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000, with a grant from the President's Office.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,000
UAA Alumni Challenge
Thank you to the 449 UAA Alumni donors and to UA President Pat Pitney for helping us unlock $2,000 to support students in UAA's College of Business and Public Policy!
449 / 449 Donors
Completed
$5,000
UA Supporting Alaska's Educators Challenge
Challenge unlocked! Thank you, Mary K. Hughes and the John C. Hughes Foundation, and to our generous UA Giving Day donors. $5,000 has been unlocked to support the Patricia Hughes Eastaugh Teaching Scholarship for education students systemwide. Because of you, future educators across Alaskawill receive the support they need to learn, lead, and make a lasting impact in their communities.
1,000 / 1,000 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UA Engineers Make it Happen Challenge
Alaska counts on our incredible engineers to find the solution to complex Arctic concerns. 75% of UA's grads stay in Alaska long-term, which is something to be proud of; the challenge at hand is ensuring bright students receive the support they need to enroll and graduate. Stephanie Erickson, University of Alaska Foundation board member, challenges Alaska's engineers to be part of the solution. To represent 75% of alumni staying in Alaska long-term, when we reach 750 donors to any program or scholarship, Stephanie will donate $2,000, split between UAA College of Engineering and UAF College of Engineering and Mines.
1 / 1 Donors
Completed
$5,500
UA Launch Power Hour
The UA Foundation Board of Directors thanks the first-hour donors who have set UA Giving Day on a great foot. UA Foundation Board has made their $5,500 donation to UA General Scholarship. Keep spreading the word about UA Giving Day to make UA Giving Day a success!
200 / 200 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
Donors per Fund: UAA Student Needs and Financial Support
Number of donors who gave to each fund for UA Giving Day
Rank Fund Donors
1 UAA Student Support 61
2 UAA Food Insecurity 9
3 UAA Student Health and Counseling Center Support 4
4 UAA General Scholarships 3
5 Ukrainian Student Support Spendable 3
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Rank State Gifts
1 AK 74
2 IL 2
2 FL 2
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