Campus Giving
UCalgary is proud of the generosity shown by faculty and staff donors. Your support demonstrates that we believe in our university, our students and our scholars - and in the meaningful change they are creating here at home and the world.
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You make it happen
For students in crisis, UCalgary program rides to the rescue
The Students’ Greatest Needs Fund, a favourite of on-campus donors, provides financial aid for students blindsided by exceptional circumstances such as a job loss, family death and housing disruption. Supported entirely by donations, the fund fills the gaps, helping students regain their footing and stay focused on their academic goals
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Direct your support to an area or initiative that’s meaningful to you. Donating is simple:
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Use your credit card to make a one-time or recurring gift to the fund of your choice.
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Enrol in our payroll-deduction plan to set up fuss-free regular donations to your favourite fund
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Honour someone special by making a tribute gift in their name.
Donor spotlight: Tanya Williamson
Supporting the Thrive Centre makes sense for exercise physiologist
When Tanya Williamson gives to UCalgary, she sees the difference her donation makes.
A Clinical Exercise Physiologist at the Health and Wellness Lab in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Williamson directs her philanthropic resources to UCalgary’s Thrive Centre — a free facility that offers evidence-based exercise programming for people living with cancer.
It’s a space she had a hand in creating and continues to use on a daily basis. So supporting the Thrive Centre, which operates solely on donations, makes sense to her.
“It’s valuable — you can immediately see the impact,” says Williamson, who made her most recent donation to the Thrive Centre last summer — and plans to make her next one, via Giving Day, in April. “I know that’s true for me. You know what it’s going back into and you’re part of that community, right? It’s fostering the environment we’re working in and supporting what we’re trying to do.”
And, at UCalgary, the reach of workplace giving is not confined to the campus. “You can see it locally,” she says. “You can see where it makes that direct impact in the larger community of our city, our province.”
From Williamson, there are not only financial contributions. She offers her time, helping organize fundraisers, including the Drive for Thrive, which raised $50,000 last year. The eighth annual tournament is set for May 29 at the Silver Springs Golf and Country Club. “It’s always really inspiring,” says Williamson, a UCalgary graduate who has worked on campus for 15 years. “How much can be raised and put directly back into what we do.”
The Thrive Centre, in addition to supporting those living with cancer, provides practicum avenues for UCalgary students, who appreciate the options for hands-on opportunities.
“Through donations, we’ve directly created this possibility for students to see the impact of research on people’s health and wellness,” says Williamson. “It’s that full-circle moment of what’s possible.”
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It’s valuable — you can immediately see the impact (of campus giving). It’s fostering the environment we’re working in and supporting what we’re trying to do.
Tanya Williamson, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Faculty of Kinesiology
Campus Giving
From our community, for our community
Funding our studies creates new knowledge and helps researchers solve society’s most complex challenges. Supporting student awards and innovative teaching and learning opportunities ignites the minds of tomorrow’s leaders in an environment rich with passion, energy and ambition.
Making a donation — and deciding how much to give and what areas to support — is entirely your choice. There are three ways for faculty and staff to support UCalgary-based initiatives:
All donors of $25 or more receive an official tax receipt, which is issued in the cardholder’s name by the University of Calgary.
Provisions under the Income Tax Act do not permit us to issue tax receipts to anyone other than the person or company whose name appears on the credit card.
Our legal name: The Governors of the University of Calgary. Our Canadian charitable registration number: 108102864-RR0001.
While funding from the government, tuition, and other sources is important for day-to-day operations, philanthropic support allows us to accelerate our ambition.
One hundred per cent of your gift goes to the fund you specify. No administration fees are deducted from your donation.
There are more than 600 active funds, touching every corner of the campus, with representation from every faculty at UCalgary. No matter your passion, there is a project for you to support, from cutting-edge research to sports teams to student emergency aid to faculty development. Visit ucalgary.ca/give-now and use the keyword search field to find a fund.
If you can’t settle on a fund — or you want your gift to go where it’s most needed — the UCalgary Fund is a great option. Your donation will support emerging priorities for the university, including student financial aid, faculty development, library and technology resources, facility renovation, and more.
No matter the size, your gift has impact. Many of our funds are successful not due to a few large gifts, but because a whole community is coming together with gifts of all sizes.
Regardless of the fund you choose to support, your donation helps UCalgary contribute billions of dollars to the local economy — and elevates our university and province on the world stage.
When making your gift online, you can opt for an anonymous donation. Your identity will not be shared.