Visit this year's Forever True Day event!

Events

Don't miss the chance to multiply your impact, thanks to gift matching opportunities from some of our most generous donors.

Past Events

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College of Engineering Study Abroad Fund Match

Mac and Toni Klingler challenge you to match their $3000 donation to the Study Abroad Fund. “Our opportunity to live and work in a second language changed our lives and gave us insight into working within other cultures. Our passion to enable the ability to communicate and understand not just language but culture in our ever-changing global system of commerce has led to supporting study abroad. This broadens the students’ skills and opportunity for success for themselves and their society."

$200 MATCHED

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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Scholarship Fund Match

Scott and Tami Wilcox will match the first $1,250 contributed to the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Scholarship Fund!

$600 MATCHED

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$4,000

The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success Challenge

In honor of the Center's 30th anniversary, $4,000 will be unlocked after 30 gifts are made to the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success General Fund!

30 / 30 Gifts

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Civil Engineering Excellence Fund Match

Scott and Tami Wilcox will match the first $1,250 contributed to the Civil Engineering Excellence Fund!

$1,250 MATCHED

Completed

$15,000

College of Engineering Completion and Emergency Grant Fund Challenge

An anonymous donor will give $15,000 to the College of Engineering Completion and Emergency Grant Fund if that fund reaches 25 gifts. After having to leave school multiple times due to lack of funds, this donor wants to help ensure other students don’t have a financial barrier to completing their Iowa State education.

25 / 25 Gifts

Completed

$10,000

College of Human Sciences Challenge

Once $10,000 has been given to ANY fund in the College of Human Sciences, the college will match $10,000 to the College of Human Sciences Development Fund.

$10,000 / $10,000 Raised

Completed

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Companion Animal Fund Match

The first $5,000 contributed to the Companion Animal Fund will be matched!

$4,650 MATCHED

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ISUAA Gift Challenge

Show your Cyclone power for the ISU Alumni Association on Forever True Day! Reaching the 25- and 50-gift milestones will unlock video messages from two ISU celebrity alums!

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ISU Food Pantry Support Fund Match

A group of Iowa State University Foundation staff will match gifts to ISU Food Pantry Support Fund to support SHOP up to $1,000!

$1,000 MATCHED

Completed

$37,000

Jack Trice Character Award Challenge

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED-23 gifts were made in 100 minutes to the Jack Trice Character Award! But the challenge isn't over...if 10 more gifts are made to the fund before the end of Forever True Day (noon CDT on April 5) an additional $37,000 will be unlocked!

33 / 33 Gifts

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$2,500

Laura & David Jolly LeBaron/MacKay Complex Challenge-College of Human Sciences

Gifts in support of the LeBaron/MacKay Complex will bolster the future of the college and beautify central campus! College of Human Sciences Dean Laura Jolly and spouse David Jolly will contribute $2,500 to the LeBaron/MacKay Complex Project once that fund receives 25 gifts.

25 / 25 Gifts

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Sam and Pam Easterling College of Engineering Completion and Emergency Grant Fund Match

James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering Sam Easterling and Mrs. Pam Easterling will match the first $1,000 to the College of Engineering Completion and Emergency Grant Fund.

$1,000 MATCHED

Completed

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University Library Match

In honor of her 21st year on campus, Dean Hilary Seo will match the first $1,000 contributed to the University Library on Forever True Day!

$1,000 MATCHED

Completed

$4,000

Women and Gender Studies Challenge

Unlock $4,000 in support for the Women and Gender Studies department when 20 gifts are made

17 / 20 Gifts

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Leaderboard

College Leaderboard

Show your Cyclone Power and help your favorite college get to the top of the leaderboard! Which college will have the largest percentage increase in number of gifts compared to Forever True Day 2022?

Rank	College	% +/-	Goal
1	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	+40.41%	344 goal: 245
2	College of Human Sciences	+11.48%	136 goal: 122
3	College of Engineering	+10.45%	222 goal: 201
4	Ivy College of Business	+4.42%	260 goal: 249
5	College of Design	0.00%	45 goal: 45
6	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	-8.88%	154 goal: 169
7	College of Veterinary Medicine	-42.86%	84 goal: 147

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$4,000

Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Challenge

Unlock $4,000 in support when 20 gifts are made to the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University Fund.

20 / 20 Gifts

Completed

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The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success Match

A group of ISUF employees will match the first $1,500 contributed to the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success General Fund

$1,500 MATCHED

Completed

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College of Design Excellence Fund Match

The College of Design will match the first $5,000 contributed to the College of Design Excellence Fund!

$1,150 MATCHED

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College of Engineering Equity and Engagement Priorities Match

John Hughes will match the first $5,000 given to the Equity and Engagement Excellence Fund in the College of Engineering

$1,075 MATCHED

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$2,000

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Gift Challenge

For every 50 gifts to the College of LAS, an additional $2,000 dollars will be contributed to the LAS General Scholarship Fund (up to 300 gifts)!

Completed

$2,500

Indian Student Scholarship Challenge

Gopichand Katragadda and Seema Shesh Katragadda will contribute $2,500 to the Indian Student Scholarship Fund, which supports students from India, once 20 gifts have been made to the fund!

20 / 20 Gifts

Completed

$1,000

ISUAA Programs Endowment Challenge

Cyclones everywhere are supporting Iowa State! Reaching the 10-gift milestone for the ISUAA Programs Endowment will unlock a challenge gift of $1,000 by an anonymous Cyclone.

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

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Ivy College of Business Challenge

Ivy friends and alums — time for your pets to join in on the Forever True Day fun, too! After you make your gift, post a picture of your pet on social media using the hashtag #IvyPower or send your photo to business@iastate.edu to unlock an additional $25 to the Business Fund for Excellence!

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Jack Trice Endowed Football Scholarship Challenge

Help spread the word about Jack Trice's incredible legacy at Iowa State University. When the Iowa State University's posts about Jack Trice on social media get 100 likes, comments and shares, $1,923 will be unlocked for the Jack Trice Endowed Football Scholarship!

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SALC 50th Anniversary Challenge

In honor of the 50th anniversary of SALC, the first 50 donors to make a gift to the ISU Alumni Association will be placed in a drawing to be randomly selected for the opportunity to join Jeff Johnson, Talbot Endowed president and CEO, in co-leading cheers at the Homecoming 2023 Pep Rally at the ISU Alumni Center Friday, November 2, 2023. The winner will be notified via email by May 1 and has the option for family and friends to join them on stage at the Pep Rally.

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$5,000

Tau Beta Pi Endowed Scholars Program Challenge

David Kilzer, IA A '96 and LeVern Faidley, IA A '67, have each committed $5,000 to the Tau Beta Pi Endowed Scholars Program. The first 15 gifts to this fund will unlock the first $5,000. Once the fund reaches 30 gifts, the second $5,000 will be unlocked.

30 / 30 Gifts

Completed

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Wayne Fuller Graduate Scholarship in Statistics Match

A donor couple will match the first $10,000 dollars contributed to the Wayne Fuller Graduate Scholarship in Statistics!

$4,225 MATCHED

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Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Match

The first $4,000 contributed to the Women in Science and Engineering Program Fund will be matched!

$4,000 MATCHED

Completed