UF breaks records at Day of Giving 2025

FINDLAY — University of Findlay alumni, staff, faculty and the community came together on the university's Day of Giving 2025 to support "the full Findlay experience" for the next generation of students. According to Director of Annual Giving Madelynn Greenslade, UF set a goal of reaching 500 donors to participate in this year's event and surpassed it with 580 donors, collecting $220,766 in financial gifts. UF trustees supported the effort with $56,500 in matching gifts, including: $15,000 from William Kose to match $1 for each $1 donated to the Findlay Fund. $5,000 from Chuck Bills and his wife Dee Dee to match gifts to the Findlay Fund. $20,000 from Ohio Logistics (owned by the Bills) to challenge the first 100 donors and 100 alumni to make gifts. $10,000 from Marian Lowe for a dean's challenge to reward the three colleges raising the most money on Day of Giving. $5,000 from Angela Brown in matching funds for the Findlay Forward Scholarship. $500 each in matching gifts from Pastor Lance Finley for both Campus Ministries the Oilers Club. $500 matching gift from Chuck Daniles and wife Darla Lammers for the Oilers Club. "Our donors understand that when they give on this day, they keep the Findlay experience vibrant and enrich the lives of UF students," Greenslade said in a release. "Their generosity brings talented, hard-working Oilers to campus and sees them all the way through the Arch out into the world for an exciting future." Gifts to the Findlay Fund provide resources such as merit scholarships, facility maintenance, student health services, student technology and transportation, Campus Ministries, Oiler athletics and more. For more information, visit dayofgiving.findlay.edu.