Although the 1869 Challenge has ended, you can still make a difference in the lives of Trinity students.
1869 Challenge 2021

Trinity Tigers have met the challenge—and more!

As One Trinity, with more than 3,300 donors and more than $800,000 given, YOU have shattered records to throw your full support behind Trinity students. On behalf of the entire University community, Thank You for your continued commitment to enabling access to a Trinity education.

 


Trinity Tigers are unstoppable! We've met our challenge of 3,000 donors, and unlocked an additional $100,000 for our students. But there's still time on the clock to help us meet these remaining challenges:

School of Business Dean's Fund for Excellence
The School of Business, Business Advisory Council, and the Dean will match all contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000. 

Class of 1971 Reunion Challenge
We just need 5 new donors from the class of 1971 to make a gift of any size to unlock a $15,000 gift from an anonymous donor.

Football
Baseball
Volleyball
Women's Basketball
Golf

Challenge yourself, your friends, your family to keep supporting our students all the way through graduation!


For 1,869 minutes, alumni, families, faculty, staff, students, and friends have a chance to support any area of the University they choose.


For years, the annual 1869 Challenge has been your chance to help the best and brightest students in the nation get to—and through—Trinity University. Your gifts towards scholarships and financial aid help bring students to campus, while your support for areas such as student programs, academic departments, athletics, and necessities helps to keep them going strong! Together, we support the resources that enable excellence and achievement, access and inclusion, and health and wellness on and off-campus. 


Year over year, your support has surged past the previous year’s challenge. Every gift counts, regardless of the amount. Like generations before us, we are now given an opportunity to build on this tradition of supporting students. 


And those aren’t the only stakes for this Challenge! From student organizations and Greek Council to athletics to academics and scholarships, there are many matching challenges to keep you motivated throughout the entire 1869 event.




 Join Us! 
The 1869 Challenge begins on
Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. CDT
and ends on
Wednesday, Sept 22, at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

$1,869
Swimming & Diving BONUS Challenge
An anonymous donor has pledged $1,869 if we get 20 more donors by the end of the 1869 Challenge.
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Cross Country BONUS Challenge
An anonymous donor has pledged $1,869 if the team receives 20 more donors by the end of the 1869 Challenge.
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
2
Match
Parent Challenge
Calling all parents! For every dollar you give to the Trinity Fund, current parents Armando and Madeline Nunez will match $2 up to $15,000
$7,500 MATCHED
Completed
$5,000
Art & Art History Challenge
If 20 donors make a gift to the Art & Art History Department, it will unlock a $5,000 gift to the department from an anonymous alumna from the Class of 2001.
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
$3,000
Chemistry Challenge
If 25 donors make a gift to the Chemistry Department, it will unlock a $3,000 gift to the department from an anonymous alumna from the Class of 2001.
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
2
Match
Engineering Department Challenge
An Anonymous Alumnus will match every gift to Engineering up to $2,500. Gifts will be used for Senior Design Projects as well as for supporting students in taking the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$10,000
HCAD - Halbert Endowed Scholarship
The pandemic has highlighted the acute need for highly trained health care executives in medical hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and long-term health facilities. The Halbert Endowed Scholarship provides financial aid to HCAD students enrolled in the campus program or the executive program with a preference that the student has an interest in a career in long-term care. Jim Halbert M'86 will give $2.50 for every $1 given to the Halbert HCAD scholarship, up to $10,000.
$4,000 / $4,000 Raised
Completed
$6,000
Choral Challenge
Chip Fournier, Gina & Paul Gaedke & Griffin Gaedke, Kenneth Koen, Kelly Ranson, Midge Woolsey, and Erika Zetty will donate $6,000 to Choral if we receive 60 donors to the Choral Fund. We'd love 60 donors in honor of the arrival of Claude Zetty to Trinity 60 years ago.
60 / 60 Donors
Completed
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Reunion Class Challenge
The reunion class with the most donors during the 1869 Challenge will get special recognition during Alumni Weekend in October.
Alumni, what is your class year?
Rank Answer Donors
1 1981 51
2 2006 44
3 1996 40
4 1986 38
5 2001 36
6 2016 32
7 1991 28
8 2011 25
9 1971 16
10 1976 14
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Trinity Student Organizations
The student organization that secures the most number of donors will also receive $500, the second will receive $250, and the student organization garnering the third most donors will receive $100 with the funds deposited into their student organization account.
Rank Prize Fund Designation Donors
1 $500 Black Student Union 80
2 $250 Catholic Student Association 47
3 $100 Mock Trial Club 40
4 PRIDE 35
5 Trinity University Latino Association 26
Ended
$25,000
Honor Levi "Knock" Knight
Carlos Balido ‘87, has challenged alumni to give $15,000 in Knock's memory. If we meet this challenge, Carlos will contribute $25,000 to this project.
$15,000 / $15,000 Raised
Completed
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Varsity Athletics Challenge - Highest Dollar Amount
The varsity sport that raises the highest dollar amount will unlock an additional $2,500 from President Danny Anderson
Rank Prize Fund Designation Raised
1 $2,500 Baseball $28,590.00
2 Swimming & Diving $20,266.69
3 Football $19,104.00
4 Men's Soccer $14,782.67
5 Volleyball $12,265.00
Ended
$1,869
Men’s Basketball
If the men’s basketball team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 33 donors are needed.
33 / 33 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Men’s Soccer
If the men’s soccer team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 75 donors are needed.
75 / 75 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Swimming & Diving
If the swimming and diving team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 78 donors are needed.
78 / 78 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Women’s Tennis
If the women’s tennis team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 31 donors are needed.
31 / 31 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Softball
If the softball team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 49 donors are needed.
49 / 49 Donors
Completed
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Greek Life Giving Challenge - Highest Dollar Amount
The fraternity or sorority that raises the highest dollar amount will win a Taco Tuesday with LeeRoy for current student members!
Were/are you a member of a Trinity fraternity or sorority? Let us know which one!
Rank Answer Amount
1 Omega Phi Fraternity $17,001.05
2 Bengal Lancers Fraternity $16,380.00
3 Chi Delta Tau Fraternity $14,146.11
4 Chi Beta Epsilon Sorority $13,425.00
5 Spurs Sorority $13,177.52
6 Triniteer Fraternity $10,805.00
7 Gamma Chi Delta Sorority $10,295.00
8 Sigma Theta Tau Sorority $7,340.00
9 Kappa Kappa Delta Fraternity $6,245.00
10 Zeta Chi Sorority $5,684.81
11 Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity $1,900.00
12 Iota Chi Rho Fraternity $1,260.00
13 Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity $1,190.00
14 Alpha Chi Lambda Sorority $988.00
15 Phi Delta Kappa Sorority $805.00
Ended
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Top 3 Fraternities - Donors
The top 3 fraternities that secure the most donors will each receive 25 Bonus Standards points to apply towards their Fall or Spring Standards. Help your group achieve excellence!
Were/are you a member of a Trinity fraternity or sorority? Let us know which one!
Rank Answer Donors
1 Omega Phi Fraternity 61
2 Kappa Kappa Delta Fraternity 59
3 Bengal Lancers Fraternity 47
4 Chi Delta Tau Fraternity 47
5 Triniteer Fraternity 26
6 Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity 9
7 Iota Chi Rho Fraternity 9
Ended
$100,000
Overall 1869 Challenge
Trinity has been challenged to reach 3,000 donors to unlock an additional $100,000 gift.
3,000 / 3,000 Donors
Completed
$17,000
Parent Council Challenge
When 150 individual parents/guardians make a gift to the fund of their choice, the Trinity University Parent Council will donate $17,000 to Trinity University.
150 / 150 Donors
Completed
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Academic Departmental Challenge
Our faculty are the heart of the Trinity experience. To encourage alumni to give to academic departments, President Danny Anderson is pledging a $5,000 challenge. The department that secures the most number of donors will also receive $2,500, the second will receive $1,500 and the department garnering the third most donors will receive $1,000 with the funds deposited into their department account.
Rank Prize Fund Designation Donors
1 $2,500 Sociology and Anthropology for Donahue Award 94
2 $1,500 Classical Studies 76
3 $1,000 Chemistry 66
4 Art and Art History 45
5 Engineering 42
Ended
2
Match
School of Business Dean's Fund for Excellence Challenge
The School of Business, Business Advisory Council, and the Dean will match dollar for dollar up to $15,000 for all contributions to the School of Business Dean's Fund for Excellence.
$14,758 MATCHED
Ended
$5,000
Classical Studies Challenge
If 50 donors make a gift to the Classical Studies Department, it will unlock a $5,000 gift to the department from an anonymous alumna from the Class of 2001. Your support will help our department provide funding to our students to pursue life-changing summer opportunities.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$15,000
Entrepreneurship
Thanks to Justin McMorrow ’93, every $1 given to the entrepreneurship program will be matched with $3, up to $15,000!
$5,000 / $5,000 Raised
Completed
$7,500
John Donahue Award for Social Justice Challenge
Whalin Harter-Leahy '03 and Clay Condon are giving $7,500 to the John Donahue Award for Social Justice when 78 donors make a gift made to this fund. The Sociology & Anthropology Department celebrates its 78th anniversary this year!
78 / 78 Donors
Completed
$10,000
Legacy Challenge
Calling all Legacy families! An anonymous alumna whose child also graduated from Trinity will match all gifts from legacy family members up to $10,000. Are you a Legacy? If you and your parent or grandparent graduated from Trinity, you are a Legacy. If you graduated from Trinity and your child(ren) did too, you are a Legacy. If you and a sibling graduated from here, you are a Legacy. Simply select "Legacy Alumni" or "Legacy Student" in the "Tell Us Who You Are" question and we will count your gift toward this challenge. Show us your #TigerPride because you are a #TULegacyFam!
$10,000 / $10,000 Raised
Completed
$50,000
Class of 1981 - 40 for 40 Challenge
Members of the Class of 1981, Lynne W. Perry, Herb Stumberg, Ron Boerger, and Jeff Ramsey have set up a “40 for 40” Challenge. If 40 donors from the Class of 1981 make a gift of ANY size, they will donate an additional $50,000 to Trinity. What a great way to mark the Class of 1981's 40th Reunion! Make your gift today to your favorite area of campus.
40 / 40 Donors
Completed
$1,200
Student Cause & Young Alumni Challenge
Recently student leaders came together and selected the Raymond Judd Student Emergency Fund as the "student cause" for the 1869 Challenge. Now, nine young alumni are challenging Trinity students to make a gift during the 1869 Challenge. 200 student gifts will unlock $1,200 for the Judd Emergency Fund. Thank you to our young alumni donors (Kyle Argueta '17, George Brandon Douglas '15, Katie Ogawa Douglas '14, Jacob Hall '15, Lauren Krummel '15, Ashley Poston '15, Ana Ruiz-Zavala '16, Ben Whitehead '15, and Clare Burch Whitehead '14) for their support!
200 / 200 Donors
Completed
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Varsity Athletics Challenge - Most Unique Donors
Trinity’s varsity athletes bring the competition every day. The team with the most unique donors will win $1,500 from Trinity President Danny Anderson.
Rank Prize Fund Designation Donors
1 $1,500 Men's Soccer 292
2 Volleyball 267
3 Track & Field 190
4 Cross Country 147
5 Swimming & Diving 132
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Athletics- Student Athlete Participation
The varsity sport with the highest % of student-athlete participation will receive an additional $1,000. The winner will be determined after the event closes and announced Alumni Weekend 2021.
Students, are you a varsity athlete? If so, select your sport!
Rank Answer Donors
1 Men's Soccer 107
2 Cross Country 72
3 Track & Field 68
4 Swimming & Diving 68
5 Volleyball 55
6 Football 49
7 Baseball 48
8 Men's Basketball 37
9 Men's Tennis 27
10 Women's Tennis 21
11 Softball 21
12 Women's Soccer 19
13 Women's Basketball 12
14 Golf 11
Ended
$1,869
Cross Country
If the cross country team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 92 donors are needed.
92 / 92 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Women’s Soccer
If the women’s soccer team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 41 donors are needed.
41 / 41 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Men's Tennis
If the men’s tennis team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 52 donors are needed.
52 / 52 Donors
Completed
$1,869
Track & Field
If the track & field team can secure 10 more donors than they secured last year, they will unlock an additional $1,869. 124 donors are needed.
124 / 124 Donors
Completed
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Greek Life Giving Challenge - Donors
Hey Greek Alumni- Who is in the mood for some friendly competition? The Greek Life Giving Challenge is back and now is the time to show our support for our clubs. Make a Trinity education possible for our brothers and sisters and earn prizes along the way. Your gifts go directly back to Greek Life. The club that generates the most unique donors will earn the honor of having LeeRoy the Tiger don the winning club jersey at the fountain on Bid Day.
Were/are you a member of a Trinity fraternity or sorority? Let us know which one!
Rank Answer Donors
1 Spurs Sorority 121
2 Gamma Chi Delta Sorority 101
3 Chi Beta Epsilon Sorority 97
4 Sigma Theta Tau Sorority 66
5 Omega Phi Fraternity 61
6 Kappa Kappa Delta Fraternity 59
7 Zeta Chi Sorority 54
8 Bengal Lancers Fraternity 47
9 Chi Delta Tau Fraternity 47
10 Triniteer Fraternity 26
11 Alpha Chi Lambda Sorority 19
12 Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity 11
13 Phi Delta Kappa Sorority 9
14 Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity 9
15 Iota Chi Rho Fraternity 9
Ended
$1,869
Greek Council Challenge
If Greek Council secures 20 donors, Amy McGee’ 92, Alumni Advisor to Sigma Theta Tau, will give an additional $1,869 to the Greek Council to support the dues waiver program. Greek Council is committed to making Greek Life accessible to all students regardless of financial need through the Dues Waiver Program. This Fall saw over 50 Pell Grant eligible students apply for dues waivers, a 100% increase in demand for the program.
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
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Top 3 Sororities - Donors
The top 3 sororities that secure the most donors will each receive 25 Bonus Standards points to apply towards their Fall or Spring Standards. Help your group achieve excellence!
Were/are you a member of a Trinity fraternity or sorority? Let us know which one!
Rank Answer Donors
1 Spurs Sorority 121
2 Gamma Chi Delta Sorority 101
3 Chi Beta Epsilon Sorority 97
4 Sigma Theta Tau Sorority 66
5 Zeta Chi Sorority 54
6 Alpha Chi Lambda Sorority 19
7 Phi Delta Kappa Sorority 9
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Participating Groups
Trinity Fund/Student Scholarships Academics Athletics Entrepreneurship Endowed Funds or Scholarships Student Organizations Club Sports & Recreation Greek Life HCAD Annual Fund KRTU Other Student Activities Other Campus Areas TU Press
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Rank State Gifts
1 TX 2560
2 CA 204
3 CO 97
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