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Rensselaer Annual Fund has raised $ 164,948 from 347 Donors!
Rensselaer Annual Fund

Rensselaer Annual Fund (Area of Greatest Need)

Your gift today to the Rensselaer Annual Fund will ensure that our current generation of students has the resources available to graduate and change the world. Your help is needed – now more than ever – as we continue to prepare our students to join the global network of successful alumni after completing their education.


With your gift to the Annual Fund, RPI students:

  • Benefit from scholarship support, helping to “bridge the gap” between what families pay and the overall cost of the RPI experience
  • Experience a world-class undergraduate education of undisputed intellectual rigor
  • Participate in award-winning student programming
  • Take part in undergraduate research, internship, and study abroad programs
  • Collaborate with our talented and dedicated faculty

It is more important than ever to support our students in order to meet the nation’s growing need for scientific and technical talent. More than 90 percent of RPI students receive some sort of financial aid. Your gift makes up the difference between what families pay and the cost of the RPI experience and helps us invest in their future right now.


Student Scholarship (Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars)

One of the most personal and lasting ways to make a difference in the lives of RPI students is with a gift of scholarship. Support for scholarships helps keep a RPI education accessible to each one of our talented students. By making this gift, you have a real hand in transforming the life of a student, who in turn, will help change the world.


For 43% of the undergraduate students at RPI, there is a gap between the amount of financial aid available, and the amount of financial aid they need. Your gift toward scholarship can help bridge this gap.


The Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars program provides opportunities for alumni, parents, and friends to support scholarship for multiple RPI students. 


With your help, RPI will be able to meet full financial aid need, as a culturally diverse, top-tier technological research university with global reach and global impact.

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Turn Your State or Country RPi Red by Making a Gift!
Rank State Gifts
1 NY 113
2 MA 40
3 CT 20
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Paula Simon ’68 Rπ Giving Day Annual Fund Match
Starting at midnight, anyone who makes a gift to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) on Rπ Giving Day will have their gift matched, up to a total of $10,000, thanks to longtime Rπ Day supporter Trustee Paula Simon ’68.
$10,000 MATCHED
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$20,000
Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars Challenge
When 20 alumni make a gift to the Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars Program, an additional $20,000 will be unlocked for the program, thanks to Trustee Gary DiCamillo ’73.
20 / 20 Donors
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Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars Match
Multiply your impact for scholarship! Anyone who makes a gift to the Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars program will have their gift matched at a rate of 2:1, up to a total of $10,000, thanks to Trustee TJ Wojnar ’80 and his wife Sue.
$10,000 MATCHED
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Rπ Giving Day Reunion Match
Calling all Reunion alumni! All gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) from members of Reunion classes ending in 1 or 6 will be matched, up to a total of $10,000, thanks to Brian and Elisa Truscott ’06.
$10,000 MATCHED
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Pi(e) for Brunch Annual Fund Match
All gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) made from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. EDT will be matched, up to a total of $2,500, thanks to Matt and Jenna Ter Molen.
$2,500 MATCHED
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Annual Giving Leadership Council President Emerita Match
Beginning at 3:14 p.m. EDT, all gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) will be matched, up to $6,500, thanks to Diane Ozovek Howard ’82, president emerita of the Annual Giving Leadership Council.
$6,500 MATCHED
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Double the π Annual Fund Match
Double your dollars starting at 6:28 p.m. EDT! Michael McGowan ’76 will match all gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund, up to a total of $10,000.
$10,000 MATCHED
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Pi(e) for Dessert Annual Fund Match
All gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) made from 5 p.m. –10 p.m. EDT will be matched, up to a total of $4,000, thanks to Anthony Reid '70.
$4,000 MATCHED
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$40,000
RAA 1869 Challenge
In honor of the founding of the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) in 1869, when we receive 1,869 gifts, $40,000 will be unlocked, in support of the Rich Bollam ’66 RAA Endowment Fund, RAA Scholarship Fund, and the Rensselaer Annual Fund, thanks to members of the RAA Board.
1,869 / 1,869 Gifts
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$20,000
Parents Council Parent and Family Challenge
When 200 parents donate for Rπ Giving Day, $20,000 for the Student Experience Excellence Fund will be unlocked, thanks to the Parents Council.
200 / 200 Donors
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πK Match
Leticia and Ed Watts ’96 will match $1 per mile completed during the Rπ Giving Day πK, up to our goal of 3,600 miles!
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Who supports Rπ Giving Day?
Check back throughout the day to see which group has the most donors!
Please choose your affiliation(s) with RPI:
Rank Answer Donors
1 Alumnus or Alumna 1,361
2 Parent of a Current Student 548
3 Friend 463
4 Current Student 417
5 Faculty or Staff Member 189
6 Past Parent 99
7 RPI Retiree 11
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