UTHealth Houston Giving Day 2022

UTHealth Houston Giving Day is a 24-hour fundraising event held on April 5, 2022. Throughout this event, alumni, faculty, staff, family, and friends of the institution come together to support the many faces of UTHealth Houston. By getting involved with UTHealth Houston Giving Day, you can make an impact on the causes you care about and join our mission to improve health in our communities.

Your generosity will positively impact individuals and families throughout our communities by supporting UTHealth Houston’s initiatives in health education, research, and patient care. Philanthropic commitments of all sizes combine to ignite innovation and drive discovery across health care. 

You can support UTHealth Houston Giving Day in several ways:

1. Make a gift. Support a cause you care about by visiting our giving page on April 5, 2022.

2. Act as a UTHealth Houston Giving Day ambassador. Channel your passion for improving health by sharing the many ways to make a difference on UTHealth Houston Giving Day. Visit our ambassador page to learn more.

3. Share UTHealth Houston Giving Day with your friends and family. Share the post below—or a similar one—on social media to spread the news about UTHealth Houston Giving Day. And don’t forget to include a Giving Day image or a photo of your own that highlights your #UTHealthHoustonGives story.

Today is UTHealth Houston Giving Day, and you can make a difference by joining the many faces of UTHealth Houston to support health education, research, and patient care! Visit givingday.uth.edu to learn how you can help shape the future of health care. #UTHealthHoustonGives

Anyone can participate! You do not have to be affiliated with UTHealth Houston to be part of UTHealth Giving Day. Whether you are a community member, student, faculty, staff, patient, or one of our alumni—or if you just have a passion for improving health—we invite you to join us in making a difference.

All online gifts or pledges made on April 5, 2022, will count toward UTHealth Houston Giving Day 2022. In addition, all mailed gifts designated for UTHealth Houston Giving Day and postmarked by April 5, 2022, will count.

Challenges are the most effective tools to encourage people to give and provide opportunities to make an even greater impact for a contribution. A complete list of challenges will be available online during UTHealth Houston Giving Day. 

If you don't see your preferred gift designation, follow these instructions to write-in your desired fund designation on the donation page:

1. Under the "Programs" dropdown menu, please select "Support Another Area at [School Name] or [UTHealth Houston]".

2. Under the "Fund Designation" dropdown menu, please select "Other".

3. Write in your preferred gift designation in the provided text box. 

If you have further questions about your gift designation, please email giving@uth.tmc.edu.

Please contact our Gift Processing team at giving@uth.tmc.edu.

Donors who make a gift online will receive an email confirmation acknowledging their donation and a physical receipt for tax purposes. Donors who make a gift by mail will receive a physical receipt. 

Yes. Gifts made to the institution on UTHealth Houston Giving Day are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Yes, there is a $5 minimum donation.

When you make your donation online, you will have the opportunity to make your name and/or gift amount anonymous. Otherwise, it will appear publicly.

Yes. Donation matches offered by your employer can double the impact of your gift! Some employers may also match gifts made by the spouses of employees. You can use our gift matching tool or check with your company or organization to see if they will match your gift. 

Yes. If you are interested in making a pledge, please email giving@uth.tmc.edu or call us at 713-500-3200.

Yes. If you are interested in giving through payroll deduction, please email giving@uth.tmc.edu or call us at 713-500-3200.