NEOMED Raises $127,499 From Donors

From NEOMED: As Northeast Ohio Medical University prepared for the final 12 months of Shine On, its $40 million comprehensive fundraising campaign, the University did not want to lose sight of its single-biggest annual fund day of the year: NEOMED Giving Day. On June 7, NEOMED’s community didn’t disappoint. A record-breaking 184 donors gave a total of $127,499 during NEOMED’s 24-hour online giving campaign, called the Huntington Quadruple Challenge.

NEOMED’s Giving Day was supported for the third year in a row by a matching gift from Huntington—a key catalyst in the past to encourage more donors. NEOMED’s goal was to increase the University’s number of donors on Giving Day and raise a total of $140,000, which would equal four times the challenge of this year’s $35,000 gift.

The NEOMED community responded favorably, with a 10 percent increase in the number of gifts compared with last year. While the University didn’t quite reach the dollar amount it hoped would result from the increased number of gifts, it was thrilled to see that the number of people who gave exceeded last year’s record of 167 donors.

“Huntington’s challenge led to yet another successful Giving Day for the NEOMED community. Our increased number of donors and the heartfelt giving by all was extremely satisfying,” said Craig Eynon, director of alumni relations and annual giving. “The word is spreading about our treasured students, who are for and from Ohio. We look forward to these final 12 months of raising funds for our Shine On campaign, which makes the future look even brighter for us to advance students, innovation and research, and community health.”

To learn more about NEOMED’s Giving Day, visit neomed.edu/givingday.

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