Thank you for participating in this year’s 24-Hour Challenge, putting your “owltruistic” DNA on full display! Supporters from all over the world rallied around Rice and collectively raised over $2,700,000 for the university.
Thanks to this inspired and extraordinary commitment, we achieved the following milestones together:
- More than 7,000 donors participated in the challenge, blowing past our goal and unlocking $650,000 in challenge funds for Rice! Donors included alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends.
- There were alumni donors from every graduating class since 1955.
- Nearly 1,000 Rice parents made a gift, unlocking a $90,000 gift.
- Gifts came in from all 50 states and 34 countries, a truly worldwide effort. With an impressive surge of support at the end of the day, McMurtry College won the Residential College Challenge! Jones College took second, Baker College third, Hanszen College fourth and Will Rice College fifth. Congratulations to all!
Giving Opportunities
The Rice student journey is an adventure marked by curiosity and filled with exceptional resources and robust opportunities for students to explore and magnify their potential. The Rice Fund helps our Owls thrive along every stage of this adventure.
The New Building for Rice Business, a 112,000-square-foot facility, embodies the evolution of Rice Business and will support the school’s growing student and faculty population.
Sarofim Hall will house a growing arena of arts teaching and learning at Rice, supporting and invigorating a new generation of creative, innovative Owls.
The O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science serves as a resource that inspires and supports a new era of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Plan your legacy and take your generosity to the next level with commitments that will last beyond your lifetime.
Talent deserves opportunity. Endowed scholarships expand support for low- and middle-income families, eliminating tuition for many undergraduate students.
Ways to Give
The easiest way to make your gift may be using our online giving form. However, Rice University is able to accept gifts of several types and methods and will work with you to make your gift in a way that best suits your needs.
Giving to Rice
Development & Alumni Relations
P.O. BOX 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Phone: 713-348-4991
Email: giving@rice.edu
