Buff & Blue Fund Challenge Starts NOW!
Who doesn't love some friendly competition?
Your support allows our student-athletes to compete and display the highest levels of discipline and excellence while representing the Buff & Blue.
This is a competition, and you help decide who wins. Awards will be given to the teams with the most donors, most dollars raised, highest alumni-athlete participation rate, and most improved total donor participation rate before midnight on September 27.
Your gift to the Buff & Blue Fund Challenge will help cover scholarship costs, travel, nutrition, academic support, and the overall investment necessary to compete for championships. Raise our athletic program higher by making a gift to your team, the Student-athlete scholarship fund, or the Buff and Blue fund.
How to become an advocate?
Make a difference by encouraging your friends, classmates, and network to support GW student-athletes today!
It’s easy and takes less than 10 minutes to make an impact. Here’s how:
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Step 2: Share - Once you’ve logged in, you can use the sharing buttons and links that appear next to the video. These built-in sharing buttons generate a link that is unique to you. If you share while you're logged in, you can track and celebrate your impact! Share your link via social media, email, and/or text. Every share, click, and gift generated from your unique link automatically tracks your influence as an advocate. You can also set up a matching donation or a challenge gift. Please make sure you are signed in.
Step 3: Share a Little More - Create a video and post it on the campaign page! Film a quick video in which you share why you support this initiative and why others should get involved. Casual and fun videos are the best!
We are in the final stretch of Giving Day 2025. Make your gift to support your favorite team both on and off the field this year. Let’s raise higher together!
Check out this year’s Giving Day campaign and make your gift to support GW student-athletes before Giving Day ends!
We are so proud of the phenomenal support from our GW community! 🏅
With the incredible generosity of over 1,500 alumni, families, and friends, we’ve scored big, raising a record setting $560,437 for our Challenge! 🏆
Your dedication and passion for our teams and student-athletes are unmatched. Now, let’s celebrate our 2024 winners in all four categories! 🎉👏

The competition is heating up! And not just on the fundraising leaderboard. A couple of members of GW Men's Basketball tried their hand at soccer with GW Women's Soccer!
The results...you’ll have to check out the rest of the video to find out!
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Show your support for GW teams and help them secure victory while backing our student-athletes. Support your team now.
643 days ago by The George Washington UniversityYou know all about GW Athletics, but do you know about the Buff & Blue Fund Challenge? Hear from the Director of Athletics - Michael Lipitz, and the Executive Director of Development for Athletics - Jennifer Montgomery, why you need to support your favorite teams! 🏅
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Donors
View All Donors| Sport | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Softball | 76 | $10,343 |
| Men's Golf | 25 | $8,785 |
| Women's Basketball | 31 | $8,894 |
| Women's Soccer | 46 | $18,855 |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 49 | $3,161 |
| Women's Tennis | 20 | $2,070 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 64 | $7,543 |
| Women's Volleyball | 41 | $9,156 |
| Men's Basketball | 45 | $36,602 |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 48 | $3,545 |
| Women's Gymnastics | 203 | $100,328 |
| Men's Water Polo | 146 | $27,643 |
| Baseball | 105 | $23,323 |
| Women's Rowing | 126 | $89,574 |
| Men's Soccer | 119 | $13,163 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 134 | $11,948 |
| Spirit Program | 7 | $2,820 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 179 | $28,126 |
| Sport | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | 105 | $23,323 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 64 | $7,543 |
| Men's Basketball | 45 | $36,602 |
| Men's Golf | 25 | $8,785 |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 49 | $3,161 |
| Women's Gymnastics | 203 | $100,328 |
| Women's Basketball | 31 | $8,894 |
| Spirit Program | 7 | $2,820 |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 48 | $3,545 |
| Women's Soccer | 46 | $18,855 |
| Women's Volleyball | 41 | $9,156 |
| Softball | 76 | $10,343 |
| Women's Tennis | 20 | $2,070 |
| Women's Rowing | 126 | $89,574 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 179 | $28,126 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 134 | $11,948 |
| Men's Soccer | 119 | $13,163 |
| Men's Water Polo | 146 | $27,643 |
| Sport | Donors | Raised ($) | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Volleyball | 41 | $9,156 | 66.1% |
| Softball | 76 | $10,343 | 80.9% |
| Men's Golf | 25 | $8,785 | 227.3% |
| Women's Soccer | 46 | $18,855 | 73.0% |
| Women's Basketball | 31 | $8,894 | 67.4% |
| Spirit Program | 7 | $2,820 | 140.0% |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 49 | $3,161 | 94.2% |
| Men's Basketball | 45 | $36,602 | 88.2% |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 64 | $7,543 | 145.5% |
| Women's Tennis | 20 | $2,070 | 55.6% |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 48 | $3,545 | 100.0% |
| Men's Soccer | 119 | $13,163 | 253.2% |
| Women's Lacrosse | 179 | $28,126 | 142.1% |
| Baseball | 105 | $23,323 | 73.4% |
| Women's Gymnastics | 203 | $100,328 | 74.1% |
| Men's Water Polo | 146 | $27,643 | 93.6% |
| Women's Rowing | 126 | $89,574 | 42.7% |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 134 | $11,948 | 212.7% |
| Sport | Donors | Raised ($) | Goal (Donors) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | 14 | $3,650 | 104 | 13.5% |
| Women's Rowing | 19 | $2,098 | 563 | 3.4% |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 12 | $1,470 | 206 | 5.8% |
| Women's Volleyball | 20 | $3,145 | 191 | 10.5% |
| Women's Lacrosse | 11 | $795 | 166 | 6.6% |
| Women's Soccer | 20 | $10,043 | 292 | 6.8% |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 13 | $1,381 | 115 | 11.3% |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 31 | $5,330 | 254 | 12.2% |
| Baseball | 35 | $12,370 | 439 | 8.0% |
| Women's Gymnastics | 84 | $46,073 | 160 | 52.5% |
| Men's Basketball | 9 | $9,800 | 235 | 3.8% |
| Men's Soccer | 45 | $8,970 | 334 | 13.5% |
| Spirit Program | 0 | $0 | 268 | 0.0% |
| Women's Basketball | 9 | $885 | 215 | 4.2% |
| Men's Golf | 8 | $5,175 | 158 | 5.1% |
| Men's Water Polo | 124 | $21,723 | 171 | 72.5% |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 7 | $735 | 140 | 5.0% |
| Women's Tennis | 5 | $460 | 168 | 3.0% |











