2019 Grainger Donation Match Challenge

Gifts to the initiative have a direct impact on society. They enable Illinois Engineering students—including Engineering Physics majors—to fuse their talent and passion with the skills needed to solve the world’s greatest challenges.

• Engineering Visionary Scholarships help students leave campus better prepared, more driven, and with less financial burden than those who came before them.
• Since 2013, scholarships supported by the Engineering Visionary Scholarship Initiative have had a significant impact on the makeup of Illinois Engineering’s student body.
• The number of women in the freshman class has nearly doubled.
• The number of freshmen from underrepresented groups has also nearly doubled.
• The number of first-generation college students offered 
  a scholarship is six times greater.
• ACT scores and graduation rates have increased annually.

Make an Exponential Impact!

There has never been a better opportunity to support the future of Illinois Physics. Thanks to a generous gift matching offer presented by The Grainger Foundation, any gift you make to the Engineering Visionary Scholarship Initiative will be matched (up to $25 million). We are still $22.5 million away from the College of Engineering’s fundraising goal of $100 million. Here’s how you can help Illinois Physics be a part of this important campaign:

1. Donate now and have your donation matched.

2. Utilize your corporate match—your donation + the corporate donation will be matched.

3. If you make a 5-year pledge to Engineering Visionary Scholarship in 2019, the entire amount will be matched immediately by the Grainger Foundation. A donation of $25,000 over 5 years ($5,000 per year) pledged in 2019 will be matched $25,000 this year (even before the pledge is paid off).