{"id":243551,"date":"2026-04-23T17:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243551\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:48:19","slug":"north-florida-athletics-sets-record-donor-count-on-2026-giving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243551\/","title":{"rendered":"North Florida Athletics Sets Record Donor Count On 2026 Giving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8211; North Florida Athletics eclipsed its Giving Day record for total dollars raised, generating\u00a0$652,516\u00a0with support from\u00a01,966 donors\u00a0during the annual Giving Day campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re incredibly thankful to our Osprey supporters, who once again stepped up to deliver a historic Giving Day,&#8221; said Director of Athletics\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/staff-directory\/nick-morrow\/170\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"170\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Morrow<\/a>. &#8220;The generosity of a record 1,966 donors is a powerful statement of belief in our pursuit of athletic and academic excellence at the highest level. These record-breaking results have a tremendous impact on the success of our 19 teams and 320 student-athletes. Go Ospreys!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North Florida Athletics accounted for\u00a034 percent of all donors\u00a0and\u00a038 percent of total dollars raised, leading all colleges and units during the university-wide 2026 Giving Day, which totaled\u00a0$1,736,825 from 5,884 donors. The donor count marked the\u00a0largest in University of North Florida history.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a01,966\u00a0donors represent the\u00a0highest Giving Day donor count in total department history.\u00a0 The\u00a0$652,516\u00a0raised by North Florida Athletics represented the\u00a0second-highest Giving Day total in department history. For the second consecutive year, Athletics also achieved\u00a0100% staff participation.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Swoop Impact Fund\u00a0recorded the largest donor total for the first time with\u00a0335 donors, while raising\u00a0$50,605, the second-highest amount overall. The golf programs led all teams in dollars raised, totaling\u00a0$57,369\u00a0from\u00a0255 donors. Cross country and track and field posted the second-highest donor total with\u00a0289 donors, raising\u00a0$26,061.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to everyone who helped us make history on Giving Day,&#8221; said Senior Associate A.D. of Development\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/staff-directory\/derek-marinatos\/512\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"512\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Marinatos<\/a>. &#8220;Your generosity powered another record-breaking milestone for North Florida Athletics and directly supports our commitment to providing a first-class student-athlete experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Giving Day focused on supporting the\u00a0holistic student-athlete experience, including competition, travel, academics, nutrition, rehabilitation, and some program specific needs and more. Through the efforts of the entire Athletics Development staff and all the individual programs, North Florida Athletics again finished with the\u00a0most donors and most dollars raised\u00a0across the entire institution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8211; North Florida Athletics eclipsed its Giving Day record for total dollars raised, generating\u00a0$652,516\u00a0with support from\u00a01,966&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-243551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}