Building a Brighter World

Let's start this day off with a spark! Deborah and Neil Bienstock (E23P) are challenging the entire Tufts community to join them in building a brighter world, one gift at a time. Join them!

The pandemic has caused an increased demand for financial aid. The COVID-19 Financial Aid Match was launched this summer by generous parents and alumni. Each dollar will be matched: make your gift, double your impact! Our goal is to raise $200,000 for undergraduate financial aid on #GivingTuesday.

Tufts' six identity-based resource centers along with the BEST and BLAST programs offer students opportunities for events, discussion, and leadership on issues of identity, diversity, and social justice. Holly Kelly (J88) and her husband Andrew Lipsky, the Tufts Alumni Council and Ann Evans (J62) believe in the important role these centers play on campus. Your gift can help secure the challenge gift (which will be split equally).

COVID-19 and the ensuing economic uncertainty have impacted many students across campus, who continue to find themselves with unanticipated financial needs. This fund helps provide essential needs, including: medical co-pays, laptops, storage fees, noise canceling headphones, and many things we can’t even predict yet. Lori (J81, A22P) & Ted Samuels (A22P) and Susan & Bob Schulz (A21P) are launching this challenge with a dollar for dollar match, up to $25,000!

Ensuring the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff and neighbors during these challenging times is paramount. As we welcomed students back to campus, we worked hard to develop and fund a robust testing plan, comprehensive contact tracing protocols, in-depth cleaning and rigorous housing plans. Our entire community is committed to working together to respond and adjust as the situation demands. These are different times which require innovation, imagination, resilience and resources. Your gift helps support the additional costs the university is incurring and also helps secure our challenge gift from David Ben-Ur (A92) & Felicia Herman.

Wherever you live, you can help build a brighter world. Kristy Endo, A05, appreciates the connectivity of the Tufts community and is challenging those living outside the US to make a difference for today's students. Join her, make a gift and secure her challenge!