UT System Family Campaign
Be proud of our work together, support our mission, and change lives with your gift.
The UT System Family Campaign is an internal, employee-driven initiative to highlight the importance of supporting our workplace, while emphasizing the important outcomes of private gifts.
This year’s campaign starts on Monday, February 10, and will continue until Friday, March 7.
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Ways to Contribute
Giving is a choice. It is not required, but it is encouraged. Your participation inspires other donors to make their own commitment, and this changes the lives of the students, faculty, stakeholders and staff who benefit from our philanthropic investment.
Payroll Deduction
Online Gift
Gift Reply Form
Download the gift reply form and return it to the UT Foundation office with cash or check.
Each employee may choose one or more designations to support through payroll deduction, online giving, or by cash or check with the printable reply form. Because of its convenience, many UT employees contribute via payroll deduction.
Every Gift Counts
The size of your gift is not important. Contributions, both big and small, make the dream of a UT education possible with scholarships, advance the quality of life in every county of the state and provide our colleagues with opportunities for professional development.
Questions?
Please contact your unit leader.
- IPS: Kristen Davis, kristen.davis@tennessee.edu
- UT Foundation: Alexa Goddard, agoddard@utfi.org
- UT System: Robert Reburn, rreburn@tennessee.edu
Giving Opportunities
Give to what matters to you. Choose from several priority funds, supporting everything from our campuses to specific UT System and Institute for Public Service scholarships and initiatives.
UT Promise Scholarship Endowment
UT Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that will guarantee free tuition and mandatory fees for in-state, undergraduate students with a family household income of under $60,000 and after other financial aid is applied. Learn more.
Give to the UT Promise Scholarship FundUT Career Development Fund
Provides the opportunity for employees to participate in job- and career-related development activities. For more information, please contact uteod@tennessee.edu or visit this webpage.
Give to the Career Development FundUT System Employee Scholarship Fund
During the faculty and staff campaign in the late 1990s, employees chose to establish an endowment that would provide scholarships for qualifying children of staff. Since its inception, a total of 56 scholarships have now been awarded. For application information, please contact Melissa Smith at msmith@utfi.org.
Give to the UT System Employee Scholarship FundUT Press Gift Fund
Support the mission of the University’s award-winning book publisher. Established in 1940, the University of Tennessee Press has demonstrated the University’s commitment to disseminating cutting-edge research for eighty years.
Give to the UT Press Gift FundFrequently Asked Questions
Staff members from the Institute for Public Service, UT Foundation Central Services and the UT System.
Yes, each campus has a faculty/staff campaign. The UTK/UTIA Big Orange Family Campaign runs parallel to the UT System Family Campaign.
Any gift that has been processed through the UT Foundation from July 1, 2024, through the end of the campaign period (March 7, 2025).
No. The Campus Chest is a campaign to support the United Way, Community Shares, and other non-profits in the region and the state. The UT System Family Campaign is an opportunity to invest in our own workplace and the outcomes of our work each day.
If you have questions about your giving status, please contact your unit’s representative.
- IPS: Kristen Davis, kristen.davis@tennessee.edu
- UT Foundation: Alexa Goddard, agoddard@utfi.org
- UT System: Robert Reburn, rreburn@tennessee.edu
There are many options to give.
Payroll deductions
One-time or monthly deduction from your paycheck. Payroll deductions will take about a month to be reflect in your paycheck. The first payment will be in your April paycheck. You may create, increase or cancel your payroll deduction via the Payroll Deduction forms. However, because we are employing a new payroll deduction platform, your current payroll deduction information will not be available. If you need more information about your current payroll deduction, please contact Erick Weber at eweber@utfi.org.
Online gift
One-time or recurring online gift via credit card, digital payments (Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay) or bank transfer. Your one-time gift or first payment of your recurring gift will be processed when you submit your gift details and payment information. Recurring gifts are not offered through PayPal or Venmo.
Gift reply form
Gifts via check or cash. Please include our campaign appeal code (FRF25024271) and deliver your reply form and gift to your unit representative, or mail to the UT Foundation at:
UT Foundation
1525 University Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921
The size of your gift is up to you. The UT System Family Campaign is focused on participation—all gifts, whatever the size, are welcomed.
Giving Opportunities
Give to what matters to you. Choose from several priority funds, supporting everything from our campuses to specific UT System and Institute for Public Service scholarships and initiatives.
UT Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that will guarantee free tuition and mandatory fees for in-state, undergraduate students with a family household income of under $60,000 and after other financial aid is applied.
Give to the UT Promise Scholarship Learn MoreProvides the opportunity for employees to participate in job- and career-related development activities. For more information, please contact uteod@tennessee.edu or visit this webpage.
Give to the UT Career Development Fund Learn MoreDuring the faculty and staff campaign in the late 1990s, employees chose to establish an endowment that would provide scholarships for qualifying children of staff. Since its inception, a total of fifty-six scholarships have now been awarded. For application information, please contact Melissa Smith at msmith@utfi.org.
Give to the UT System Employee Scholarship FundSupport the mission of the University’s award-winning book publisher. Established in 1940, the University of Tennessee Press has demonstrated the University’s commitment to disseminating cutting-edge research for eighty years.
Give to the UT Press Gift Fund