Choose the cause that matters most to you! Every act of generosity counts.
Your gift makes a difference
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving focused on fostering generosity. This Guide to Giving at K-State can be used to find areas on campus that match your passions and interests. Once you’ve found the area you’re passionate about, make a gift by clicking the button below.
“K-State has been a place where I could grow academically and personally. I’ve met incredible friends, explored my love for reading, and enjoyed simple things like cooking and walks around campus. Having a job lined up before graduation feels great, but what I value most is the community that supported me along the way.”
Lucas, class of 2025
On Giving Tuesday, you can…
Impact affordability
Your gift to Cats’ Cupboard grants students experiencing food insecurity access to nutritious foods and vital resources.
Your gift to K-State Proud helps students in financial need receive Student Opportunity Awards (SOAs) to continue their education and reach their goal of graduation.
Your gift to Powercat Financial directly impacts students through supporting the work of our peer financial counselors. These counselors hold sessions assisting dozens — even hundreds — of fellow students each semester with vital financial literacy.
Your gift to K-State’s Open/Alternative Textbooks Initiative supports faculty as they ensure students have quality, affordable classroom resources they need to succeed, at the fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks.
Give back to scholarships and collegiate funds
The College of Agriculture is committed to advancing agriculture, protecting natural resources and enriching Kansans’ lives through education, research and outreach. Your gift helps turn our vision into reality!
Scholarships in the College of Agriculture empower students to pursue their passion for agriculture while easing financial burdens. Your support helps cultivate the next generation of leaders, innovators and problem-solvers in Agriculture.
The College of Architecture, Planning and Design brings together students and faculty who share values of stewardship, social equity, economic viability and aesthetic delight. Each of our departments plays a part in shaping the world in interrelated ways. The college offers programs in architecture, landscape architecture, planning and environmental design. Students learn to collaborate, explore new approaches and rethink traditional design boundaries.
Scholarships in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design support creative, driven students as they design solutions for a better world. Your gift helps future architects, planners and designers turn vision into impact.
The College of Arts and Sciences aims to support the diverse interests of students across the college as they gain valuable skills and knowledge for success in their field, especially our first-generations students. Our focus is the whole student. With this method, our college produces high-quality students by empowering them to make a difference in our ever-changing world.
Scholarships in the College of Arts and Sciences open doors for students across diverse disciplines to explore, discover and lead. Your support fuels academic excellence and empowers the next generation of thinkers and changemakers.
The College of Business Administration creates value for students, business and society through career-focused learning and knowledge advancement. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for success in a connected workplace and conducts research that improves business practice, provides hands-on learning and builds a strong academic reputation.
Scholarships in the College of Business Administration empower future leaders to pursue excellence in business, innovation and entrepreneurship. Your support helps students reach their professional goals without financial burden.
Our mission is fulfilled through the delivery of exemplary instruction to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels; production, interpretation and dissemination of sound and useful research and scholarship; leadership, collaboration and service within the profession.
Scholarships in the College of Education support future teachers, counselors and leaders as they prepare to shape lives and communities. Your support helps those pursue the profession that creates professions.
Engineering students are trained to analyze problems to find trends and the root of the problem. With the information we collect, we effectively find a solution or make an educated guess. Help us ease the financial problems encountered as we work toward our education and our dream.
Scholarships in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering fuel innovation by supporting students who are solving real-world challenges. Your gift helps future engineers build a better, smarter tomorrow.
The College of Health and Human Sciences inspires and prepares passionate and caring individuals for a meaningful life and a career that promotes human well-being in the areas of business, design, teacher education, human behavior and health sciences.
Scholarships in the College of Health and Human Sciences support students dedicated to improving lives through health, wellness and human development. Your support helps students create healthier communities and brighter futures.
Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine advances the health and welfare of animals, people, the environment and the profession through teaching, research, service and outreach. The college offers broad training across companion animals, exotic species and livestock. Its initiatives address societal needs at the local, national and global levels.
Scholarships in the College of Veterinary Medicine support students dedicated to caring for animals, research and serving their communities. Your gift helps future veterinarians pursue their passion and make a difference in so many lives.
We develop global leaders and foster innovation and talent development in aerospace, technology and specific needs of the region.
Scholarships at K-State Salina support students pursuing their passion for technology, innovation and aviation. Your support helps future aviators lead both in and out of the classroom.
K-State Olathe is the next-generation campus working to transform lives in the Greater Kansas City area and around the world. Here, students are making a difference when it comes to using food as medicine and community health and advancing manufacturing and supply chains.
Scholarships at K-State Olathe empower students to advance their careers in high-demand fields like food science, animal health and biotechnology. Your support helps students gain real-world experience and drive innovation in the Kansas City area and beyond.
Graduate School at K-State empowers students to pursue advanced degrees and embark in impactful research. Your support helps attract top scholars, provide critical financial assistance and foster innovation that benefits Kansas and beyond.
Scholarships for graduate students provide vital support for those pursuing advanced degrees and participating in groundbreaking research. Your gift helps attract top talent, reduce financial barriers and fuel innovation across many disciplines.
Ensure student success
Your gift to K-State Proud helps students in financial need receive Student Opportunity Awards (SOAs) to continue their education and reach their goal of graduation.
Your gift to Cats’ Cupboard grants students experiencing food insecurity access to nutritious foods and vital resources.
Your gift to the First-Generation Student Center supports those students whose parent or guardian did not complete a four-year college degree. Your gift creates pathways to increase their retention and graduation rates at the university.
The Student Access Center promotes equal access and inclusive learning for all students. Recognizing disability as part of the human experience, we collaborate across campus to support universal design. Your gift provides essential tools and resources that help students thrive.
Peer coaches at the AAC are fellow student leaders who complete training guided by professional certified academic coaches on coaching techniques, campus resources and success tools. A gift today will help the AAC continue the peer-to-peer program by covering the peer coach’s training expenses. To make a gift to this fund, please select the Student Success Excellence Fund “(C35510)”
K-State First is an integrated effort to create an outstanding university experience for every first-year student at Kansas State University. The program provides new students with a transition to college-level learning and college life. Your donation provides access to a high-impact first-year experience for the students who will need it the most.
The purpose of this account is to conduct activities essential to the support and enhancement of the School of Leadership Studies at KSU.
Impact the greatest need
Donations to this fund allow us to continue making improvements to our infrastructure, integrating advanced technology with the classroom and expanding our reach through initiatives, plans and set visions.
Kansas Extension programs reliably deliver vital resources and education to Kansans. Our unwavering commitment? To empower Kansans with the expertise and resources required to not just endure but to flourish.
An investment to leverage our core areas of strength in new and exciting ways for food, agriculture and beyond — bringing together the unparalleled K-State student experience, teaching, discovery and engagement to spark groundbreaking interdisciplinary ideation and generate positive economic, community and societal impacts.
Improve classrooms
If you walk into one of K-State’s 275 classrooms today, there’s a good chance the space might seem a little … familiar. That’s because many haven’t been significantly updated in decades. The Flip This Classroom initiative will improve classroom functionality, boost recruitment and retention and ensure students across campus have a valuable academic experience.
Improve animal wellness
The K-State ASI department serves students, livestock producers and the animal and food industries through teaching, research and education. KSU ASI prepares students for careers in the animal and food industries. The curriculum includes the study of nutrition, reproduction, genetics, behavior, meat science and food science with production, management and agribusiness skills.
Your gift to Shelter Medicine helps students in the College of Veterinary Medicine expand their reach and perform more surgeries for shelter animals across Kansas and Nebraska. Every gift makes a difference – just $20 helps spay and neuter two pets!
The Kind Heart Compassion Fund provides lifesaving treatment to animal patients. If an owner is unable to pay for the entire treatment and the pet has a good prognosis, the Kind Hearts Compassion Fund exists to cover the gap in payment. Your gift provides support to an animal owner in a difficult situation, during a hard time.
Each day, a pet owner says goodbye at the Veterinary Health Center due to illness such as cancer, diabetes or colic. The Miles Fund honors a Golden Retriever named Miles, who was diagnosed with and later lost to lymphoma.
While progress has been made in detecting and treating disease, there’s still more to do. Your gift today supports the work of the Veterinary Health Center and their work in detecting and treating animals.
Support the Arts
The Beach Museum of Art fosters growth in the arts and creative expression for all ages — and offers these experiences to K-State students and the Manhattan community free of charge. Friends of the Beach provide the financial resources needed for the museum to keep thought-provoking art experiences free and accessible to all.
Your support helps McCain return to pre-pandemic programming and staffing levels and ensures the future of the McCain Performance Series and its educational programs. With your help, McCain can continue to provide transformative performing arts experiences for people of all ages throughout the Flint Hills region.
Band members dedicate about 25 hours a week to practice and performances — not including pep rallies or other events. Balancing work and band practice often limits study time, forcing some students to leave the band before junior or senior year. Your gift supports members of the Pride of Wildcat Land — helping them stay in the band without taking on part-time jobs or leaving K-State.
Your gift equips the next generation of band students with the tools, resources and support they need to carry forward the legacy that Dr. Tracz built. Your generosity also helps K-State attract top talent, leaders who will uphold the tradition of excellence and Wildcat pride that defines our band program
Support faculty development, research and innovation
Donations to this fund allow us to continue making improvements to our infrastructure, integrating advanced technology with the classroom and expanding our reach through initiatives, plans and set visions.
K-State’s GRIP initiative invests $950,000 per project over three years to support innovation in greenhouse gas sensing, sustainable wheat and resilient urban food systems. GRIP also supports seven additional teams with seed grants to foster idea development and collaboration for future federal funding.
Your gift to the Johnson Cancer Research Center will help support the 85 research teams focused on advancing the understanding of cancer, from formation and prevention to diagnostics and treatments. Your gift will help save lives!
The Chapman Center strengthens rural Kansas communities and supports student learning. Led by faculty mentors, the center fosters undergraduate research and digital scholarship. As a Center of Excellence, the Chapman Center brings together diverse disciplines and honors Kansas communities past, present and future. Your gift will provide student internship opportunities.
Your gift to the Food Science Institute helps support educational programs, along with research and technical assistance for the food industries.
This facility provides K-State scientists and their collaborators with a safe and secure location to study high-consequence pathogens affecting plants, animals and food products, including zoonotic pathogens that infect humans.
The Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab offers K-State students, staff, faculty and the community the opportunity to unleash their imagination and use the latest innovative technologies. The lab aims to make innovation accessible to everyone and provides opportunities to explore new ideas and gain inspiration.
Impact the environment
Friends of Konza Prairie is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the Konza Prairie environmental education program. As a member, your contributions are tax-deductible and go to bringing area school children to the tallgrass prairie.
Your gift to Friends of the K-State Gardens ensures the gardens remain vibrantly alive.
Your gift to help fight climate change through the agricultural excellence fund will help support research in the Department of Agronomy.
Your gift to environmental sciences will empower and train graduates capable of creating a sustainable future for everyone.
Net Positive Studio provides funding for a research-based architecture studio for students in their final year of the five-year Master of Architecture program. Their goal is to design affordable, energy-efficient homes that improve quality of life.
Improve human wellness
Your gift to the K-State Rec funds student development projects and new recreation programs.
Your gift to K-State Counseling Services promotes student success and well-being.
Your gift to the Johnson Cancer Research Center helps support the 85 research teams focused on advancing the understanding of cancer, from formation and prevention to diagnostics and treatments. Your gift helps save lives!
The Center on Aging is dedicated to helping others view aging through a transdisciplinary lens through education, research and outreach. Your support helps students improve the lives of older adults and meet the needs of an aging population through compassion and innovation.
Kansas State University physician assistant program leads to a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) degree. The program follows the traditional medical model of training, providing in-depth analysis of disease processes, diagnosis and treatment, and prepares students to serve as primary health care providers who practice medicine with physician supervision.
Impact alternative learning experiences
Your support makes applied learning possible for every Wildcat — preparing students for meaningful work and service, and giving them the confidence to do good, better. These experiences, central to K-State’s mission, create graduates ready to tackle our state, nation and world’s greatest challenges. Your gift ensure all learners have access to purposeful opportunities as K-State becomes a next-generation land-grant institution