Annual Giving

Annual Giving at MTSU powers the momentum of student success and campus growth. These recurring, repeatable gifts provide immediate support for MTSU’s current operations, benefiting students, faculty, and programs across the University. Whether you give through a campaign, a graduating class tradition, or as part of our faculty and staff community, your contribution makes an immediate and lasting difference.

Discover the many ways you can take part in Annual Giving:

• True Blue Give — our annual giving campaign that rallies Blue Raiders everywhere
• Senior Gift Tradition — a class-year tradition that leaves a legacy for future students
• Faculty and Staff Giving — showing our campus community’s commitment to MTSU’s mission

Every annual gift—no matter the size—creates opportunities, strengthens traditions, and ensures MTSU continues to thrive for generations to come.

More than 7680 alumni and friends make gifts to MTSU every year.

To learn more about annual giving, please contact Courtney Brown, Director of Annual Giving, Stewardship, and Donor Relations, at courtney.brown@mtsu.edu or call 615.898.2502.

Priorities for 2025

• Scholarships are a top priority as more than 80% of MTSU’s students qualify for financial aid.
• Gifts to academic colleges and departments can support needed equipment, student research, special speakers, or other needs beyond the capacity of our state budget.
• The Student Mental Health Fund helps the Counseling Services office serve more students in need of mental health help.
• Support for the Alumni Enrichment Fund promoting networking for students with alumni as well as university outreach to alumni in many locations beyond the campus.
• Student Emergency Funds – Emergency funding for students who encounter an unexpected financial crisis (like a car breakdown, loss of a rent-sharing roommate, or medical hardship) is crucial as well.  Support from alumni like us can literally make the difference in student coming to school or not and being able to stay in school or not. 
• Visit mtsu.edu/give

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True Blue Give – Annual Giving Campaign

During True Blue Give 2025, over 1,300  MTSU alumni, faculty and staff, students and friends came together to give over $1 million, well above our goal of $800,000, to support MTSU students by giving to scholarships, emergency funds, athletics, and academics. TRUE BLUE GIVE 2026 is set for February 10, 11, 12!

Learn more at www.mtsu.edu/truebluegive.  

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Senior Gift Tradition

Senior Gift is a long-standing tradition at MTSU. Gifts can be made to anything you love on campus. Since its start almost 20 years ago, over 12,030 new graduates have given more than $197,700! The main goal of the Senior Gift Tradition is participation. We encourage seniors to give $20.25 in honor of their class year, but a gift of ANY gift size is appreciated. Each year, upcoming graduates who give to the Senior Gift Challenge receive a double blue honor cord to wear on their graduation gown and are acknowledged at the commencement ceremony by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee.

Visit the Senior Gift page to make a gift or contact Courtney Brown at courtney.brown@mtsu.edu or call 615-898-2502 to make your Senior Gift today.

Join us for the Fall 2025 Senior Celebration at the Phillips Bookstore in the Student Union Building:

• Thursday, Dec. 4: 8am – 6pm
• Friday, Dec. 5: 8am – 6pm
• Saturday, Dec. 6: 10am – 2pm
• Monday, Dec. 8: 10am – 2pm

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Giving Societies

Join our giving societies and leave a legacy of generosity at MTSU.

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Faculty and Staff Giving

As MTSU employees, you commit yourselves every day to making MT a more vital institution. At the same time, your financial contributions allow MTSU to continue its mission to be a comprehensive university that embraces its role as the destination of choice for Tennessee undergraduates.

Your gifts:

• Have a huge impact on students through scholarship support, as about 94% of MTSU’s students have financial need.
• Enrich your academic department and colleges for the purchases of needed equipment, student research, special speakers, or other needs beyond the capacity of our state budget.
• Support the James E. Walker Library as a valued gathering place for students in an environment offering the latest print or digital resources to support academic achievement.

Whatever the reason and whatever the designation, faculty and staff gifts to the University speak volumes about MTSU as a place for philanthropic investment and show your pride in our institution. 

Making a gift provides an opportunity for University employees to help enhance the quality of the University’s programs through their financial contributions. Employees can direct their gifts to the college, campus, or program of their choice through a payment option that works best for them, including payroll deduction. Employees can direct contributions to the area of their choice at the University.

Ways to give:

There are several convenient payment options. Simply choose the one that is best for you. In addition to the typical ways to give through check or credit card, employees can set up a regular payroll deduction.

Payroll deduction — This is an easy, convenient way to spread your gift out over multiple, ongoing payments. Click on the link to go to our payroll deduction page and download a contribution form. 

Give online — You can make a credit card gift online anytime.

Check or credit card — Return the contribution form when you receive your faculty and staff fundraising appeal or any other annual fund appeal.

Gift planning — Learn how to earn income, pay fewer taxes, secure your retirement, enhance your net estate, create a personal legacy, or get more from your real estate.