For many years, Yale's Swimming and Diving program has depended on annual giving from alumni, parents, and friends of the team. Our fundraising goal resets every year on July 1; if you have not given since then, please consider a gift now—or see below for ways to increase your impact.
As we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Yale Swimming and Diving in New Haven this April, some of our programming looks ahead, aimed at ensuring the next 125 years of swimming and diving at Yale.
ENDOWMENT FUND MATCH Sustaining Yale Swimming and Diving for the long term requires us to simultaneously grow our endowment while maintaining annual support for immediate team expenses. Thanks to the generosity of a former teammate, if you make a multi-year pledge now you will help us toward both these goals. For every multi-year pledge of 3 years or more to the Swimming & Diving Association, Todd Kaplan ’86 has generously committed to matching one year of that pledge to be put in the Yale Swimming & Diving Excellence Endowment Fund. For example, if you pledge $500 per year for 3 years to the Association Fund, Todd will donate $500 to the Excellence Endowment Fund.
125th ANNIVERSARY RELAY RACE Celebrate the current and future success of Yale Swimming and Giving and relive some of your own passion competing for (and with!) your teammates on the Yale Swimming and Diving team by joining a fundraising "RELAY RACE" across all generations of Yale Swimming and Diving! Join the “relay” team you most affiliate with by stroke, dive, or distance. You can recruit teammates to build an even larger team of friends across generations and encourage team spirit, culminating in our reunion in New Haven in April. Your donations will be tracked until the 125th Anniversary weekend to determine the winning team. There will be two races in this competition:
The first race will be measured by the number of participants in your relay, so donations in any amount will move your team forward!
The second race will be measured by total dollars raised per relay.
DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT Each year hundreds of Yale Athletic Association donors provide additional funding for our student-athletes and coaches via their employers' charitable matching gift programs. Want to double your impact, but not sure if your company has a matching gift program? Click Here to find out!
If you have any questions regarding your donation, please contact Siobhan Donofrio ’90, YSDA President, at [email protected] or Roxanne Garceau, Assistant Director of Development, at [email protected].