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I Heart Brown Day 2025

The heart of Brown is its people. This I Heart Brown Day, show your love for the students, faculty, and staff who are driving discovery, sparking innovation, and creating change.

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Today’s Leaderboard

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HIGHLIGHTED GIVING PRIORITIES

Today’s Challenges

Matching Challenge

I Heart Brown Day Challenge

All I Heart Brown Day gifts to the Brown Annual Fund will be matched dollar for dollar—up to the first $1 million. Matching funds will benefit The Brown Fund.

Other Challenges

Reunion Participation Challenge

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The top three Reunion classes with the most giving day donors will each receive a $1,000 credit to their Class Treasury.

Graduate Alumni Participation Challenge

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When 150 graduate alumni make an I Heart Brown Day gift, $5,000 will be released to The Brown Fund thanks to Steven H. Zhu PhD’92.

Brown Club Region Challenge

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The three Brown Clubs with the highest percentage of I Heart Brown Day donors in their geographic location will receive an additional $1,000 for their treasuries.

IPC Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Participation Challenge

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Thanks to an anonymous challenger, the Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) Brown Annual Fund (BAF) Scholarship will receive an additional $12,500 when it reaches 165 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Mercedes Domenech BULAC Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Christina Tapia ’99, the Mercedes Domenech Brown University Latino Alumni Council (BULAC) Brown Annual Fund (BAF) Scholarship will receive an additional $5,000 when it reaches 90 I Heart Brown Day donors.

International Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Bhavan S. Suri ’98, the International Brown Annual Fund Scholarship will receive an additional $20,000 when it reaches 35 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Alex Reinert ’93, the Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion Fund will receive an additional $5,000 when it reaches 130 I Heart Brown Day donors.

BrownConnect Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Susanna Felleman ’91, P’26, the BrownConnect Fund will receive an additional $10,000 when it reaches 45 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Campus Sustainability Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Rohit Sachdev ’01 and Darpun D. Sachdev ’02 MD’07, the Campus Sustainability Fund will receive an additional $5,000 when it reaches 50 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Humanities Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Kevin Connors ’01, the Humanities Fund will receive an additional $5,000 when it reaches 20 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Engineering Annual Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to a member of the Engineering Board of Governors, the Engineering Annual Fund will receive an additional $20,000 when it reaches 135 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Public Health Annual Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Pamela Tillinghast Dubitsky P’23, P’29 & Alexander Dubitsky P’23, P’29, the Public Health Annual Fund will receive an additional $20,000 when it reaches 100 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Watson School Annual Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to Zac Townsend ’08, the Watson School Annual Fund will receive an additional $10,000 when it reaches 30 I Heart Brown Day donors.

Brown Medical Annual Fund Participation Challenge

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Thanks to an anonymous challenger, the Brown Medical Annual Fund will receive an additional $15,000 when it reaches 185 I Heart Brown Day donors.

*Gifts must be made online and to a Brown Annual Fund designation between 9 p.m. ET on November 17, 2025 and 9 a.m. ET on November 19, 2025.

I HEART BROWN DAY EXPLAINED

I Heart Brown Day is one of our biggest giving days of the year. This 24-hour fundraising event supports the Brown Annual Fund—providing vital, immediate-use funds for student, faculty, and campus initiatives. With your gift on I Heart Brown Day (November 18, 2025), you power the progress, breakthroughs, and big ideas that start here. This is your moment to act with heart.

Only gifts received and recorded on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 will be included. Pledges will not be included in our I Heart Brown Day totals. Have a question about a gift or pledge? Call us at +1 (401) 863-3300.

Though I Heart Brown Day is primarily an online fundraising drive, there are other ways you can give to Brown and be included in the day’s totals. Please contact us at +1 (401) 863-3300 or brown-fund@brown.edu for any special giving circumstances and to have your gift included in this special day.

Learn more about giving outside of the U.S. If you are a Hong Kong or United Kingdom tax resident, you can also give from the UK Trust and the Brown Hong Kong Foundation. Please contact us at +1 (401) 863-3300 or brown-fund@brown.edu for any special giving circumstances and to have your gift included in this special day.

You can make this giving day have an even greater impact for Brown. Learn more about how you can help spread the word about I Heart Brown Day.

Give us a call at +1 (401) 863-3300 or email brown-fund@brown.edu.

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