Match Day yields most online donations for Thiel

Greenville, Pa.

Thiel College saw about a 50 percent increase in online donations compared to previous years for their annual Match Day giving event that took place Feb. 21.

On the day, 339 donors gave $174,254.13 to the Thiel Fund — the largest source of unrestricted funds for the college. Of these, 281 donors were alumni from the classes of 1950-2017.

The Match Day giving page received 1,268 page views and 300 of the donors gave using the online form—103 more than in the previous year.

Along with online and telephone donations, donors could mail donations and have them count toward the campaign as long as the donations were postmarked on Feb. 21.