Donor Information

We are incredibly grateful for those who offer this crucial support for our students. We invite you to join our other donors by creating a scholarship or adding to an existing one.

• To learn more about the different ways you can give to UNC Charlotte, visit University Advancement.
• To give a gift to an existing scholarship fund, you can easily give online at giving.charlotte.edu.
• If you are interested in creating a new scholarship, or if you have questions about giving to UNC Charlotte, contact the Development Department by calling 704-687-7224.

UNC Charlotte relies on the generous investment and support provided by dedicated alumni, parents, friends, faculty and staff.

• Gifts to UNC Charlotte help advance its mission as North Carolina’s urban research university, offering internationally competitive and exemplary undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional education and research programs.
• Make a gift and an impact today!

The Gold Rush Scholarship is an invitation-only award for selected students entering their final year at UNC Charlotte who are scheduled to graduate in the spring semester.

To be eligible, students must meet the following criteria:

• Be a North Carolina resident
• Have earned 75 or more credit hours
• Maintain a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.0 or higher
• Be in good academic standing
• Be Pell Grant eligible (based on a completed FAFSA)
• Have a calculated unment financial need of $3,000 or less

Recipients will receive a $3,000 scholarship to be split equally between their final fall and spring semesters.

• No Application Required: Selected candidates are identified by the University Scholarship Office. No application will be submitted through the NinerScholars Portal.
• Graduation Requirement: Recipients must graduate in the spring semester. Adjusting your graduation date to an earlier term (e.g. fall) after receiving funds may result in award cancellation and require repayment of disbursed funds.
• Future-Building Activities: Students must complete two approved future-building activities in Canvas by the posted deadline to receive their scholarship award.

• The fund allows the University to evaluate current enrollment, student retention rate, financial aid, and graduation gaps annually.
• This criteria allows us to identify the changing needs of our diverse group of students over time to help them meet their goals.
• As a result, the Evergreen Scholarship Fund allows the University to combine several donors’ gifts, regardless of size, to leverage additional funding for students to get them over a small financial hurdle.

Your gift to the Evergreen Scholarship Fund will allow us to:

• Provide scholarship funds to Undergraduate Admissions to award to high-achieving students in combination with Honors Program Acceptance.
• Provide need-based funds to Financial Aid to support grants for students with high unmet need or for students who have exhausted their aid eligibility.
• Provide completion grants to Seniors with high amounts of unmet need to help them cross the finish line to graduation.
• Award grants for stop-out prevention