Athletics Impact Opportunities

There are a variety of ways to support Mac Athletics philanthropically, now and into the future:

• Support right now! Current use giving:
  • The Macalester Fund’s Athletics designation: Gifts of all sizes are used immediately to support the Athletics department build toward excellence with expanded efforts to support the whole student-athlete through nutrition and counseling services, student-athlete leadership development, expanded recruitment, and more.
  • Varsity or club team support through the Macalester Fund: Gifts of all sizes go directly to the designated athletic team and work right away to augment the team’s budget and enhance the student-athlete experience.
• Support for the future! Endowment giving:
  • Field Endowment Fund: Established by Becca Van Dyck ‘91 and Erik Thomsen ‘91 this endowment sustains the state-of-the-art playing surface available to football, soccer, club sport teams, and the on-campus and local community. The field at Macalester will be renamed John Leaney Field to honor the legacy of the field’s winningest coach.
    • Goal: $2,000,000 
    • Minimum gift: $25,000
  • Athletics Travel Fund: Provides domestic and foreign travel opportunities for student-athletes to live out our mission of internationalism and multiculturalism and spread the Macalester name across the country and the globe.
    • Immediate goal: $100,000
    • Long-term goal: $1,000,000 
    • Minimum gift: $100,000
  • Team Endowments for Excellence: allows coaches to plan intentionally and strategically to support the holistic development and overall experience of their student-athletes.
    • Minimum endowment: $100,000
    • Endowment goal: $500,000
  • Scots LEAD (Athletics Student Leadership Fund): Propels Macalester student-athletes towards holistic development and success and provides them with a competitive edge in life, at Macalester, and beyond. The LEAD program focuses on Leadership development, life skills, civic Engagement, career exploration, Academic success, and Diversity, equity, and inclusion.
    • Immediate goal: $300,000
    • Long-term goal: $1,500,000
    • Minimum gift: $100,000
  • Endowed Coaching Positions: these endowments help support the head coach to enhance their budget while also supporting the coach’s compensation package.
    • Goal: $2,000,000
    • Minimum gift: $100,000

If you have questions about Athletics Giving, please contact Tony Jennison, Associate Director of Philanthropic Giving, at ​​[email protected] or 651-696-6269.