2025 40 Hours for the Forty Acres

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THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 40 FOR FORTY PARTICIPANTS!


40 Hours for the Forty Acres has ended and we want to give our sincere thanks to the Longhorn community and all who made an impact during this year’s 40 for Forty.


If you missed your opportunity to support an area during the event, you can still do so HERE. Any post 40 for Forty gifts will not count towards leaderboard rankings or challenges.


Leaderboard and Social challenge winners will be announced on Friday, May 9. Stay tuned!

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Event Wide Leaderboard: Dollars RaisedThe top 10 participating designations based on the cumulative dollar amount raised during 40 for Forty will receive awards.
DesignationDonorsRaised ($)
College of Education Greatest Need7$815
Department of Molecular Biosciences iGEM Team Sponsorship55$8,595
Architecture (B.Arch, M.Arch, BSAS)4$200
RecSports-University of Texas Weightlifting Team59$24,747
UT Scholarships74$12,002
Longhorn Band Greatest Need73$2,705
Texas Union Student Programs Endowment for Hogg Memorial Auditorium and the Cactus Cafe6$1,900
RecSports-Texas Ballroom7$530
Brimble Endowed Excellence Fund in Global Business2$617
Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium8$890
RecSports-Longhorn Powerlifting13$860
Military/Veteran Faculty Staff Association5$900
Longhorn Band Legacy Fund9$9,925
Texas Cheer & Pom Scholarships29$5,305
ISSS (International Student & Scholar Services)7$680
Open Educational Resources36$5,381
RecSports-UT Men's Soccer Team5$1,550
College of Education Undergraduate Scholarship Support23$2,556
Community and Regional Planning12$3,330
RecSports-UT Women's Club Soccer12$1,510
Center for Global Change and Media12$435
Sustainable Design Program0$0
School of Civic Leadership Fund4$900
Landmarks Public Art Program11$4,235
Liberal Arts Dean's Office8$695
Dream. Speak. Live. Endowed Excellence Fund35$5,848
College of Fine Arts Greatest Need15$1,890
Campus Environmental Center7$240
RecSports-UT Sailing Team28$6,975
Mathematics, Actuarial Science Club1$50
College of Pharmacy - Area of Greatest Need9$2,325
RecSports-Texas Judo7$310
Annette Strauss Institute-TX Votes60$1,806
Law School Area of Greatest Need5$1,900
Texas Exes General Student Support6$535
RecSports-Texas Men's Volleyball13$1,585
KUT Radio33$2,195
Research Traineeship Experience9$2,050
RecSports-Club Golf7$684
UT Outpost Food Pantry and Career Closet32$3,430
Texas MPA Career Management9$750
Department of Statistics and Data Sciences4$50
Child Development Center - Capitol Complex31$2,460
Center for Women in Law28$12,255
Texas LEAD CoachUT Program4$1,120
Culinary Nutrition Camp at Susie’s Kitchen Scholarship Fund6$600
Education Abroad5$880
Energy Literacy7$1,760
Longhorn Wellness Center34$3,290
Texas Immersive Institute3$150
Victims Advocate Network (VAN)10$1,135
RecSports-UT Dance Team10$460
Longhorn TIES (Transition, Illuminate, Empower, Success)6$725
Black Studies at UT25$3,185
Department of Psychology6$790
UTeach - Teacher Preparation6$355
Pharmacy Student Success Fund9$1,635
Voices Against Violence Survivors Emergency Fund4$625
WIALD - Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development1$100
Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Unrestricted Fund2$200
RecSports-Texas Running Club0$0
Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unrestricted Fund6$500
Texas Exes Named Scholarships3$300
Student Success Fund36$5,622
Women in STEM (WiSTEM)13$3,465
Pharmacotherapy and Translational Sciences (PTSCI) Unrestricted Fund10$1,600
Department of Spanish and Portuguese10$1,000
Latino/a Studies6$815
Retired Faculty-Staff Association4$400
Native American and Indigenous Studies Program11$925
Texas Exes Networks7$1,235
Dell Medical School - Area of Greatest Need5$1,127
School of Information Graduating Class Legacy Gift2$80
Jackson School of Geosciences - Area of Greatest Need9$1,805
Brian Harlan Memorial Endowment8$960
DC Circle - LBJ Washington Center10$850
Powers Endowment for Undergrad Students Women/Gender Studies25$2,580
IEEE-RAS30$8,915
The Fund for Texas Law9$4,050
XPrize13$2,355
Staff Emergency Fund4$1,150
UT Press - Area of Greatest Need11$1,965
UT Elementary School6$205
Shelley Nix Endowed Canfield Business Honors Program Fund6$295
Cockrell School of Engineering Area of Greatest Need30$5,206
Orange Jackets Endowment for Voices Against Violence3$250
Travis Lilley Memorial Fund17$4,775
University Health Services - Area of Greatest Need11$1,115
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas6$1,265
UT Police Department (UTPD)7$575
Plan II Honors Program5$765
Center for Media Engagement1$703
McDonald Observatory's StarDate Radio & Magazine34$9,130
Doty Society4$310
RecSports-UT Women's Water Polo12$1,530
Alternative Breaks6$240
I Triple E - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers4$45
Summer Public Service Fellowships4$1,000
SHIFT Initiative Support3$175
ECE Amplify (Electrical and Computer Engineering)10$925
Legislative Advocacy1$250
RecSports-Texas Triathlon0$0
Freshman Research Initiative14$1,475
RecSports-Texas Women's Club Lacrosse7$2,800
Pharmacology and Toxicology Unrestricted Fund2$500
Center for Students in Recovery  - Area of Greatest Need8$3,030
RecSports-Texas Gymnastics9$955
RecSports-UT Water Ski Team2$500
Center for European Studies6$475
Steve Hicks School of Social Work - Area of Greatest Need4$780
RecSports-UT Raquetball Club0$0
Center for Customer Insight & Marketing Solutions2$525
RecSports-Longhorn Quidditch3$900
RecSports-UT Badminton Club5$195
SEC-Student Engineering Council1$500
Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research2$165
RecSports-Texas Field Hockey2$30
Little Longhorn Lab115$12,000
NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)2$20
Texas Exes Forty Acres Scholars Program78$59,054
RecSports-Texas Ice Hockey0$0
RecSports-Texas Rock Climbing0$0
RecSports-Texas Disc Golf0$0
Department of Neuroscience0$0
TXA Annual Fashion Show0$0
Architecture Interior Design Program0$0
Urban Design Program0$0
President's Award for Global Learning IBA Initiative0$0
Landscape Architecture Program0$0
RecSports-Texas Crew94$20,100
Architectural History0$0
Friends of Computer Science Corporate Sponsorships2$500
Briscoe Center - Director's Initiatives24$2,593
Department of Finance6$600
McCombs School of Business Greatest Need76$15,383
Wildflower Center Student Internships38$2,636
School of Architecture Greatest Need8$19,950
Department of French & Italian18$1,225
Now Fund - Immediate Student Support13$875
Center for Leadership and Ethics6$2,000
Moody Emergency Fund12$532
Endowment for Excellence in Individual Events9$1,525
Blanton Museum of Art Greatest Need13$26,010
RecSports-UT Men's Ultimate Club53$19,891
RecSports-Texas Trap and Skeet14$2,915
RecSports-Texas Wushu25$2,369
College of Natural Sciences Annual Giving27$3,675
Department of English10$880
Health Leadership Apprenticeship Program16$405
Bilingual Education Student Organization6$235
Texas Cheer and Pom FRINGE43$20,740
Dell Med Annual Fund Scholarships17$1,781
Linguistics Research Center (LRC)2$200
McCombs Wealth Management Center2$525
The University of Texas Medical Center40$13,065
Management Information Systems4$250
Longhorn Alumni Band General Scholarship Fund14$67,770
School of Architecture Student Travel Fund19$11,180
Texas BBA Annual Fund29$2,440
School of Information Student Professional Development15$1,810
Longhorn Athletic Training Student Association21$1,645
Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute9$780
UT in New York Scholarship3$275
Moody College of Communication Greatest Need14$2,723
School of Nursing - Area of Greatest Need18$2,651
Civitas Institute3$600
RecSports-UT Women's Volleyball Club18$1,910
Texas Exes Area of Greatest Need41$14,450
LBJ School of Public Affairs Greatest Need14$2,751
UT String Project16$3,095
Child Development Center - Comal72$6,085
Humanities Institute3$125
RecSports-Texas Taekwondo74$2,636
Senate of College Councils Scholarship14$1,054
RecSports-UT Archery69$12,820
Health Outcomes Unrestricted Fund11$1,670
RecSports-Texas Women's Rugby17$4,372
Texas Politics Project10$1,300
Harry Ransom Center Exhibition and Programs Fund64$58,386
Literacy First16$3,460
Project PL80$0
Athletics Annual Fund - Longhorn Excellence17$2,215
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)42$5,880
Texas Science and Natural History Museum (Texas Memorial Museum) Greatest Need17$1,645
RecSports-Texas Men's Water Polo50$1,650
AIM Investment Center1$100
Texas Global Greatest Need1$80
Practical Field Work Exercises0$0
RecSports-Longhorn Swim Club0$0
Child Development Center - Leona68$6,030
Moody Writing Support Program72$10,683
Texas Exes Chapters21$2,440
RecSports-UT Women's Ultimate Frisbee21$3,060
Robert Strauss Center0$0
Ann V. and John W. Brodnax, Jr. Broadening Horizons Endowment47$6,332
Jackson School HornRaiser25$5,390
Biomedical Engineering (BME)20$12,450
RecSports-Texas Men's Rugby56$17,025
Casey McKittrick Memorial Endowment20$2,660
RecSports-UT Fencing Club0$0
Architecture Historic Preservation Program0$0
ECHO-Engineering Chamber Orchestra0$0
Event Wide Leaderboard: Unique DonorsThe top 10 participating designations based on the greatest number of unique donors throughout the entire 40 for Forty event will receive awards.
DesignationDonorsRaised ($)
Literacy First16$3,460
Center for Students in Recovery  - Area of Greatest Need8$3,030
Open Educational Resources36$5,381
Endowment for Excellence in Individual Events9$1,525
Center for European Studies6$475
RecSports-Texas Trap and Skeet14$2,915
UTeach - Teacher Preparation6$355
Texas Global Greatest Need1$80
Latino/a Studies6$815
Briscoe Center - Director's Initiatives24$2,593
Doty Society4$310
Staff Emergency Fund4$1,150
Education Abroad5$880
The University of Texas Medical Center40$13,065
Legislative Advocacy1$250
SHIFT Initiative Support3$175
Child Development Center - Capitol Complex31$2,460
Longhorn TIES (Transition, Illuminate, Empower, Success)6$725
Texas Immersive Institute3$150
Jackson School of Geosciences - Area of Greatest Need9$1,805
College of Education Greatest Need7$815
School of Architecture Greatest Need8$19,950
Center for Women in Law28$12,255
Dell Med Annual Fund Scholarships17$1,781
UT Outpost Food Pantry and Career Closet32$3,430
University Health Services - Area of Greatest Need11$1,115
McCombs Wealth Management Center2$525
RecSports-Texas Men's Water Polo50$1,650
Center for Global Change and Media12$435
UT Press - Area of Greatest Need11$1,965
Student Success Fund36$5,622
RecSports-Texas Field Hockey2$30
Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Unrestricted Fund2$200
I Triple E - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers4$45
Texas BBA Annual Fund29$2,440
RecSports-Texas Gymnastics9$955
Management Information Systems4$250
Longhorn Band Legacy Fund9$9,925
RecSports-Texas Judo7$310
Powers Endowment for Undergrad Students Women/Gender Studies25$2,580
Project PL80$0
Orange Jackets Endowment for Voices Against Violence3$250
Brian Harlan Memorial Endowment8$960
UT Elementary School6$205
ECE Amplify (Electrical and Computer Engineering)10$925
School of Civic Leadership Fund4$900
Department of Psychology6$790
College of Pharmacy - Area of Greatest Need9$2,325
Victims Advocate Network (VAN)10$1,135
RecSports-UT Raquetball Club0$0
RecSports-Texas Crew94$20,100
Liberal Arts Dean's Office8$695
Texas Exes General Student Support6$535
RecSports-UT Dance Team10$460
Pharmacy Student Success Fund9$1,635
Campus Environmental Center7$240
UT Police Department (UTPD)7$575
School of Information Graduating Class Legacy Gift2$80
Cockrell School of Engineering Area of Greatest Need30$5,206
Texas Exes Networks7$1,235
Native American and Indigenous Studies Program11$925
Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium8$890
Texas LEAD CoachUT Program4$1,120
RecSports-Texas Men's Volleyball13$1,585
Sustainable Design Program0$0
RecSports-Longhorn Swim Club0$0
Mathematics, Actuarial Science Club1$50
Department of Spanish and Portuguese10$1,000
Friends of Computer Science Corporate Sponsorships2$500
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas6$1,265
Texas MPA Career Management9$750
Plan II Honors Program5$765
Shelley Nix Endowed Canfield Business Honors Program Fund6$295
Research Traineeship Experience9$2,050
Wildflower Center Student Internships38$2,636
Landmarks Public Art Program11$4,235
Culinary Nutrition Camp at Susie’s Kitchen Scholarship Fund6$600
RecSports-Texas Women's Club Lacrosse7$2,800
Retired Faculty-Staff Association4$400
UT in New York Scholarship3$275
Dell Medical School - Area of Greatest Need5$1,127
Texas Cheer & Pom Scholarships29$5,305
Department of Finance6$600
RecSports-Longhorn Quidditch3$900
Summer Public Service Fellowships4$1,000
Military/Veteran Faculty Staff Association5$900
RecSports-Club Golf7$684
RecSports-UT Men's Soccer Team5$1,550
Pharmacology and Toxicology Unrestricted Fund2$500
Architecture (B.Arch, M.Arch, BSAS)4$200
Alternative Breaks6$240
Energy Literacy7$1,760
RecSports-Texas Triathlon0$0
McCombs School of Business Greatest Need76$15,383
Department of Neuroscience0$0
Texas Exes Area of Greatest Need41$14,450
RecSports-Texas Rock Climbing0$0
Pharmacotherapy and Translational Sciences (PTSCI) Unrestricted Fund10$1,600
Longhorn Athletic Training Student Association21$1,645
Department of Statistics and Data Sciences4$50
KUT Radio33$2,195
College of Education Undergraduate Scholarship Support23$2,556
Urban Design Program0$0
Bilingual Education Student Organization6$235
RecSports-UT Women's Club Soccer12$1,510
RecSports-UT Fencing Club0$0
Senate of College Councils Scholarship14$1,054
Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute9$780
Freshman Research Initiative14$1,475
Department of English10$880
Area of Greatest Need - University Wide41$4,647
Texas Union Student Programs Endowment for Hogg Memorial Auditorium and the Cactus Cafe6$1,900
Center for Media Engagement1$703
College of Fine Arts Greatest Need15$1,890
Women in STEM (WiSTEM)13$3,465
Texas Politics Project10$1,300
Longhorn Wellness Center34$3,290
Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research2$165
Voices Against Violence Survivors Emergency Fund4$625
RecSports-Texas Ballroom7$530
Health Outcomes Unrestricted Fund11$1,670
AIM Investment Center1$100
Brimble Endowed Excellence Fund in Global Business2$617
RecSports-UT Badminton Club5$195
McDonald Observatory's StarDate Radio & Magazine34$9,130
Linguistics Research Center (LRC)2$200
Civitas Institute3$600
Steve Hicks School of Social Work - Area of Greatest Need4$780
RecSports-UT Sailing Team28$6,975
Center for Customer Insight & Marketing Solutions2$525
Architecture Interior Design Program0$0
Practical Field Work Exercises0$0
Humanities Institute3$125
Landscape Architecture Program0$0
Robert Strauss Center0$0
RecSports-Texas Ice Hockey0$0
ECHO-Engineering Chamber Orchestra0$0
SEC-Student Engineering Council1$500
President's Award for Global Learning IBA Initiative0$0
Architecture Historic Preservation Program0$0
NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)2$20
Little Longhorn Lab115$12,000
WIALD - Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development1$100
Texas Cheer and Pom FRINGE43$20,740
Community and Regional Planning12$3,330
Texas Exes Named Scholarships3$300
Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unrestricted Fund6$500
Dream. Speak. Live. Endowed Excellence Fund35$5,848
RecSports-UT Women's Water Polo12$1,530
DC Circle - LBJ Washington Center10$850
Moody Emergency Fund12$532
Longhorn Alumni Band General Scholarship Fund14$67,770
RecSports-University of Texas Weightlifting Team59$24,747
IEEE-RAS30$8,915
Health Leadership Apprenticeship Program16$405
ISSS (International Student & Scholar Services)7$680
The Fund for Texas Law9$4,050
Moody College of Communication Greatest Need14$2,723
Black Studies at UT25$3,185
RecSports-UT Archery69$12,820
Travis Lilley Memorial Fund17$4,775
Blanton Museum of Art Greatest Need13$26,010
RecSports-Texas Taekwondo74$2,636
RecSports-Texas Women's Rugby17$4,372
RecSports-Longhorn Powerlifting13$860
XPrize13$2,355
LBJ School of Public Affairs Greatest Need14$2,751
RecSports-UT Men's Ultimate Club53$19,891
College of Natural Sciences Annual Giving27$3,675
Moody Writing Support Program72$10,683
RecSports-Texas Men's Rugby56$17,025
Longhorn Band Greatest Need73$2,705
RecSports-UT Women's Ultimate Frisbee21$3,060
Law School Area of Greatest Need5$1,900
School of Architecture Student Travel Fund19$11,180
Jackson School HornRaiser25$5,390
Texas Exes Chapters21$2,440
UT String Project16$3,095
Casey McKittrick Memorial Endowment20$2,660
UT Scholarships74$12,002
Now Fund - Immediate Student Support13$875
Department of Molecular Biosciences iGEM Team Sponsorship55$8,595
Harry Ransom Center Exhibition and Programs Fund64$58,386
Texas Science and Natural History Museum (Texas Memorial Museum) Greatest Need17$1,645
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)42$5,880
Athletics Annual Fund - Longhorn Excellence17$2,215
RecSports-Texas Wushu25$2,369
Department of French & Italian18$1,225
Biomedical Engineering (BME)20$12,450
School of Nursing - Area of Greatest Need18$2,651
Ann V. and John W. Brodnax, Jr. Broadening Horizons Endowment47$6,332
School of Information Student Professional Development15$1,810
Center for Leadership and Ethics6$2,000
Child Development Center - Comal72$6,085
Annette Strauss Institute-TX Votes60$1,806
RecSports-Texas Running Club0$0
Architectural History0$0
Child Development Center - Leona68$6,030
RecSports-UT Water Ski Team2$500
TXA Annual Fashion Show0$0
RecSports-UT Women's Volleyball Club18$1,910
RecSports-Texas Disc Golf0$0
Texas Exes Forty Acres Scholars Program78$59,054
RecSports Leaderboard: Unique DonorsThe top 10 RecSports team designations based on the greatest number of unique donors during 40 for Forty will receive awards.
RecSports TeamDonorsRaised ($)
RecSports-UT Sailing Team28$6,975
RecSports-UT Women's Volleyball Club18$1,910
RecSports-Longhorn Powerlifting13$860
RecSports-UT Water Ski Team2$500
RecSports-Texas Judo7$310
RecSports-Longhorn Quidditch3$900
RecSports-Texas Triathlon0$0
RecSports-Texas Disc Golf0$0
RecSports-Club Golf7$684
RecSports-Texas Ballroom7$530
RecSports-UT Dance Team10$460
RecSports-Texas Men's Volleyball13$1,585
RecSports-Texas Field Hockey2$30
RecSports-UT Badminton Club5$195
RecSports-UT Men's Soccer Team5$1,550
RecSports-Texas Gymnastics9$955
RecSports-Longhorn Swim Club0$0
RecSports-Texas Ice Hockey0$0
RecSports-Texas Crew94$20,100
RecSports-UT Raquetball Club0$0
RecSports-Texas Rock Climbing0$0
RecSports-UT Fencing Club0$0
RecSports-Texas Women's Club Lacrosse7$2,800
RecSports-Texas Taekwondo74$2,636
RecSports-UT Women's Club Soccer12$1,510
RecSports-Texas Men's Rugby56$17,025
RecSports-Texas Women's Rugby17$4,372
RecSports-UT Women's Water Polo12$1,530
RecSports-Texas Wushu25$2,369
RecSports-UT Archery69$12,820
RecSports-Texas Running Club0$0
RecSports-UT Women's Ultimate Frisbee21$3,060
RecSports-Texas Trap and Skeet14$2,915
RecSports-UT Men's Ultimate Club53$19,891
RecSports-University of Texas Weightlifting Team59$24,747
RecSports-Texas Men's Water Polo50$1,650
Student Organizations Leaderboard: Unique DonorsThe top 10 student organization designations based on the greatest number of unique donors during 40 for Forty will receive awards.
Student OrgDonorsRaised ($)
IEEE-RAS30$8,915
Longhorn Athletic Training Student Association21$1,645
Health Leadership Apprenticeship Program16$405
Friends of Computer Science Corporate Sponsorships2$500
TXA Annual Fashion Show0$0
Mathematics, Actuarial Science Club1$50
Project PL80$0
WIALD - Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development1$100
Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium8$890
I Triple E - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers4$45
Orange Jackets Endowment for Voices Against Violence3$250
Alternative Breaks6$240
Bilingual Education Student Organization6$235
Health Outcomes Unrestricted Fund11$1,670
ECHO-Engineering Chamber Orchestra0$0
Longhorn Band Greatest Need73$2,705
SEC-Student Engineering Council1$500
Annette Strauss Institute-TX Votes60$1,806
Senate of College Councils Scholarship14$1,054
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Parent icon12%Parents
Friends icon11%Friends
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