Delaware-Marquette Challenge Prizes and Awards

  • Awards revealed in person at CSM 2027 (Foundation event)
  •  One student registration to CSM 2027, reimbursed at student rate
  •  Travel support: up to $1,000 reimbursement total for student travel expenses – may be shared between multiple students (receipts required; requests due within 30 days after CSM)
  •  School name engraved on the Challenge Cup
  •  Winner spotlight package: feature on Foundation website, e-news, and social media (school may submit photos/video per guidelines)
  • Leadership opportunity for student coordinators: participate in a virtual planning sessions to help shape the 2027
  • Challenge Swag for up to 2 student coordinators
  • Foundation staff visit to the program in 2027

  • Awards revealed in person at CSM 2027 (Foundation event)
  • Travel support: up to $800 reimbursement total for student travel expenses – expenses – may be shared between multiple students (receipts required; requests due within 30 days after CSM)
  • Winner spotlight package: feature on Foundation website, e-news, and social media
    • Swag for up to 2 student coordinators
  • Foundation staff visit to the program in 2027 (scheduling dependent)
  • Profile of program Challenge efforts to include student fundraisers featured on the Foundation website and included as an e-news article.

  • Awards revealed in person at CSM 2027 (Foundation event)
  • Travel support: up to $600 reimbursement total for student travel expenses – expenses – may be shared between multiple students (receipts required; requests due within 30 days after CSM)
  • Winner spotlight package: feature on Foundation website, e-news, and social media
  • Swag for up to 2 student coordinators
  • Foundation staff visit to the program in 2027 (scheduling dependent)

  • $500 reimbursement for student(s) travel to attend CSM 2027. The reimbursement can be shared with one or more students from the program.
  • In-person recognition at a Foundation CSM 2027 event to present 2026 awards and launch the 2027 Marquette Challenge.
  • Customized swag for two student coordinators in recognition of their participation.
  • Faculty invitations to Foundation special events during CSM 2027.
  • Recognition of award on social media.
  • Opportunity for students to be included in a video filmed during the recognition event during CSM 2027.

  • $400 reimbursement for student travel to attend CSM 2027. The reimbursement can be shared with one or more students from the program.
  • In-person recognition at a Foundation CSM 2027 event to present 2026 awards and launch the 2027 Marquette Challenge.
  • Customized swag for two student coordinators in recognition of their participation.
  • Faculty invitations to Foundation special events during CSM 2027.
  • Recognition of award on social media.
  • Opportunity for students to be included in a video filmed during the recognition event during CSM 2027.

  • $300 reimbursement for student travel to attend CSM 2027. The reimbursement can be shared with one or more students from the program.
  • In-person recognition at a Foundation CSM 2027 event to present 2026 awards and launch the 2027 Marquette Challenge.
  • Customized swag for two student coordinators in recognition of their participation.
  • Faculty invitations to Foundation special events during CSM 2027.
  • Recognition of award on social media.

  • Customized swag for two student coordinators in recognition of their participation.
  • In-person recognition at a Foundation CSM 2026 event to present 2025 awards and launch the 2026 Marquette Challenge.
  • Recognition in the national publication, APTA Magazine and in the Foundation’s annual report.

Special Awards:
Most Successful Newcomer
Biggest Stretch – Most raised compared to previous year
Most Successful PTA School
Most Creative Fundraiser
Best Comeback – Highest level of fundraising after an absence of at least 2 years
Best Effort to Raise $1,000
Prizes:

  • Customized swag for two student coordinators in recognition of their participation.
  • In-person recognition at a Foundation CSM 2027 event to present 2026 awards and launch the 2027 Marquette Challenge.
  • Recognition in the national publication, APTA Magazine and in the Foundation’s annual report.

Awarded to schools with cumulative fundraising of $50,000 or more and exceptional participation of at
least 10 years consecutive or non-consecutive.

Engraved awards and recognition for new inductees into the Marquette Challenge Philanthropy Circle will be awarded at a Foundation CSM 2027 event to schools reaching the following cumulative totals:

Cornerstone Society – $ 50,000
Challenge Society – $100,000
Collegiate Society – $200,000
Champion Society – $300,000
Crest Society – $400,000
Capstone Society – $500,000
Leaders Society- $600,000

Philanthropy Circle
The Marquette Challenge Philanthropy Circle
The school totals for the Marquette Challenge Philanthropy Circle Awards represent cumulative giving since the Challenge's inception in 1989.

Leaders Society

($600,000+ raised)

University of Pittsburgh

Crest Society

($400,000+ raised)

Marquette University
University of Miami

Champion Society

($300,000+ raised)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Challenge Society

($100,000+ raised)

Emory University
New York University
Northwestern University
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Sacred Heart University
University of Colorado
University of Delaware

Cornerstone Society

($50,000+ raised)

Arcadia University
Boston University
Indiana University
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Midwestern University – Downers Grove
Northwestern University
The Ohio State University
The University of Iowa
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Washington University in St. Louis

Collegiate Society

($200,000+ raised)

Capstone Society

($500,000+ raised)

*At this time, there are no programs eligible for the Collegiate Society ($200,000+) or the Capstone Society ($500,000+)