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SpiritFunder, WKU’s crowdfunding platform, is a unique tool that harnesses energy and enthusiasm and allows alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff to make a collective impact on our community.

Projects featured on SpiritFunder come directly from WKU students, groups, faculty and staff who are looking for more opportunities to learn, grow and achieve. Whether through research, community outreach, entrepreneurship or student projects, crowdfunding is a way to get big ideas in front of the world.

Campaigns at Western Kentucky University

Even small gifts can make a huge difference. Choose to support the projects that matter most to you, contribute what you can afford, and help recruit others. SpiritFunder is the next great way to share your WKU Spirit!

Sonic Stagecrew
Backstage passes are yours! The Kentucky Museum is beginning to install Sonic Landscape – a multimedia-rich exhibit showcasing our region’s diverse musical heritage from the early 1900s to today. And we need your help to make it come to life.
$8,080Raised
$10,000Goal
80%Funded
51Donors
0 daysRemaining
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Agriculture Education Opportunity
WKU Agriculture Education students would like to compete at the NACTA Agricultural Education contest at the College of Southern Idaho April 18-21, 2024. Help us reach our goal of $5,500.
$705Raised
$5,500Goal
12%Funded
14Donors
0 daysRemaining
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Dr. Larry M. Caillouet Forensics Endowment
The Dr. Larry M. Caillouet Endowment honors its namesake, a well-known, student-focused professor who taught at WKU for 40 years and who retired in 2015. The endowment was established with a $100,000 gift from Austin Daniel (’77), a Forensics alumnus who is President of Danco Development Inc. in Franklin, Tenn. Make your gift today and join fellow Forensics and Communication alumni in celebrating Dr. Caillouet!
$27,931.77Raised
$100,000Goal
27%Funded
11Donors
224 daysRemaining
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Adopt a Quilt
The KY Museum's Quilt Collection is composed of more than 330 quilts and quilt-related textiles, with examples from the late 18th to early 21st century. The collection is among the most exhibited, researched, and utilized at the Museum, and is the spotlight of the much-anticipated exhibition, Sitches in Time. Help us preserve this nationally significant collection!
$2,575Raised
$21,900Goal
11%Funded
12Donors
0 daysRemaining
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Dr. Kay Meggers Legacy Fund
This memorial fund will keep alive Dr. Meggers' tradition of giving MGT 498 seniors the book "Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World" in his honor. As he meant so much to all of us, we feel that this is a fitting way to continue his legacy.
$3,151.35Raised
$2,500Goal
100%Funded
29Donors
0 daysRemaining
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Gatton End of Year Campaign
Gatton’s End of Year Campaign is an opportunity for our alumni, parents, and friends to support The Gatton Academy and secure resources to invest in high-achieving Kentucky students for many years to come. As we grow and serve more students than ever, we must increase our resources to ensure a bright future for each of them, as we have for the past 15 years.
$4,135.23Raised
$10,000Goal
41%Funded
36Donors
0 daysRemaining
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