Welcome to GOLDrush: Crowdfunding for Iowa!

GOLDrush is the University of Iowa’s crowdfunding site. We offer faculty, staff, student groups, alumni and friends of the university a tool for soliciting donations to support university programs and/or initiatives.

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Campaigns at University of Iowa

Dominic Gentile DVM Sarcoma Research

The Dominic Gentile DVM Sarcoma Research Fund is established to raise funds for improved treatments for Sarcoma, focusing on Ewing’s Sarcoma

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174 Donors

194 days Left

$169,424 Donated

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Celebrating 50 Years for the UI Genetics Graduate Program

$50 for 50: U of Iowa Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics Celebrates 50 Years of Training Geneticists

81%

63 Donors

41 days Left

$8,175 Donated

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Dukie's One Eye Open 2025

Support Steve “Dukie” Corson and the Waverly community during the 4th Dukie’s One Eye Open golf tournament!

19 Donors

41 days Left

$2,900 Donated

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Running For Elliot & Supporting Clubfoot Care

Please join as we celebrate our son’s decade-long journey with clubfoot, and support the work of the Ponseti International Association.!

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97 Donors

9 days Left

$9,879 Donated

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The Night Watch Charity Run 2025

Make an impact at the University of Iowa by supporting our crowdfunding campaign!

135%

104 Donors

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$13,571 Donated

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Iowa Math Graduate Board (MGB)

Help support MGB send math graduate students to conferences to give talks, network, and learn from experts in their field.

101%

13 Donors

Funded

$1,016 Donated

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Protecting and Empowering Iowa’s Workers through Education

Help Iowa’s workers gain access to quality workers’ rights education in their communities to promote safe, respectful workplaces.

103%

48 Donors

Funded

$62,220 Donated

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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival 2025

ICDOCS is back again and ready! Help us to fund our 20th iteration of this amazing community film festival!

47%

21 Donors

Funded

$1,420 Donated

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Continuing The Examined Life

Help continue the work of The Examined Life Journal which has been a publication of the Carver College of Medicine since 2011!

80%

54 Donors

Funded

$8,000 Donated

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Fighting to Cure Cystic Fibrosis 2024

Support the research efforts at UIHC and bring remarkable discoveries to fruition for the cystic fibrosis community!

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25 Donors

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$7,019 Donated

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Empowering America’s Future Healthcare Leaders

Help us send our students to the ACHE Congress! Support their journey to learn, network, and grow as future healthcare leaders.

51%

15 Donors

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$2,550 Donated

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Jim Wiese Memorial Giving

Jim lived by the precept "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." His special mission; the University of Iowa.

19 Donors

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$3,000 Donated

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