The mission of the Ball State University College of Fine Arts is to promote awareness, appreciation, and expertise in the fine arts among our students, the university community, and the public. Students and faculty members act as advocates for the arts in a variety of ways, ranging from education and performance to exhibition and consultation. CFA has outstanding programs in art, music, theatre/dance, and an impressive museum of art! 

We invite you to support each of these units and their programs by directly contributing to their various accounts available through the links below. You can also support the College of Fine Arts as a whole by donating from this page. Every single gift counts and we appreciate your support!


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$3,000
6,323 Gifts Unlocks $3,000 for the Multicultural Center
Upon receiving 6,323 gifts, $3,000 will be unlocked for the new Multicultural Center!
6,323 / 6,323 Gifts
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Unlock $3,000 for Student Emergency Aid
Upon receiving 6,323 gifts (beating last year's total number of gifts), $3,000 will be unlocked for Student Emergency Aid!
6,323 / 6,323 Gifts
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New Challenge - 2 Areas Will Win $1,000
From 7-8pm, two of the non-academic/non-athletic areas with the most donors will each receive $1,000.
Rank Prize Areas Donors
1 $1,000 Ball State Student Media 16
2 $1,000 Spectrum 12
3 Dance Marathon 7
4 Fraternity and Sorority Life 6
5 Multicultural Center 6
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5 Hours, 5 Areas, $1,000 Each
The 5 areas that raise the most money from 7pm-Midnight will each receive $1,000!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $1,000 Athletics $30,956.02
2 $1,000 Theatre & Dance $17,061.74
3 $1,000 Indiana Academy $9,981.41
4 $1,000 College of Architecture & Planning $4,541.68
5 $1,000 Center for Information & Communication Sciences $4,046.26
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Academic Department Leaderboard
The three academic departments with the most gifts by midnight will receive $8,000, $4,000 and $2,000 in challenge funds respectively.
Rank Prize Academic Department Gifts
1 $8,000 Theatre & Dance 1,500
2 $4,000 Communication Studies 463
3 $2,000 School of Music 315
4 Modern Languages & Classics 230
5 Miller Business Honors Program 217
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College Leaderboard
The three colleges with the most gifts by midnight April 6 will receive $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectively.
Rank Prize Colleges Gifts
1 $3,000 College of Fine Arts 1,899
2 $2,000 College of Communication, Information, and Media 1,292
3 $1,000 Teachers College 952
4 College of Sciences and Humanities 876
5 Miller College of Business 467
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Noon Challenge
The department/unit/team that has the most donors by noon receives $5,000 in challenge funds.
Rank Prize Department, Unit, or Team Donors
1 $5,000 Theatre & Dance 377
2 Athletics 329
3 The Ball State Fund 161
4 Student Scholarships 109
5 College of Architecture & Planning 102
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Most Donors Challenge
The department/unit/team that has the most donors by midnight will receive $5,000 in challenge funds.
Rank Prize Areas Donors
1 $5,000 College of Fine Arts 1,292
2 Theatre & Dance 1,023
3 Athletics 888
4 Teachers College 726
5 College of Communication, Information, and Media 708
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Top 5 Donor Challenge
The five units with the most donors by midnight will each receive $1,000
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Theatre & Dance 1,023
2 $1,000 Athletics 888
3 $1,000 Indiana Academy 261
4 $1,000 School of Music 191
5 $1,000 College of Architecture & Planning 187
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School of Music Student Org Challenge
Ryan Hourigan will give $150 to whichever of these areas has the most donors - Pride of Mid-America Marching Band, The University Singers, The Ball State Symphony Orchestra, The Ball State Concert Bands (Band Endowmnent Fund), The Ball State Choral Groups (Choral Endowment), The Ball State Jazz Ensembles, and the Ball State Opera.
Rank Prize SOM Student Orgs Raised
1 $150 Pride of Mid-America Marching Band $4,382.31
2 University Singers Fund $1,600.84
3 Jazz Endowment Fund $860.21
4 Band Endowment Fund $850.00
5 Opera Endowment Fund $465.42
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Evening Leaderboard
The needs of our students are greater than ever! The five areas with the most donors between 8pm-11pm will each receive $1,000 for their area!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Theatre & Dance 323
2 $1,000 Athletics 169
3 $1,000 Miller Business Honors Program 81
4 $1,000 Indiana Academy 62
5 $1,000 Spectrum 61
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Theatre & Dance Match
Tom Murphy will match any gift given to a scholarship in the Department of Theatre & Dance for a total up to $15,000. The match will be placed into the Theatre Scholarships general fund!
$15,000 MATCHED
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College of Fine Arts Leaderboard
The unit within College of Fine Arts that has the most individual donors (regardless of the number of separate donations they may make) will receive $500!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $500 Theatre & Dance 1,023
2 School of Music 191
3 David Owsley Museum of Art 44
4 School of Art 22
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