On Giving Day 2022, your gift supports the Kaplan Pitch Tank.

The Kaplan Pitch Tank is the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurships business plan competition, where students who have advanced innovation projects into viable business models can compete and share their purpose and passion for the problem that they are solving with a panel of friendly investors and entrepreneurs from Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology alumni community.

Below are our fundraising goals for today.

$50k goal: cash prize for the Kaplan Pitch Tank

$100k stretch goal 1: above + $50k investment in a startup selected by the Genisys team, student-led fund at the Kaplan Institute

$160k stretch goal 2: above + 6 summer fellowships for student entrepreneurs to build their startups over the summer

Frequently Asked Questions

I live outside of the United States. How can I support Giving Day 2022?

To make a gift from outside the U.S., please visit https://www.iit.edu/givenow-international.

If you have any questions, please contact Joe Volin, senior director of constituent engagement, at jvolin@iit.edu.