SAEMF Challenge
About the Challenge
- A spirited competition that raises funds in support of funding more and larger emergency medicine (EM) grants by supporting SAEM Foundation's work.
- Each year between May 1 and August 31, hundreds of members of SAEM’s academies, committees and interest groups come together to contribute to the Challenge.
- During that time all donations, up to the first $10,000 raised, will be matched $1:$1 by SAEM!
- Make a charitable gift by visiting saem.org/donate
- Email Julie Wolfe at jwolfe@saem.org to make a pledge for payment later in the year.
Watch Your Group Climb the Leaderboard
- Each group will have a Challenge leaderboard to track progress in the categories of funds raised and percent of group members who are donors.
- Visit your SAEM Communities throughout the Challenge to monitor your groups' leaderboards.
- Note: your gift will be applied evenly among each academy, committee, and/or interest group to which you belong.*
Winning the Challenge
- The groups to raise the most funds and/or who reach 100% participation will WIN the competitions.
- Beginning in 2022, SAEMF recognized the Bylaws Committee (which has the fewest number of members of all committees), in addition to the next highest participating committee(s), as participation winners.
- Vice Chairs: You have your own Challenge! Your gift to the Vice Chairs' Challenge, which runs concurrent with this Challenge, counts for participation in both Challenges. A single gift will count towards all of the groups you participate in! If the Vice Chairs' Interest Group wins either highest participation or total raised in the Interest Group category of this Challenge, you unlock a special celebration for your SAEM25 group meeting!
Wondering if you already donated this year? Checkout the 2024 Challenge Updates document.
- Members may donate more than once.
- The total amount of all donations for each member will be counted towards the group’s goal; but each member will only be counted once for their participation.
- Gifts and pledges from donors who gave earlier in the year, or those who have a pledge installment due in the current year, will count towards the Challenge total raised and participation rate for each group to which they belong.
- Members can set up monthly automatic recurring gifts if they so choose at saem.org/donate. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of current IRS regulations and 100% of dollars raised are used to fund grants to SAEM members.
The Real Winners
The groups that raise the most funds and those with the highest participation within each category will be recognized on @SAEMOnline, on this website, in SAEM Pulse, and will receive a special treat at SAEM25. The biggest winners are those whose research your gift will help fund.
Your donation means more and larger grants, like those you can read about on this website. Questions? Contact Julie Wolfe at jwolfe@saem.org for Challenge details or to check your donation history.
Congratulations to the 2023 SAEMF Challenge Winners!
Highest Participation Competition
Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Bylaws Committee and Finance Committee
Vice Chairs Interest Group and Research Directors Interest Group
Most Funds Raised Competition
Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine
Research Committee
Vice Chairs Interest Group and Operations Interest Group
Celebrating YOUR Impact
Generous SAEM members donated a record-breaking $87,130 from 222 donations/pledges raised during the Challenge fundraising period, which ran from May 1 to August 31! With SAEM's thoughtful matching gift, our final tally for this year reached an impressive $97,130 to fund more EM grants!
Get ready to enjoy your coffee at SAEM24 and pickup your Challenge Donor wristband at the SAEM booth on Thursday.