Last year (UF"s first), they received more than 11,000 donations in that time span, the university’s 2020 goal was set at 15,000 donations in one day. It received 16,772 donations.
Other schools also have a day of giving. It’s interesting to compare results.
UF’s
https://givingday.ufl.edu/pages/home-55
University of Michigan’s (Giving Blue Day)
https://www.givingblueday.org/pages/givingblueday
15,877 gifts totaling $4,242,531
UC Berkeley (Big Give)
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/03/20/big-give-raises-more-than-4-million-for-uc-berkeley-organizations/
14,094 Gifts totaling $4,201,378
University of Florida alumni and friends gave a record $526 million during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. It’s was the first time UF has raised more than $500 million in a single year. In addition, UF climbed to No. 8 in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings and its alumni association was recognized as one of the Top 10 best networks.
To put this into perspective. Public universities have three main sources of revenue for instruction (teaching), Tuition/fees, State appropriations, alumni giving. A fourth is research, but that revenue mostly impacts graduate students (post grads) and facility. The state of Florida has been very generous in appropriations (including Bright Futures and other scholarship programs), alumni giving is up, as well as research funding. That’s allowed UF to keep Tuition flat (as well as the other state universities in Florida).
UF has other sources of income, like the hospital (UF Health), etc, but most of that revenue goes to other services than instructional.