UC Santa Cruz’s ninth Giving Day is in the books!
Giving Day is an opportunity to unite the entire UCSC community—students, alumni, faculty, and friends—to create a lasting, positive impact on our students, the community, and the world. Thank you for supporting our Banana Slugs!
It’s not too late to be part of the fun! You can still make gifts to support the 180+ projects, or anywhere on campus here.
Donation Challenge
Mad Dash
The teams with the most unique donors between 6 and 8 PM will receive extra funds. $2,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $500 for third place
Donation Challenge
Mid-day Motivator
The teams with the most unique donors between 12 and 2 PM will receive extra funds. $2,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $500 for third place. This challenge was generously sponsored by Indu Philip and Nanci Hubby.
Donation Challenge
Morning Mayhem
The teams with the most unique donors between 10 and 11 AM will receive extra funds. $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place
Donation Challenge
Happy Hour
The teams with the most unique donors between 3 and 4 PM will receive extra funds. $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place. This challenge was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor.
Donation Challenge
Early Riser Challenge
The teams with the most unique donors between 7 and 8 AM will receive extra funds. $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place. This challenge was generously sponsored by Cindy and Jim Larive. Congratulations to our winners! 1st Place: Women's Club Soccer, 2nd Place: Formula Slug
Donation Challenge
Night Owl Challenge
The teams with the most unique donors between 12 and 1 AM will receive extra funds. $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place. Congratulations to the winners! 1st Place: Formula Slug, 2nd Place: Rocket Team
Donation Challenge
Final Frenzy
The teams with the most unique donors throughout Giving Day will receive extra funds. $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,000 for third place. This challenge was generously sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Trustee Board of Opportunity Fund
Donation Challenge
Slug Surprise
The teams with the most unique donors between 9 and 10 PM will receive extra funds. $1,500 for first place, $750 for second place, and $500 for third place
Donation Challenge
$420 if $420 is donated in the next 10 days
Challenge Complete!
For Formula Slug
Offered by Sam Ritzo
Donation Challenge
$250 if $2,000 is donated in the next 10 days
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Kevin Norman
Donation Challenge
$100 if $1,000 is donated in the next 10 days
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Shelly Walther
Donation Challenge
$100 if $500 is donated in the next 10 days
Challenge Complete!
For UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's Basketball
Offered by Akirah Bradley Armstrong
Donation Challenge
$50 if 5 donors give in the next 10 days
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Walker Mayer
Donation Match
$20 per donor up to $20
Match Complete!
Offered by Andy Guo
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $50
Match Complete!
Offered by Megan Parkhouse
Donation Match
Pacific Art & Visual Studies Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $30,750,
Greg Reyes, Kresge Alumnus; UCSC Foundation Trustee, Ann and Joe Stockwell, Randy and Celia Wedding, and anonymous donors have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $30,750.
Match Complete!
For Pacific Art & Visual Studies Fund
Offered by Greg Reyes, Kresge Alumnus; UCSC Foundation Trustee, Randy and Celia Wedding, Ann and Joe Stockwell, and anonymous donors
Donation Match
Girls in Engineering Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $26,000,
Birong Hu and Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $26,000.
Match Complete!
For Girls in Engineering
Offered by Birong Hu and Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha
Donation Match
Earth & Planetary Sciences Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $16,000,
The EPS Alumni Council has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $16,000.
Match Complete!
For Earth & Planetary Sciences Achievement Fund
Offered by EPS Alumni Council
Donation Match
Smith Society Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $15,500,
Bill Dickinson, Susan True and Ben Wolfe, Grant Hartzog have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $15,500.
Match Complete!
For Stipends for Smith Society Student Leaders and Community Service Interns
Offered by Bill Dickinson, Susan True and Ben Wolfe, and Grant Hartzog
Donation Match
Institute of Arts and Sciences Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $15,000,
Randy and Celia Wedding have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000.
Match Complete!
For Support the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Offered by Randy and Celia Wedding
Donation Match
Cal Teach Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $12,500,
Stephen and Rachel Thorsett, Edward and Miriam Landesman, and Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $12,500.
Match Complete!
For Cal Teach Landesman Fund for Math and Science Teachers
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
UCSC Opera Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $12,000,
Gary W. Jung, Stevenson College 1971, Lee and Licoln Taiz, Edward F. Houghton, and an anonymous donor have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $12,000.
Match Complete!
For UCSC Opera
Offered by Gary W. Jung, Stevenson College 1971, Lee and Licoln Taiz, Edward F. Houghton, and an anonymous donor
Donation Match
ACE Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $11,250,
Nancy Cox-Konopelski and Joseph Konopelski and Greg Reyes, Kresge Alumnus; UCSC Foundation Trustee, and Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $11,250.
Match Complete!
For Academic Excellence (ACE) Program
Offered by Nancy Cox-Konopelski and Joseph Konopelski, and Greg Reyes, Kresge Alumnus; UCSC Foundation Trustee, andLeslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Adventure Rec Student Leadership Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $11,000,
The Madsen Family, Marc Franklin, Diana Sunshine and William Onderdonk have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $11,000.
Match Complete!
For Adventure Rec Student Leadership
Offered by The Madsen Family, Marc Franklin, Diana Sunshine and William Onderdonk
Donation Match
Slug Support Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,500,
Cindy and Jim Larive, Marc Franklin, and anonymous donors have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $10,500.
Match Complete!
For Slug Support
Offered by Cindy and Jim Larive, Marc Franklin, and anonymous donors
Donation Match
Take Lick Observatory to Bay Area Kids Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000.
Match Complete!
For Take Lick Observatory to Bay Area Kids
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Chadwick Garden Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000
Match Complete!
For Chadwick Garden Chalet All-Weather Classroom
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
MPC2SC Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $8,500,
The IMA Hernandez Foundation and Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $8,500
Match Complete!
For MPC2SC
Offered by The IMA Hernandez Foundation and Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Okinawa Memories Initiative Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $6,000,
Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation and anonymous donors have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $6,000.
Match Complete!
For Okinawa Memories Initiative
Offered by Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation and anonymous donors
Donation Match
Tech4Good Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,500,
Bau-Gwei Lee and Jeffery Perng-Jyh Lee, Leslie and Lou Grate, and Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,500.
Match Complete!
For Tech4Good Student Programs
Offered by Bau-Gwei Lee and Jeffery Perng-Jyh Lee, Leslie and Lou Grate, and Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha
Donation Match
Arts Professional Pathways Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,150,
Marc Franklin, Janet Chen Ma, Alex Mallonee: Covert Ops Films, Matthew Prescott have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,150.
Match Complete!
For Arts Professional Pathways
Offered by Marc Franklin, Alex Mallonee: Covert Ops Films, Janet Chen Ma, and Matthew Prescott- Helping lay the foundation for the next generation
Donation Match
KZSC Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000,
An anonymous donor has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000.
Match Complete!
For SUPPORT STUDENT TRAINING AT KZSC
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Chadwick Garden Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000,
Generous donors have offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000.
Match Complete!
For Chadwick Garden Chalet All-Weather Classroom
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Center for Public Philosophy Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000,
Tim and Ann Shannon have offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000.
Match Complete!
For Center for Public Philosophy
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000,
David Doshay and Aviva Garrett have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000.
Match Complete!
For Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology
Offered by David Doshay and Aviva Garrett
Donation Match
Gordon Smith Memorial Scholarship Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $4,050,
System Studies Incorporated, Bob and Carol Simpkins, and Joel Wilson have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $4,050.
Match Complete!
For Gordon Smith Memorial Scholarship in Marine Sciences
Offered by System Studies Incorporated, Bob and Carol Simpkins, and Joel Wilson
Donation Match
Humanities Dean's Excellence Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $4,000,
Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation, Cindy and Jim Larive, and a generous donor have offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $4,000.
Match Complete!
For Humanities: Dean's Excellence Fund
Offered by Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation, Cindy and Jim Larive, and a generous donor
Donation Match
Baskin Engineering Dean's Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $3,000,
Cindy and Jim Larive and an anonymous donor have offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000
Match Complete!
For Baskin Engineering: Dean's Opportunity Fund
Offered by Cindy and Jim Larive and an anonymous donor
Donation Match
iGEM Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $3,000,
Kevin Karplus and Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000.
Match Complete!
For 2025 iGEM Team
Offered by Kevin Karplus and Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Silver Slug Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $3,000,
Sharon Dirnberger and Lee and Emily Duffus have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000.
Match Complete!
For Silver Slug Award
Offered by Sharon Dirnberger and Lee and Emily Duffus
Donation Match
The Deep Read Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500,
Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,500.
Match Complete!
For The Humanities Institute: The Deep Read
Offered by Linda Peterson, BA History 1970 and Chair, UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Donation Match
Library Opportunity Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,500.
Match Complete!
For Library Opportunity Fund
Offered by Cynthia Nordstrom
Donation Match
Women in Science and Engineering
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2500
Match Complete!
For Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Arboretum Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500,
Anonymous donors have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,500.
Match Complete!
For Arboretum Student Workers Earn and Learn!
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Redwood Free Market Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For Redwood Free Market
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Plant Conservation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For Plant Conservation and the Randall Morgan Trifolium Seed Collection
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Let's Get Black Outdoors Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000
Match Complete!
For "Let's Get Black Outdoors" Outdoor Experiences for AARCC Students
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Plant Science Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For Plant Science Fund
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Classics Alive Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
David Doshay and Aviva Garrett and an anonymous donor have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For Classics Alive!
Offered by David Doshay and Aviva Garrett and an anonymous donor
Donation Match
EOP Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
Marcelino Plascencia and an anonymous donor have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For EOP: Investing in First Gen Student's Future
Offered by Marcelino Plascencia and an anonymous donor
Donation Match
Women's Center Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
Match Complete!
For Celebrate Our 40th-Year Anniversary | Women's Center
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Community Connections Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,100,
Anonymous donors have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,100.
Match Complete!
For Community Connections Scholarships for Local and Re-entry Students
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
El Centro Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Marcelino Plascencia has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Celebrate 30 Years of El Centro: Support Latine Student Scholarships
Offered by Marcelino Plascencia
Donation Match
Cross Country and Track & Field Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Alissa and Chris Holland have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For UC Santa Cruz NCAA Cross Country and Track & Field
Offered by Alissa and Chris Holland
Donation Match
Area of Greatest Need Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Lee and Emily Duffus have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Area of Greatest Need
Offered by Lee and Emily Duffus
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000
Match Complete!
Offered by Karen Holl
Donation Match
Cantu Emergency Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
A generous donor has offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Cantu Emergency Fund
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Fisheries Opportunity Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For The Fisheries Opportunity Fund
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative's Undergraduate Bioinformatics Immersion (TUBI)
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Creating Equity in STEAM Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Creating Equity In STEAM (CrEST)
Offered by Vikram Sahai and Rashmi Sinha
Donation Match
Seymour Center Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Janet Buck has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Fund student aquarists @ Seymour Center
Offered by Janet Buck
Donation Match
Coastal Science and Policy Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Janet Buck has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For Enhance the Impact of Coastal Science and Policy Students
Offered by Janet Buck
Donation Match
First Generation Engineering Scholarships Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000,
Tara Hernandez and Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
Match Complete!
For First Generation Engineering Scholarships
Offered by Tara Hernandez and Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Alumni Association Scholarship Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Gary W. Jung, Stevenson College 1971, has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Offered by Gary W. Jung, Stevenson College 1971
Donation Match
Local Science Journalism Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Support Local Science Journalism
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
RNA Center Student Success
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For UCSC RNA Center Student Success
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Mary Zavaneli Endowment Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Mary Zavanelli Endowment Fund
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Gravitational Wave Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Gravitational Wave Astrophysics for Undergraduates
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
Cruzhacks Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For UC Santa Cruz Cruzhacks Hackathon
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
MCD Biology Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For MCD Biology General Fund
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500
Match Complete!
For Mock Trial at UCSC
Offered by Adam Selcov
Donation Match
Women in Science and Engineering Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Tara Hernandez has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
Offered by Tara Hernandez
Donation Match
Art Dean's Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Cindy and Jim Larive have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Art Dean's Fund for Equity and Excellence
Offered by Cindy and Jim Larive
Donation Match
Empower Student Scientists Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Empower Student Scientists: Support Excellence in Science Success and Belonging!
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500
Match Complete!
For Fishrap Live!
Offered by Steve Bradley
Donation Match
$1 per donor up to $500
Match Complete!
For UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's Basketball
Offered by Akirah Bradley Armstrong
Donation Match
Science Division's Dean's Excellence Fund Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Cindy and Jim Larive have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Science Division's Dean's Excellence Fund
Offered by Cindy and Jim Larive
Donation Match
SCAI Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $500,
Leslie and Lou Grate have generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $500.
Match Complete!
For Support SCAI Is No Limit UCSCs AI Competition
Offered by Leslie and Lou Grate
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $400
Match Complete!
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
Acquire A Cappella Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $250,
Karl Brown has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $250.
Match Complete!
For Acquire A Cappella
Offered by Karl Brown
Donation Match
Building Just Genomics with HBCUs Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $250,
Dahv Kliner has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $250.
Match Complete!
For Building Just Genomics with HBCUs
Offered by Dahv Kliner
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $250
Match Complete!
For Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
KASA Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $100,
Nancy Park has generously offered to match gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $100.
Match Complete!
For Support UCSC KASA's 13th Annual Cultural Banquet!
Offered by Nancy Park
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $100
Match Complete!
Offered by Khang Tran
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