Giving Day 2024

$1,324,583

Donated

88% of $1,500,000 goal

6,487

Donors

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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!

Project	Donors	Raised ($)
UCSC Women's Club Soccer	134	$5,310
Health Sciences Internship Fund	2	$1,100
UCSC NCAA Women's Volleyball Team	13	$895
EOP: Investing in First Gen Student's Future	23	$3,945
Society of Physics Students	86	$3,008
UC Santa Cruz NCAA Men's Soccer Team	50	$9,700
Career Clothing Closet	13	$1,390
2024-2025 Swimming & Diving Fundraiser	394	$21,650
SlugSat	16	$440
UCSC Club Tennis	95	$2,170
UCSC Slug Rugby	339	$33,388
UCSC Staff Professional Development	8	$375
Slug Linux User Group	12	$730
Shutterslug Photography	14	$580
Fund AI Innovation at UCSC Silicon Valley Professional Education	20	$2,531
UC Santa Cruz Equestrian Club	13	$1,810
Men's Volleyball Program	23	$3,890
Humor Force Five	20	$310
Fruitcake Magazine	16	$363
Archaeological Research Center	17	$3,525
Enhance the Impact of Coastal Science and Policy Students	12	$1,840
Fog Research Lab	16	$1,670
Stipends for Smith Society Student Leaders and Community Service Interns	41	$20,665
Slug Gaming	21	$1,325
Slug Support	13	$11,477
Girls in Engineering	17	$28,838
Camping 101: Intro Trip for Beginners	13	$1,150
Ocean Sciences Equity & Inclusion Student Hardship Fund	10	$910
UCSC Opera	16	$14,245
Crown-Merrill Community Room-Upgrade and Modernize	22	$1,902
UC Santa Cruz Premed Postbacc Central Coast Scholarships	14	$1,401
UC Santa Cruz NCAA Cross Country and Track & Field	59	$14,315
Support UCSC KASA's 13th Annual Cultural Banquet!	18	$1,080
Plant Science Fund	21	$4,240
"Let's Get Black Outdoors" Outdoor Experiences for ABC Students	22	$7,040
Take Lick Observatory to Bay Area Kids	23	$13,615
Engineering Teaching Community	23	$1,172
UCSC Triathlon	16	$375
Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative's Undergraduate Bioinformatics Immersion (TUBI)	22	$4,980
Earth & Planetary Sciences Achievement Fund	22	$24,780
Support SCAI Is No Limit UCSCs AI Competition	6	$760
Gordon Smith Memorial Scholarship in Marine Sciences	19	$6,978
Support the Institute of the Arts and Sciences	18	$17,705
The Fisheries Opportunity Fund	26	$3,060
Huerta Center Legislative Fellowship Program	20	$2,225
Women's Water Polo	50	$3,755
UCSC Chemistry Club	21	$2,050
Bob and Jan Garrison Outstanding Ocean Science Student Award	8	$1,050
Fund student aquarists @ Seymour Center	22	$7,720
SlugMUN	53	$1,709
Enhance Field Research Experiences at Fort Ord Natural Reserve	25	$2,482
Chadwick Garden Chalet All-Weather Classroom	82	$22,435
AnthroPals Mentorship Program	10	$760
Alumni Association Scholarship Fund	80	$12,980
Mary Zavanelli Endowment Fund	10	$4,450
2025 iGEM Team	23	$6,170
Acquire A Cappella	33	$990
MCD Biology General Fund	12	$3,610
Science Division's Dean's Excellence Fund	6	$2,650
UCSC Club Softball Team	53	$4,140
UCSC Surf Team	93	$7,011
UCSC RNA Center Student Success	21	$5,830
Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)	49	$988
Baskin Engineering: Dean's Opportunity Fund	9	$4,065
Computer Networking Student Association	5	$188
Everett Program: Uplifting Communities Through Technology	109	$2,173
UCSC Chapter - NSBE	17	$1,725
Celebrate Our 40th-Year Anniversary \| Women's Center	10	$2,515
City on a Hill Press	202	$6,675
Art Dean's Fund for Equity and Excellence	14	$1,140
Adventure Rec Student Leadership	115	$23,590
The Humanities Institute: The Deep Read	105	$7,795
UCSC Blueprint	63	$1,600
UCSC Sailing Club	109	$11,360
Weigh the Weanlings!	12	$5,835
Younger Lagoon Reserve Field Gear Fund	12	$1,292
Silver Slug Award	8	$3,870
VSA Giving Day	28	$1,886
Matchbox Magazine	27	$2,100
First Generation Engineering Scholarships	7	$1,625
CARE Survivor Discretionary Fund	10	$625
Library Opportunity Fund	24	$11,035
Area of Greatest Need	20	$2,860
Girls Who Code College Loop - Women in Tech Conference Fundraiser	6	$213
Central California Writing Project	9	$2,945
alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sisterhood Retreat	17	$190
The Student Alliance of Native American and Indigenous Peoples (SANAI)	9	$695
SUPPORT STUDENT TRAINING AT KZSC	113	$10,219
Okinawa Memories Initiative	176	$26,463
MPC2SC	10	$10,650
Formula Slug	780	$40,958
UCSC Men's Tennis	2	$75
Cal Teach Landesman Fund for Math and Science Teachers	74	$22,234
UCSC Retirees Association Bruce Lane Memorial Scholarship Endowment	7	$750
Mariachi Eterno	58	$3,455
Classics Alive!	24	$4,510
Slug Security	32	$12,220
Pacific Art & Visual Studies Fund	33	$36,780
UC Santa Cruz Men's Basketball	4	$150
Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas de UCSC	139	$3,745
Comedy Joust Event Fund	63	$805
GIOD RMI Program	11	$1,000
UCSC SACNAS Chapter-Fostering the Success of Underrepresented Students in STEM	38	$2,425
Arboretum Student Workers Earn and Learn!	47	$5,467
Out in STEM	12	$970
Building Just Genomics with HBCUs	10	$670
UCSC College Democrats	28	$1,740
Rita Olsen Pister Endowed Scholarship	3	$600
Academic Excellence (ACE) Program	49	$19,330
Dr. Aaronette White Scholarship Fund	7	$680
Autoslug	6	$190
Arts Professional Pathways	5	$5,450
Film Production Coalition	37	$1,555
Tech4Good Student Programs	44	$10,172
OpenLab Collaborative Research Program	3	$275
UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's Basketball	183	$9,430
Emeriti Association Edward and Miriam Landesman Emeriti Association Fund	1	$25
Baskin Day	1	$50
Silver Slug Award	8	$3,870
Emeriti Association Michael Nauenberg History of Science Lecture	2	$325
UCSC Dance Team	29	$1,470
UCSC Bioinformatics Club	4	$310
Women's Tennis	5	$430
Bruce Lane Memorial Scholarship	1	$2,224
Affiliates Scholarship Fund	1	$100
Building Research Opportunities for Transfers Students in EEB	5	$550
Emeriti Association Edward and Miriam Landesman Emeriti Association Fund	1	$25
Indian Student Association	3	$371
Pasifika Student Professional Development Fund	4	$210
UC Santa Cruz Cruzhacks Hackathon	8	$670
Game Design and Art Collaboration	7	$318
The Dickens Day of Writing	25	$3,006
SAB Staff Appreciation Events	9	$515
Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing	5	$1,325
Creating Equity In STEAM (CrEST)	29	$5,176
Robert A Ludwig Memorial Fund	6	$2,795
Celebrate 30 Years of El Centro: Support Latine Student Scholarships	24	$2,775
Slugworks	5	$420
Long Marine Lab - Marine Mammal Stranding Network	4	$185
Secret Society of Mentors	3	$90
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)	37	$7,318
UC Santa Cruz Men's Club Soccer	25	$3,146
Humanities Dean's Excellence Fund	24	$8,100
Slugbotics	144	$3,599
UCSC Retirees Association Bruce Lane Memorial Scholarship Endowment	7	$750
Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology	8	$6,135
SHPE UCSC	27	$1,410
Moot Court at UCSC	3	$150
Project Smile UC Santa Cruz	10	$475
Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA Student and Programming Support	5	$435
Politics Department Democratic Discourse and Engagement Initiative	7	$600
Cantu Emergency Fund	33	$3,219
Help Us Share the SCOOP on Physics!	33	$861
Digital Scholarship Innovation Studio	6	$910
John Pearse Field Course Endowment	23	$7,905
The Educational Partnership Center	4	$1,620
Bring undergrads to Lick Observatory!	23	$1,275
Camp Kesem	2	$72
Gravitational Wave Astrophysics for Undergraduates	9	$1,050
Cloud 9 A Cappella	23	$1,545
Redwood Free Market	34	$5,477
American Indian Resource Center Giving Day Campaign	46	$3,235
The Bridgeman Award	7	$7,770
UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's soccer	37	$4,678
Psychology Department Internship Award	9	$345
Philosophical Slug Society	6	$150
Plant Conservation and the Randall Morgan Trifolium Seed Collection	48	$17,592
On The Spot Sketch Comedy	1	$5
Access to Pre-Health Resources for Women	3	$175
UCSC Women's Lacrosse	154	$8,225
UCSC Fencing Club	70	$3,120
SOL ultimate frisbee	55	$4,819
Fishrap Live!	35	$3,353
Community Connections Scholarships for Local and Re-entry Students	4	$1,800
Empower Student Scientists: Support Excellence in Science Success and Belonging!	4	$597
Support Local Science Journalism	34	$2,835
UCSC Slug Cross-Country Club	40	$2,407
USPA Postdoctoral Annual Symposium	1	$100
Emeriti Association Michael Nauenberg History of Science Lecture	2	$325
Center for Public Philosophy	153	$11,418
Affiliates Scholarship Fund	1	$100
TerraNova Bio	3	$172
GSC's Peer Mentor Program	3	$145
Mock Trial at UCSC	309	$5,165
Rita Olsen Pister Endowed Scholarship	3	$600
UCSC Men's Water Polo	4	$205
CIED Studio: A Co-working Hub for Student Entrepreneurs	3	$130
UCSC Ice Hockey Club	4	$550
UCSC MedLife: Empowering Healthcare in Underserved Communities	2	$75
UCSC Rocket Team	369	$9,549

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