Giving Day 2024

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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!

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.

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Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing
5 DonorsOnline$1,325 Donated
Bob and Jan Garrison Outstanding Ocean Science Student Award
8 DonorsOnline$1,050 Donated
Building Research Opportunities for Transfer Students in EEB
5 DonorsOnline$550 Donated
Celebrate 30 Years of El Centro: Support Student Scholarships!
24 DonorsOnline$2,775 Donated
CIED Studio: A Co-working Hub for Student Entrepreneurs
3 DonorsOnline$130 Donated

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Matches & Challenges
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: Formula Slug
Award: $2,500
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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.

Challenge Completed!
Winner: Formula Slug
Award: $2,500
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's Basketball
Award: $1,000
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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.

Challenge Completed!
Winner: UCSC Rocket Team
Award: $1,000
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: UCSC Women's Club Soccer
Award: $0
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: Formula Slug
Award: $0
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: Formula Slug
Award: $10,000
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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

Challenge Completed!
Winner: 2024-2025 Swimming & Diving Fundraiser
Award: $1,500
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Donation Challenge

$420 if $420 is donated in the next 10 days

Challenge Complete!

For Formula Slug

Offered by Sam Ritzo

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Donation Challenge

$250 if $2,000 is donated in the next 10 days

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Kevin Norman

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Donation Challenge

$100 if $1,000 is donated in the next 10 days

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Shelly Walther

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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

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Donation Challenge

$50 if 5 donors give in the next 10 days

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Walker Mayer

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Donation Match

$20 per donor up to $20

Match Complete!

Offered by Andy Guo

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Donation Match

$10 per donor up to $50

Match Complete!

Offered by Megan Parkhouse

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000

Match Complete!

Offered by Karen Holl

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $500

Match Complete!

For Mock Trial at UCSC

Offered by Adam Selcov

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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

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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

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $500

Match Complete!

For Fishrap Live!

Offered by Steve Bradley

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Donation Match

$1 per donor up to $500

Match Complete!

For UC Santa Cruz NCAA Women's Basketball

Offered by Akirah Bradley Armstrong

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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

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $400

Match Complete!

Offered by Anonymous

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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

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $250

Match Complete!

For Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)

Offered by Anonymous

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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

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $100

Match Complete!

Offered by Khang Tran

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Giving Day Challenges
Donor Maps
Donor Leaderboard
ProjectDonorsRaised ($)
Health Sciences Internship Fund2$1,100
UCSC Women's Club Soccer134$5,310
Silver Slug Award8$3,870
Shutterslug Photography14$580
Building Just Genomics with HBCUs10$670
Out in STEM12$970
UCSC College Democrats29$1,840
Fog Research Lab16$1,670
UCSC Club Tennis95$2,170
Academic Excellence (ACE) Program49$19,330
Slug Gaming21$1,325
Fund AI Innovation at UCSC Silicon Valley Professional Education20$2,531
Camping 101: Intro Trip for Beginners13$1,150
EOP: Investing in First Gen Student's Future23$3,945
Archaeological Research Center17$3,525
Humor Force Five20$310
Society of Physics Students86$3,008
Plant Science Fund21$4,240
SlugSat16$440
UC Santa Cruz Equestrian Club13$1,810
Enhance the Impact of Coastal Science and Policy Students12$1,840
Career Clothing Closet13$1,390
Fruitcake Magazine16$363
Slug Linux User Group12$730
UC Santa Cruz NCAA Cross Country and Track & Field59$14,315
Tech4Good Student Programs44$10,172
Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)50$1,238
SOL ultimate frisbee55$4,819
Slug Support13$11,477
Alumni Association Scholarship Fund80$12,980
Area of Greatest Need20$2,860
Stipends for Smith Society Student Leaders and Community Service Interns41$20,665
Crown-Merrill Community Room-Upgrade and Modernize22$1,902
Girls in Engineering17$28,838
UCSC Opera16$14,245
"Let's Get Black Outdoors" Outdoor Experiences for ABC Students22$7,040
UCSC Triathlon16$375
Engineering Teaching Community23$1,172
Support UCSC KASA's 13th Annual Cultural Banquet!18$1,080
UCSC NCAA Women's Volleyball Team13$895
UCSC Surf Team93$7,011
Huerta Center Legislative Fellowship Program20$2,225
Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative's Undergraduate Bioinformatics Immersion (TUBI)22$4,980
Men's Volleyball Program23$3,890
Earth & Planetary Sciences Achievement Fund22$24,780
UCSC Chemistry Club21$2,050
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