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Past Events

Success!
Athletics Challenge! Can we hit 600?
Challenge met! Thank you to The Gretler Foundation for investing in our female student-athletes' drive to succeed, grow, and reach goals. The Women's Athletics Excellence Fund provides critical, flexible funding for all of UC Santa Barbara's women's athletics programs.
Completed
Success!
Baseball Challenge #2!
Thank you to Julie & Paul for their support of Baseball! We reached over 120 donors.
Completed
$5,000
Challenge from Beverly Colgate!
We did it! Thank you to Beverly Colgate for her $5,000 gift to the Women's Athletics Excellence Fund. This fund provides critical, flexible funding for academic support, career and leadership development, sports medicine, sports performance, and facility enhancement resources for all of UC Santa Barbara's women's athletics programs.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Women's Tennis Challenge #2!
Thank you to Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold for their unwavering dedication to Women's Tennis.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$225,000
Challenge from UC Santa Barbara Foundation Trustee Marcy Carsey!
Thank you to everyone who helped us reach 750 gifts! We are grateful to Trustee Marcy Carsey for inspiring us to reach our goal!
750 / 750 Gifts
Completed
2
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Matching Gift from Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer
Scott Dettmer '78 and his wife, Lisa, inspired us to reach new heights. Together, we met their challenge to raise a total of $2,500. Thank you!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Matching Gift #2 from Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer
Wow, you did it! You showed Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer, and the entire Gaucho community, what we are capable of together. Thank you for helping us raise $2,500!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Matching Gift #4 from Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer
Gaucho generosity never sleeps. Thank you to Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer for their UCSB Give Day support!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Match Opportunity for Parents from Dixie and Ron Lopes
Thank you, Dixie and Ron Lopes, and all parents and families who supported UC Santa Barbara today!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Matching Gift from David G. Carlson '74 and Jeanne L. Schroeder
The answer is yes! We are grateful for David '74, Jeanne, and everyone they inspired. Thank you for helping us get $2,500 closer to our Give Day 2023 goal!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$5,000
Baseball Challenge #1!
Thank you to The Paskin Family Foundationfor their support of UCSB Baseball, and thank you to everyone who helped unlock their challenge!
30 / 30 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Men's Basketball Challenge!
We did it! Thank you to the Deakyne family for their generous support!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Men's Soccer Challenge!
Score! Thanks to you and the Kennedy Family, we unlocked a $5,000 gift for UCSB Men's Soccer
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Women's Swimming Challenge!
We did it! A special thank you to Karen L. Synder '03 and everyone who joined her in supporting UCSB Women's Swimming.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Women's Tennis Challenge!
Thank you to Pamala Temple for her dedicated support of UCSB Women's Tennis. We did it!
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Challenge!
Success! Thanks to our fans and supporters, we unlocked an inspiring $10,000 goal from Jim Harleen '77 & Stephanie DiMarco.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Women's Volleyball Challenge!
Success! Thank you to all our fans and supporters who made this challenge happen, and special thanks to The Paskin Family Foundation!
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$60,000
Challenge from Mike Costello!
Congratulations to everyone who made a gift to help us unlock this challenge, and thank you to donor Michael R. Costello '88 for supporting graduate students in chemical engineering!
1,250 / 1,250 Gifts
Completed
$20,000
TMP Challenge!
We did it! Thank you to Michael '78 and Diane Ziering for their continued commitment to Technology Management.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Women's Water Polo Challenge!
Hooray! Thank you to everyone who unlocked this challenge in support of Women's Water Polo!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$500,000
Challenge from UC Santa Barbara Foundation Trustee Judy '63,'65 and Jack Stapelmann
Thank you, Judy and Jack! Their $500,000 gift to NCOS will support the conservation and restoration of this ecologically significant complex of wetland and coastal upland habitats.
1,000 / 1,000 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
UCSB Give Day
See how your area is doing!
Rank Area Gifts
1 Athletics 653
2 Campus Excellence 360
3 Recreation 201
4 Student Affairs 197
5 Social Sciences 159
Ended
Success!
Celebrating Women's Tennis Today!
Impressed by the community that rallied around UCSB Women's Tennis on Give Day, an anonymous donor has made a gift to recognize their success! Thank you for supporting our student-athletes with your gift of $5,000. Go Gauchos!
Completed
$785,000
Help us reach 2,150 gifts!
We did it! Congratulations to each of our donors, and special thank you to Trustee Chuck and Merryl Zegar and the Zegar Family Foundation for their transformative generosity. Their challenge gift will go to the Arts & Lectures Justice for All Series ($100,000) and “Mapping Climate Effects on Marine Species Distributions to Drive More Resilient Ocean Management," Bren School research at Dangermond Preserve ($685,000).
2,150 / 2,150 Gifts
Completed
$100,000
Challenge from UC Santa Barbara Foundation Trustee Diandra de Morrell Douglas '82!
We did it! Thank you to Trustee Diandra de Morrell Douglas for her $100,000 gift for research and teaching in environmental ethics.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$770,000
Challenge gift in support of Promise Scholars!
The UCSB Promise Scholars Program provides financial security and enhanced services and support to a select cohort of low-income, high-achieving students who are often first-generation, underrepresented, enabling them to succeed and thrive in college and beyond. Thank you UC Santa Barbara Foundation Trustee Judy '63,'65 and Jack Stapelmann for their support of our Promise Scholars.
1,500 / 1,500 Gifts
Completed
$650,000
Challenge from the Helen and Will Webster Foundation!
Thank you to Trustee Claudia '75 and Alec '76 Webster for their gift through the Helen and Will Webster Foundation! Their gift will support GGSE Community Fellowships to foster a diverse, local education workforce. Community Fellowships provide graduate students from Santa Barbara and neighboring regions with full fellowships to support access to high quality graduate education and professional preparation, and facilitate the fellows’ placements into jobs in our regions’ schools, school districts, and youth-serving organizations upon completion of their graduate degrees.
650 / 650 Gifts
Completed
2
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Matching Gift Opportunity
We did it! The entire $3,000 match from our anonymous alum donor have been claimed.
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Matching Gift #3 from Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer
Update: Match is complete! Thanks to Scott '78 and Lisa Dettmer, the generosity of our donors counted even more during this matching gift challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated, and a BIG thank you to Scott and Lisa Dettmer!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Matching Gift from Tom & Jane Henley
We did it! Thanks to everyone who had their gift doubled during this generous match from Tom and Jane Henley.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Matching Gift from Peter & Nicole Magaddino (Class of 2000)
Thank you, Peter & Nicole Magaddino (Class of 2000)! We are grateful for your UCSB Give Day support.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Matching Gift #2 from David G. Carlson '74 and Jeanne L. Schroeder
We did it! Thanks to everyone who had their gift doubled during the generous match from David G. Carlson '74 and Jeanne L. Schroeder!
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$1,500
Softball Challenge!
Home run! Thank you to Cheri, Jenni, and everyone who supported UCSB Softball!
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Golf Challenge!
We did it! Thank you to Christian and all our supporters!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Women's Soccer Challenge!
Score! Shoutout to our anonymous donor and everyone who joined him in support of our UCSB Women's Soccer players.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$16,000
Men's Tennis Challenge!
Thank you to Jane and Mike Nicolais for inspiring us to reach our goal for UCSB Men's Tennis!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Challenge!
We did it! Thank you to John Edmonston and all of our Men's Track & Field and Cross Country supporters.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Men's Volleyball Challenge!
We did it! Thank you to everybody who helped unlock this gift for Men's Volleyball.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$3,000
Men's Water Polo Challenge!
We did it! Thank you, Cameron Yates '17 & Michael Yates '81, and everyone who supported Men's Water Polo on Give Day.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Challenge from MagBak!
Thank you, Magbak, for helping first-generation undergraduate STEM students succeed at UC Santa Barbara!
500 / 500 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Men's Swimming Challenge!
We did it! A special thank you to Matt '04 and Jen Wheeler and everyone who joined him in supporting UCSB Men's Swimming.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
Women's Basketball Challenge!
Congratulations to everyone who secured the $2,000 challenge gift from our anonymous donor!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$25,000
Athletics Challenge!
That's a home run for Gaucho Athletics! Thank you to John '75 and Jody Arnhold for their leadership.
250 / 250 Gifts
Completed
Areas
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