Name: UCSB Give Day
Start: 2025-03-28T00:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-11T12:07:00-0700
Location: UCSB Give Day

Missed Give Day? You Can Still Give Here!

Thank you for leaving your mark!

We did it!

UCSB Give Day 2025 was a celebration of spirit, generosity, and the powerful impact of coming together. Over 36 hours, thousands of supporters stepped up to make a difference for students, programs, and causes that shape our vibrant community.

Whether you gave, posted, shared, or cheered us on, thank you for showing what it means to support something bigger than ourselves. Your energy proved that when we unite for UC Santa Barbara, the results are extraordinary.

Missed Give Day but still want to make your mark? It’s never too late to support what you love at UC Santa Barbara.

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UCSB Give Day 2025

See how your area is doing!

Rank	Area	Gifts
1	The UCSB Fund	505
2	Women's Volleyball	376
3	Men's Water Polo	247
4	Men's Swimming	181
5	Women's Tennis	175
6	Women's Rugby Sport Club	133
7	Men's Track/Cross Country	126
8	Women's Swimming	86
9	Men's Rugby Sport Club	74
10	UCSB Library Fund	72
11	History	66
12	CCS Dean's Fund for Excellence	64
13	Classics	61
14	Baseball	60
15	Women's Track/Cross Country	56

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Give Day 2025

See how your area is doing!

Rank	Area	Gifts
1	Athletics	1,557
2	Campus Excellence	562
3	Humanities and Fine Arts	342
4	Recreation	305
5	Social Sciences	288
6	Student Affairs	147
7	Sciences	84
8	Gevirtz Graduate School of Education	79
9	Library	74
10	College of Creative Studies	70
11	Education Abroad Program	67
12	Research Institutes & Initiatives	60
13	Alumni Affairs	59
14	College of Engineering	58
15	Campus & Community Initiatives	42

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College of Engineering

Thanks to Philip '83 and Diane Brotherton, the top 5 areas in Engineering with the most unique donors by the end of Give Day on 4/11 will win a prize!

Rank	Prize	Area	Gifts
1	$1,500	Electrical and Computer Engineering	18
2	$1,250	Computer Science	8
3	$1,000	Chemical Engineering	8
4	$750	Technology Management	7
5	$500	College of Engineering Dean's Fund	7
6		Mechanical Engineering	7
7		Institute for Energy Efficiency	2
8		BioEngineering	1
9		Materials	0

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Sciences

Thanks to Trustee Roy '81,'83 and Janet Hardiman, the top 5 areas in the Sciences with the most unique donors by the end of Give Day on 4/11 will win a prize!

Rank	Prize	Area	Gifts
1	$1,500	Psychological & Brain Sciences	34
2	$1,250	Chemistry & Biochemistry	12
3	$1,000	Environmental Studies	8
4	$750	Earth Science	7
5	$500	Math	5
6		Statistics & Applied Probability	4
7		Physics	4
8		MCDB	3
9		EEMB	2
10		Fund for Advancing the Sciences	2
11		Geography	0

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Kaplan Sprint #3

It's been the most exciting Give Day yet thanks to our competitive community! Congratulations to the top ten funds, and a big thank you to Christine and Jordan '83 Kaplan for their creative challenge!

Rank	Prize	Area	Donors
1	$2,000	Women's Volleyball	59
2	$1,750	Men's Swimming	43
3	$1,500	Men's Water Polo	37
4	$1,250	Women's Rugby Sport Club	29
5	$1,000	Women's Tennis	23
6	$750	Women's Swimming	16
7	$500	Latin American and Iberian Studies	15
8	$300	Women's Track/Cross Country	13
9	$250	Interdisciplinary Humanities Center	12
10	$200	CCS Dean's Fund for Excellence	11
11		Classics	11
12		Art, Design & Architecture Museum	11
13		Men's Tennis	10
14		Graduate Student Fellowships	8
15		Economics	8

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Athletics

Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold are putting $15,000 on the line for a UCSB Athletics competition! The team that gets the highest number of unique donors by the close of Give Day on 4/11 will receive bonus funds.

Rank	Prize	Team	Gifts
1	$5,000	Women's Volleyball	376
2	$4,000	Men's Water Polo	247
3	$3,000	Men's Swimming	181
4	$2,000	Women's Tennis	175
5	$1,000	Men's Track/Cross Country	126
6		Women's Swimming	86
7		Baseball	60
8		Women's Track/Cross Country	56
9		Men's Tennis	53
10		Softball	41
11		Women's Water Polo	34
12		Men's Volleyball	26
13		Women's Soccer	24
14		Golf	18
15		Women's Basketball	15

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Humanities and Fine Arts

Thanks to the generosity of Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold, the top five funds in HFA with the most unique donors by the close of Give Day 4/11 will receive bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	Area	Gifts
1	$3,000	History	66
2	$2,500	Classics	61
3	$2,000	Latin American and Iberian Studies	35
4	$1,500	Art, Design & Architecture Museum	33
5	$1,000	Interdisciplinary Humanities Center	30
6		Las Maestras Center	19
7		Music	17
8		Theater and Dance	15
9		English	13
10		History of Art & Architecture	10
11		Dean's Fund for Humanities & Fine Arts	9
12		Film & Media Studies	8
13		French & Italian	7
14		Religious Studies	5
15		Linguistics	4

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Education Abroad Program

This year, the EAP Ambassador Council has generously pledged to fund a $3,000 scholarship for a UCSB student studying abroad in the country or region that receives the most unique donors —no matter the amount!

Rank	Prize	Area	Gifts
1	$3,000	EAP - Germany	19
2		EAP - France	10
3		EAP - Japan & South Korea	8
4		EAP - Europe	7
5		EAP - Spain	6
6		EAP - Oceania	4
7		EAP - UK & Ireland	3
8		EAP - Asia	3
9		EAP - Italy	2
10		EAP - The Americas	1
11		EAP - Africa & Middle East	0