Name: UCSB Give Day 2026
Start: 2026-03-19T15:00:00-0700
End: 2026-04-10T12:05:00-0700
Location: UCSB Give Day 2026

$ 6,750,543 raised 4,601 Donors

Thank you!

Together, we did something extraordinary.

Thank you to our alumni, friends, families, faculty, and staff for showing what a united UC Santa Barbara community can achieve. Your collective generosity fuels opportunity for students, advances research, and strengthens the programs that define our campus. Whether you forwarded an email, entered our Instagram drawing, posted online, wore your UCSB merch, or made a gift, you made Give Day special.

Give Day is just 36 hours, but its impact lasts all year.

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Sprint #3!

What an exciting close to Give Day! Congratulations to the top ten funds, and thank you to Scott ’78 and Lisa Dettmer for powering this final challenge.

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$1,500	Women's Swimming	120
2	$1,250	Men's Water Polo	117
3	$1,000	Gaucho Racing	79
4	$750	Men's Rugby Sport Club	52
5	$500	Women's Rugby Sport Club	49
6	$250	Women's Volleyball	45
7	$225	East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies	38
8	$200	History	21
9	$175	Men's Track/Cross Country	19
10	$150	Men's Tennis	16
11		Latin American and Iberian Studies	12
12		Women's Tennis	12
13		Women's Track/Cross Country	10
14		Fraternity and Sorority Endowment	8
15		CCS Dean's Fund for Excellence	6

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Athletics

Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold are once again 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 4/10 will receive bonus funds. $5,000. Second place will receive $4,000, third place will receive $3,000, fourth place will receive $2,000, and fifth place will receive $1,000.

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$5,000	Women's Swimming	500
2	$4,000	Women's Volleyball	428
3	$3,000	Men's Water Polo	390
4	$2,000	Women's Tennis	150
5	$1,000	Women's Water Polo	88
6		Men's Tennis	60
7		Men's Track/Cross Country	60
8		Women's Track/Cross Country	53
9		Women's Soccer	52
10		Softball	52
11		Baseball	43
12		Golf	42
13		Men's Swimming	36
14		Men's Volleyball	24
15		Women's Basketball	21

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Humanities & 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 4/10 will receive bonus funds! Make your gift now to HFA to help your department win! 1st place will receive $3,000, 2nd place will receive $2,500, 3rd place will receive $2,000, 4th place will receive $1,500 and 5th place will receive $1,000.

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$3,000	History	107
2	$2,500	East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies	105
3	$2,000	Art	58
4	$1,500	Latin American and Iberian Studies	41
5	$1,000	Film & Media Studies	32
6		English	17
7		Music	17
8		Theater and Dance	10
9		Art, Design & Architecture Museum	10
10		History of Art & Architecture	9
11		Classics	7
12		Philosophy	6
13		Dean's Fund for Humanities & Fine Arts	4
14		Naked Shakes	3
15		French & Italian	3

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UCSB Give Day 2026

See how your area is doing!

Rank	Department	Gifts
1	Athletics	2,034
2	Recreation	464
3	Humanities and Fine Arts	448
4	Campus & Community Initiatives	210
5	Social Sciences	181
6	Student Affairs	171
7	Sciences	105
8	Alumni Affairs	98
9	Library	70
10	College of Engineering	60
11	College of Creative Studies	59
12	Education Abroad & Capital Internship Programs	52
13	Bren School	34
14	Gevirtz School	33
15	Graduate Division	31

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Student Affairs

5-4-3-2-1! Congratulations to the areas that won the Student Affairs Leaderboard Challenge. We're grateful to Trustee Amy '82 and Brian Smiley for creating such a fun challenge on Give Day!

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$3,000	Health and Wellness	34
2	$2,500	Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD)	24
3	$2,000	Campus Advocacy Resources and Education (CARE)	22
4	$1,500	Fraternity and Sorority Endowment	20
5	$1,000	Promise Scholars Engagement Fund	14
6		Undocumented Student Services	14
7		Vice Chancellor's Special Initiatives	7
8		Basic Needs	7
9		Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS)	7
10		Black Student Development Fund	6
11		Financial Aid & Scholarships	5
12		MultiCultural Center	2
13		Veterans Resource Center	2
14		Associated Students	1
15		Daily Nexus	1