$ 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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See what people are sharing about UCSB Give Day 2026!
UCSB Support Across the World
Rank State Gifts
1 CA 3188
2 TX 65
3 FL 62
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