$ 6,750,543 raised 4,601 Donors
Alumni Affairs has raised $ 46,400 from 98 Donors!
Alumni Affairs
You are a Gaucho for Life

When you find out that someone is a Gaucho, there is a sense of family and a feeling of shared pride in your alma mater. Our alumni comprise a community of more than 230,000, and it’s a community to which you belong.

Here are just a few things that Gauchos have in common:

  1. Making friends in our classes and shared spaces in Isla Vista
  2. Walks on the beach
  3. Inspirational professors
  4. Avoiding rush hour on the bike paths
  5. Commencement day

As an alum, you’ve already contributed to the rich legacy of UC Santa Barbara’s history and future. For that, we are profoundly grateful. Alumni are already giving, connecting, networking, learning, and mentoring. 

So how can you get involved? Perhaps it is time to link up with UC Santa Barbara in a way you may not have considered: through supporting UCSB Alumni. The Gaucho for Life Fund sustains all programming and events that benefit UC Santa Barbara alumni and students. 

Please give today! Your support on Give Day ensures that UC Santa Barbara and the Gaucho community flourish.  


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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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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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$10,000
Alumni Affairs Challenge!
Go Gauchos! Thanks to your help and Isaac's gift, we raised even more support for the Gaucho for Life Fund!
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Match
Special Match for Alumni Affairs!
A generous anonymous alumnus has offered a matching opportunity for Alumni Affairs: they will match dollar-for-dollar any funds raised above $35,000, up to an additional $35,000.
$4,130 MATCHED
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Alumni Affairs
See how your area is doing!
Rank Fund Designation Gifts
1 Gauchos For Life 58
2 UCSB Alumni Endowment 34
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Success!
Support of the Alumni Endowment Fund!
Thank you to Trustee R. Marilyn Lee ’69 and Harvey Schneider for your leadership in growing the Alumni Endowment Fund. Your example encourages our community to join you in strengthening opportunities for students and programs across campus on Give Day!
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