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2026 UCR Give Day

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We did it, Highlanders!

Initial results show we raised more than $1,000,000 through 1,241 generous donors.

THANK YOU! Thank you for investing in Highlander success and showing the world your belief in a UCR education.

Your investments allow our trailblazers, from first-generation students to globally recognized researchers, to focus their energy and passion on new ideas and powering new possibilities.

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🫶 Donors

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Donor Affiliation
Donor AffiliationDonorsRaised ($)%
Parents112$50,17337.0%
UCR Emeriti and Retiree Faculty/Staff 53$13,90010.2%
Alumni427$631,381465.2%
Faculty/Staff286$83,35361.4%
Friends364$327,161241.1%
Class of 2026 Graduate27$8490.6%
Students78$3,2512.4%
Leading Project Pages
Project PageDonorsRaised ($)
Chemistry Alumni Scholarship Fund0$0
Athletics- Men's Golf0$0
Athletics: Volleyball0$0
Athletics- Women's Golf3$540
Future Bees Fund8$990
Undergraduate Research2$200
Athletics: Men's Tennis5$515
Stem Cell Excellence Fund23$1,920
UC Riverside Staff Assembly Endowed Fund11$549
CNAS – CUSP Faculty Career Mentoring for STEM Graduate Students Fund13$1,085
California Digital Newspaper Collection Fund76$8,657
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fund4$245
SOE Prison Education Initiative Fund12$3,115
SPP Dean's Ambassadors Fund4$250
Arbor Stewardship Fund1$100
Theatre Arts3$780
CHASS Student Assistance and Opportunity Fund23$2,320
Public Policy Scholarship Fund1$15
Athletics: Softball93$13,080
AAPI Alumni, Faculty, and Friends Support Fund12$690
Athletics: Men's Basketball3$370
UCR Geographer's Scholarship for Global Change Science and Sustainability Endowed Fund2$8,550
Dennis D. Focht Endowed Fund1$50
The Wild Bee Health & Microbe Research Fund2$350
Pre-Law Fund in the Division of Undergraduate Education2$150
Physics & Astronomy Fund11$1,095
Survivor Fund2$60
UCR ARTS8$965
R' Healthy Campus Fund1$100
Nematology Collection Fund0$0
Citrus Variety Collection HLB Prevention Initiative Fund3$1,050
R'Garden Fund5$695
STEAM Academy Fund14$2,490
Viral Immunology Fund8$660
Chemistry Graduate Student Support Fund2$200
WELL Program Fund4$170
Ron Loveridge Program in Public Service Endowed Fund (current)13$6,970
UCR Moot Court Program Fund5$1,325
Religious Studies Program1$10
Center for Conservation Biology2$150
Student Life Leadership Fund1$108
Anthropology Department4$255
Athletics: Women's Tennis0$0
Wild Riverside Fund3$1,200
UCR Athletics GAME Fund5$660
UCR Retirees' Association Scholarship Fund26$3,036
Society of Cosmetic Chemists Scholarship Endowed Fund1$50
Veterans Services16$1,585
Student Organizations Fund2$30
Dean's Innovation Fund, UCR School of Business13$1,266
Microbiology Graduate Program Fund0$0
Excellence in Botany and Plant Sciences1$100
UCR Herbarium Fund0$0
Engineering Fund for Student Success6$2,195
Society, Environment and Health Equity Fund1$20
BCOE Senior Class Gift Fund7$2,070
Student Scholarships35$3,017
Low Residency MFA Founder's Award44$5,950
LGBTRC Program Fund5$320
Mi Doctora Student Endowed Fund1$100
Athletics- Men's Soccer2$350
Fraternity & Sorority Involvement Center Foundation Fund0$0
SEARCH Family Autism Resource Center5$490
UCR Emeriti Association Graduate Student Travel Award Fund (current)23$8,280
California Agriculture and Food Enterprise (CAFE) Institute Fund2$125
Student Basic Needs Support Fund10$3,295
Economics Department0$0
Ariel Dinar Scholarship in Water and Environmental Policy Fund5$1,380
Advancing Inclusivity in Entomology Endowed Scholarship Fund24$2,770
R' Professional Career Closet Fund9$1,895
Science2Policy Fund49$4,470
Student Support Fund, UCR School of Business23$1,611
Highlander First Generation Program Fund3$90
California Teach-Science/Math Initiative (CalTeach-SMI) Student Support Fund67$7,942
CNAS Science Ambassadors Enrichment Fund4$220
Employee Emergency Fund9$345
UCR Food Pantry Fund (R'Pantry)9$1,280
Library Students First Fund18$21,045
Engineers for Good Fund47$12,056
Buscadores Program Fund3$70
Athletics- Women's Soccer2$125
Social Medicine-Population and Public Health Fund24$2,561
School of Business General Scholarship Fund17$3,466
Tilga Excel+ Internship Challenge Match Fund2$12,550
Highlander Early Start Academy (HESA) Fund5$3,450
IEEE Fund1$100
Italian Studies Fund3$370
History Department Enrichment Fund7$565
Experimental Cosmology and Instrumentation Fund1$250
Chicano/Latino Alumni Programming Fund32$2,924
Athletics: Women's Basketball3$110
Guardian Scholars Endowed Fund for the Support of Foster Youth27$2,810
School of Public Policy Dean's Innovation Fund1$20
Black Alumni Chapter Programming Fund10$500
CNAS Graduate Student Support Fund5$1,230
Psychology Department15$3,575
Student Support Emergency Fund16$1,240
CNAS Research in Science and Engineering - RISE Summer Program5$420
Friends of CE-CERT Fund2$220
Graduate Student Success Fund10$945
SOM Mission Award Fund51$4,315
Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund17$1,195
Honors Program81$4,955
UCR Fund80$30,644
Health Professions Student Support Fund1$50
UCR NRS Experiential Fund2$150
Center for Ideas and Society1$100
Athletics: Baseball3$140
Athletics: Track & Field and Cross-Country15$1,170
Friends of Music12$950
UCR Extension Scholarship for Student Success16$3,507
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Donor Affiliations
Gradhat icon34%Alumni
Suitcase icon5%UCR Emeriti and Retiree Faculty/Staff
Suitcase icon23%Faculty/Staff
Friends icon29%Friends
Book icon7%Students
Parent icon9%Parents
Gradhat icon3%Class of 2026 Graduate
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📣 Advocates

Community Advocates

Generated 2495 clicks and 193 gifts, totaling $16,807

Maria Rosa

Generated 88 clicks and 63 gifts, totaling $1,530

Chicano Latino Alumni

Generated 99 clicks and 12 gifts, totaling $505

Cristina Otegui

Generated 29 clicks and 10 gifts, totaling $230

Phi Gamma Delta Alumni

Generated 12 clicks and 4 gifts, totaling $295

Military & Veterans Alumni

Generated 1 click and 4 gifts, totaling $450

M. Kennedy

Generated 9 clicks and 4 gifts, totaling $80

OC Alumni

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Stephen Morales

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