Chancellor’s Associates are UC Santa Cruz’s leadership annual giving community. Chancellor’s Associates provide consistent support that is critical to our success as a world-class higher learning institution. Chancellor’s Associates welcomes alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends as generous campus partners. Year after year, donors who make leadership gifts as a Chancellor’s Associate bridge the gap between endowed scholarships and other sources of financial aid. This annual commitment enables transformative change and inspires others to give back.

Chancellor’s Associates begins with an annual gift to any area, college, department, or program in the amount of $2,500 or more. We recognize that young alumni are at the start of a dynamic and exciting time of their lives; we welcome graduates of the last decade (GOLD) to Chancellor’s Associates with an annual gift of $500 or more.

Being a Chancellor’s Associate means engaging in meaningful ways across campus in the areas donors are most passionate about. Our students, faculty, research, programs, facilities, and community as a whole benefit greatly from this special and loyal group of supporters. As a member of this giving community, donor courtesies include:

• Special communications from our chancellor and campus leaders
• Invitations to unique donor events:
  • Invitation to attend the Dickens Universe Friday night auction and Victorian dance
  • Reserved balcony seating (elevator access) at the West Field House for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Volleyball games, upon request
• Special tour:
  • Arboretum & Botanic Garden
  • Baskin Engineering Slugworks Makerspace
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District
  • Farm & Garden
  • Ken Norris Center for Natural History
  • “Behind-the-Scenes Research Tour” of the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, for up to four guests once per year (up to $48 value)

*Please email annual giving for more information and to schedule – we look forward to seeing you!

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