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Our Promise. Their Future.

The Chancellor’s Challenge for Student Support —

A Campus Matching Gift Program


Ensuring that every young person in California has equal access to the excellence of a Berkeley education — access that is based on the ability to achieve not on the ability to pay — requires new investments in Berkeley’s endowment to support undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.

Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has designed a new matching gift program to encourage faculty, emeriti faculty, staff, and student donations to Berkeley’s endowment. The Chancellor’s Challenge for Student Support will match gifts made by members of the campus community to any need-based scholarship or graduate fellowship fund.

Chancellor Birgeneau encourages you to join in the effort to ensure that Berkeley’s promise of excellence and opportunity is open to all high-achieving students regardless of their financial means. Our success requires new and renewed partnerships between the state of California and people who care about the future potential of our outstanding young people.

Give now and have your contribution matched:


— You can make your gift by payroll deduction. An easy and convenient way for UC Berkeley employees to contribute to Cal on a monthly basis. Log in securely with your CalNet ID and complete an online form.

— You can make your gift securely online by credit card to:

The Faculty, Staff, and Student Fund for Graduate Fellowships

Gifts cannot be further restricted beyond need.

— Gifts by credit card may also be made by calling (510) 643-9789.

— Gifts of Cash/Check and pledges payable to the UC Berkeley Foundation can be mailed to:

UC Berkeley Foundation
Gift Administration
2080 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94720-4200

Print and complete this remit form to facilitate the processing of your gift/pledge.

— Contribute directly from your bank or credit union through electronic transfer.

Gifts may also be directed to most existing scholarship and fellowship funds.

To inquire about a specific graduate fellowship fund, please contact:
— Kasia Allen, Development Director, Graduate Division at 642-8614 or via e-mail.

To inquire about a specific undergraduate scholarship fund, please contact:
— Cheryl Resh, Director of Financial Aid at 642-0645 or via e-mail, or
— Maryellen Himell, Director of Development and Community Relations, Student Affairs at 643-5810 or via e-mail.

Want to know more? Visit the Frequently Asked Questions.


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