Name: Poly Gives
Start: 2026-04-09T00:00:00-0700
End: 2026-04-11T23:59:00-0700
Location: Poly Gives

SAVE THE DATE & MAKE YOUR IMPACT!

Celebrate 125 years of Learn by Doing by showing your support during this year's Poly Gives!

For three days, the Cal Poly community comes together to support the Learn by Doing experiences that prepare students to lead with confidence and purpose.

During Poly Gives, your impact can go even further. Challenge gifts and matching opportunities throughout the campaign help amplify generosity — doubling the dollars that support colleges, departments, teams and student initiatives across campus.

Every gift helps students turn hands-on learning into real-world readiness. And when we give together, supported by matching challenges, the collective impact is powerful — reaching more students and strengthening the programs that shape their futures.

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Cal Poly Cares Fund Matching Challenge

Matching Gift Challenge: Every dollar you give to Cal Poly Cares will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000—doubling your impact. Cal Poly Cares provides immediate financial assistance to students facing unexpected and urgent needs, ensuring they can stay focused on their education when it matters most.

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CAED Match: Poly Canyon Design Village - $12,500

The Alliance is matching gifts to Poly Canyon Design Village up to $12,500!

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CENG Match: Student Activities fund - $20,000

All gifts to the Student Activities Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $20,000. This Fund advances Learn by Doing by empowering students to dive into hands-on projects aligned with their interests through co-curricular experiences. With more than 92 clubs, students find hands-on project experience, professional networking and opportunities to compete and collaborate on real engineering challenges.

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OCOB Match: Industrial Technologies Lab - $25,000

All gifts to support the Industrial Technology Lab will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000, doubling your impact. W. Paul & Kathleen Winkler have generously committed this 1:1 match to expand hands-on learning resources for Industrial Technology and Packaging students.

$10,000

CAED Unlock: City and Regional Planning - $10,000

When giving reaches $5,000, Wally Gordon (Architecture, '79, BAR Architecture, '80) is unlocking $10,000

$5,000 Goal

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$10,000

BCSM Unlock: Learn By Doing Fund - $10,000

Diana Chung and Paul Keitz (Chemistry ’83) have teamed up with Robert Hempstead and Joan Pinder (Chemistry ’79) to commit $10,000 in unlocking funds. When we reach $20,000 in gifts to the Learn by Doing Fund, their combined $10,000 will be unlocked.

$10,000 Goal

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Leaderboard

College Giving Leaderboard

Which college has raised the most?

Which college has raised the most? (6)

Leaderboard

Athletics Team Challenge

Join the Cal Poly Athletics Challenge and compete for the top spot! This Poly Gives, the three teams that raise the highest percentage of their goal will win bragging rights and an extra gift from Athletic Director Carter Henderson!

Teams Participating (16)

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CAFES Match: Rodeo Fund - $25,000

Matching Gift Challenge: All gifts to the Rodeo Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000, doubling your impact. Anonymous parents and rodeo enthusiasts have generously committed this match to support the Rodeo Fund this year.

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CAFES Match: FFA Officer Scholarship - $10,000

The FFA Officer Scholarship Program provides financial support to highly motivated students who have previously served as California FFA State Officers. Designed to attract and support exceptional student leaders who strengthen Cal Poly and represent the very best of agricultural leadership, the scholarship helps the college stand out as students consider where to invest their talents and ambitions. All gifts to the FFA Officer Scholarship Program will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000, doubling your impact.

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CENG Match: Summer Undergraduate Research Program - $20,000

All gifts to the Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $20,000. SURP provides College of Engineering undergraduates with hands-on research experiences alongside faculty, advance faculty scholarship and foster university-industry collaborations.

$1,500

CAED Dean's Challenge

Help the College of Architecture and Environmental Design break their previous record and raise $150,000 for student success! When the record breaks, Dean Marc Swackhamer will give an extra $7,500 to the college’s departments—$1,500 per department!

$150,000 Goal

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$7,000

BCSM Unlock: Undergraduate Research Fund - $7,000

Jeff Jasper (Chemistry ’84) has partnered with John T. Anderson (Biochemistry '84) to commit $7,000 to support undergraduate research. When we reach $10,000 in gifts to the fund, the $7,000 challenge gift will be unlocked.

$10,000 Goal

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Leaderboard

College Donor Leaderboard

Which college has the most donors?

Department (6)

Leaderboard

Program Leaderboard

Which program has raised the most?

Department (5)

Leaderboard

Club Sports Challenge

Join the Cal Poly CLub Sports Challenge and compete for the top spot! This Poly Gives, the three teams that raise the most will win bragging rights and an extra gift from Cal Poly Student Affairs!

Club Sports Participating (26)

Participating Groups