Poly Gives

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wally Gordon (Architecture, '79, BAR Architecture, '80) and Matt Daley at McGuire and Hester have teamed up to match gifts to the department up to $15,000!

For the second year in a row, Donna (Architectural Engineering, '87) and Kurt (Architectural Engineering, '87) Clandening are matching gifts up to $10,000!

When giving reaches $5,000, it will unlock a $10,000 gift from Wally Gordon (Architecture, '79, BAR Architecture, '80)

Scott Gaudineer (Architecture, '79, BAR Architecture, '80) is back for the third year in a row to match gifts to this initiative that encourages students from all departments within the CAED to work together to design, collaborate and innovate — up to $25,000!

All gifts to the Dean’s Excellence Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000, doubling your impact. Matthew Edling has generously pledged this 1:1 match to support the College of Liberal Arts this year.

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.

For the third Poly Gives in a row, David Gilmore (Architecture, '76) is matching gifts to the department, up to $20,000!

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.

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

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.

The Political Science Advisory Board is matching gifts to the department, up to $5,000! Join the team - Bryan Corcoran ('82), Kayvan Chinichian ('09), Jason Colombini ('17), Jody Skenderian ('95), and Lisa Travis ('92) in supporting students!

Congratulations to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design for breaking their previous record and raise $150,000 for student success! Dean Marc Swackhamer has committed an extra $7,500 to the college’s departments—$1,500 per department, for completing this challenge!