Poly Gives

Support experiential, transformational business education.

Our learning experience—incorporating real-world business activity, essential technology, and high-quality faculty -- creates a thriving academic enterprise that effectively transitions students into careers. 

Your support helps us deliver on our mission to educate career-ready future business leaders in a polytechnic learn-by-doing environment and produce research that positively influences business and society. 

Giving Priorities:

• Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic 
  • Accounting students gain real-world experience providing helpful tax assistance and outreach to low-income members of the community. This is a matching fund. 
• Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Students acquire the tools to create economic and social value, often working in multi-disciplinary teams. This is a matching fund.
• Dean’s Fund for Excellence
  • Enables the college the flexibility to resource immediate strategic needs.

OCOB Matching Gift Challenges:

• Alumnus and Innovation Quest co-founder Rich Boberg is encouraging others to match his $18,000 investment in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship! Read more about Boberg's matching gift. 
• Alumnus Steve McCann (Business Administration, ’96) is matching gifts to the Low Income Tax Clinic in the Orfalea College of Business up to a total of $5,000! This tax season - support the LITC! Read more about McCann's matching gift.