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Give to what you love most at Cal Poly. With every gift made, it is you who decides how it will be put to use. Whether it's supporting a specific college or department, faculty-student research, Student Affairs, student scholarship or your favorite Mustang Athletics team, your gift can be directed to any area of campus that matters most to you. Please consider making a gift today and help shape the future of Learn by Doing at Cal Poly for generations to come. 

Support Student and Campus Crowdfunding Projects and Initiatives

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Cal Poly Crowdfunding

View and support a variety of ambitious student-led organizations, projects and initiatives on Cal Poly's campus.

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Making an Impact Through Matching Gifts

Meet the amazing alumni donors who chose to double their impact through matching gifts during Poly Gives 2024. 

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Kennedy Library Transformation

Support the renovation of Kennedy Library to build more inclusive and collaborative spaces for the Cal Poly community and beyond!

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Alumni Impact

Our alumni can be found everywhere in the world making a difference, giving back, and having an impact on their communities. Learn how you can get involved through the Cal Poly Alumni Association, and consider making a gift to your alma mater today.

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Parent and Family Giving

Through Parent and Family Giving, Cal Poly Parents create opportunities for outstanding hands-on education, directly enhancing the student experience and helping Cal Poly provide unparalleled Learn by Doing.

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Planned Giving

When you include Cal Poly in your estate plan, you help ensure that our distinctive, hands-on educational experience will be available to students for generations to come. Learn more or get started today.

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Give to a Scholarship

By establishing or supporting a scholarship, you have the chance to affect transformational change in the life of a student, and sometimes, the trajectory of entire families — for generations to come.

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Giving Stories

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Richard Boberg

Rich Boberg (Electronic Engineering,‘70) has offered to match gifts to the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, dollar-for-dollar up to $18,000 for this years Poly Gives.

College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Council Celebrates Poly Gives with Matching Gift

The alumni members of the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) are celebrating Poly Gives in a big way this year, pooling their resources to contribute a total of $15,000 in matching gift funds for the college.

Alumnus Matches Gifts in the Spirit of Competition

Scott Gaudineer (BA Architecture, ‘79, BAR Architecture, ‘80) is matching gifts up to $25,000 to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s Interdisciplinary Studios and Labs & Student Support Fund this Poly Gives.

Alumnus Sponsors Gift to the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic for Poly Gives

This Poly Gives, accounting alumnus Steve McCann (Business Administration, ’96) is sponsoring a $5,000 match to the Cal Poly Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC).