2025 Raising for `Runners Giving Day
When you Give, We Rise!
CSUB's fifth annual Giving Day is coming on April 8 through 9, from noon to noon!
This initiative brings our alumni, employees, parents and friends of the university together to make a difference in our students' lives and elevate our programs.
CSUB is the only four-year public institution within nearly 100 miles. The majority of students who attend CSUB stay in the region after graduation, making a positive impact in our community.
Through your Giving Day donation, you have transformed the lives of students and elevated our community. Thank you, `Runners!
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VFW Matching Gift Challenge for the Veterans Success Center
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 97, will be matching gifts dollar for dollar up to $15,000 to support the Veterans Success Center at CSUB!
$100
Alumni Engagement Challenge
For every 100 alumni participating within the 24-hour giving period, Sarah Hendrick, Director of Alumni Engagement for CSUB, will personally donate $100 to the fund that receives the most donations. Sarah will donate up to $500 when we reach 500 alumni participating!
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$1,000
Basic Needs Challenge
The Basic Needs Program at CSUB supports the Food Pantry and Edible Garden. Past Research shows that over 40% of students are food insecure and that food insecurity is associated with a number of outcomes that conflict with academic success. By raising funds to support the program, this will greatly help with mitigating these challenges. An anonymous donor has generously offered to give $1,000 when we reach at least 30 donors who give at least $8 or more to celebrate the eighth anniversary of this program.
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$1,500
Senior Class Gift Challenge
Calling Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 to participate in an opportunity to donate a digital billboard as a gift to CSUB. We need to raise $35,000 to make this project a reality.
Each participating member will have their name displayed on the digital plaque who contributes a minimum of $25 to create a legacy of philanthropy at CSUB!
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$500
Friends of the Walter W. Stiern Library Challenge
To celebrate 30 amazing years of the Library serving our students and alumni, we’ve got an exciting challenge for you! If we can rally 30 generous donors to join us in supporting the Library, a staff member will contribute a $500 challenge gift!
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$500
Pay It Forward Challenge
Once 20 employees from the Division of Business Administrative Services or Division of People and Culture donate a minimum of $5 a piece to any fund, a collective gift of $500 in support of the Caring Advocates and Responsive Engagement (CARE) Team fund will be unlocked. This contribution is personally sponsored by Faculty and Staff Initiative ambassadors: Jassica Gauna, Natasha Hayes, Pierre Igoa, Raul Navarro, and Michelle Ponci.
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Rowdy Through the Eras
The alumni cohort based on graduation decade with the most participants will be recognized at the next Alumni Hall of Fame event in 2026.
Congratulations to the Class of 2010-19 for being the inaugural winner of this challenge last year!
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Veterans Success Center Challenge
Are you a veteran of the United States Armed Forces? Enter your branch of the military when you give to be recognized by the CSUB Veterans Success Center!
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`Runner Throwback Picture/Post Challenge
`Runner Alumni, it is time to go back in time and reminiscence back to your days as a student at CSUB! Post a photo of yourself on social media when you were at CSUB and provide a brief description on why you chose the fund you decided on supporting. Use hashtag #Raising4Runners. When you do, you will be entered for a chance to win CSUB alumni swag (limit one post per person).
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Eat for a Cause at Chipotle!
Visit Chipotle off of the Stockdale Highway Riverwalk location on Giving Day on April 8, between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., and mention that you are there to support CSUB on Giving Day. When you do, Chipotle will donate 25% of your meal purchase back to CSUB. This is applicable for dine-in, take-out, online orders and catering. For online orders, please use the code: 82WNAK6.
$2,500
The CSUB Alumni Board Challenge
The CSUB Alumni Board is committing $2,500 as a Giving Day Challenge gift once the 55th donor makes a gift to any fund.
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$100
Faculty and Staff Initiative Challenge
For every 100 employees/retired employees participating within the 24-hour giving period, Eric Weis, Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship for CSUB, will personally donate $100 to the fund that receives the most donations.
Eric will donate up to $500 when we reach 500 employees/retired employees participating!
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$1,000
Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee Challenge
Calling all Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees! Join us in supporting CSUB on Giving Day to support a fund you are passionate about. Once the 15th Inductee makes their gift, Dr. Mary Barlow, CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee of 2021, will unlock a generous $1,000 gift to support our Basic Needs Program.
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$5,000
Gonzalo Santos Public Sociology Scholarship Challenge
This scholarship supports upper-division Sociology majors who are actively involved in the application of sociology through community engagement, community service, volunteerism and activism. Calling all Sociology alumni to participate in giving to this fund. If we raise at least $5,000 for this scholarship, Professor Dahna Stowe will match up to $5,000.
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$500
East Bakersfield High School Alumni Challenge
If we receive 10 donations to the East Bakersfield High School Annual Scholarship, Aaron Wan—an EBHS and CSUB alumnus—will personally donate $500 as a challenge gift. Aaron, and a dedicated group of alumni would like to raise $25,000 to create an endowment fund, establishing a sustainable annual scholarship to support future East Bakersfield High School graduates as they embark on their journey at CSUB.
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$1,250
The `Runner Loyalty Challenge
Calling all CSUB students, faculty and staff! When you make a gift to your favorite fund today, you will have an even greater impact. The 50th student, faculty or staff donor to any fund will unlock $1,250 donated by Bynum, Inc. for the CSUB Fund. *you must self-identify as a current student, faculty or staff on the giving form.
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Battle of the Industry Challenge
The industry leader group with the most participants will have an opportunity to meet with a campus leader who is affiliated with their industry and learn about the impact CSUB is having in producing top students to recruit.
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Eat for a Cause at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)
Visit California Pizza Kitchen on Stockdale Highway on Giving Day between April 8 - 9, and mention that you are there to support CSUB on Giving Day. When you do, CPK will donate 20% of your meal purchase back to CSUB. This is applicable for dine-in, take-out, online orders and catering. Please be sure to enter BACK20% at checkout.
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Eat for a Cause at Raising Cane's
Visit Raising Cane's off of Stockdale Highway on Giving Day on April 8, between noon and midnight, and mention that you are there to support CSUB on Giving Day. When you do, Raising Cane's will donate 15% of your meal purchase back to CSUB. This is applicable for dine-in, take-out, online orders and catering.
Participating Groups
Alumni Association
Antelope Valley
Arts and Humanities
Athletics
Business and Public Administration
CARE Services
CSUB Fund
Dreamers Resource Center
Housing and Food Security
Kegley Institute of Ethics
Multicultural Alliance and Gender Equity Center
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering
President's Associates
Senior Class Gift
Social Sciences and Education
Student Affairs
Study Abroad
Veterans Center
Walter W. Stiern Library
Other Programs
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