UC Davis Annual Fund

UC Davis Chancellor's Fellow with students

Each year, thousands of UC Davis alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff and students express their commitment to UC Davis and all who benefit from the university’s work by giving to the UC Davis Annual Fund. These contributions typically reach more than $1 million each year in needed unrestricted support. Since 1990, more than 100,000 supporters have collectively contributed more than $35 million to UC Davis through the Annual Fund.

2016-17 Contributions

Infographic that displays $1,284,247 raised in 2016-17 for the annual fund and parents fund, 77% from California, 6,062 donors from all 50 states, with 35.8% of donors being parents, 19.2% friends, 39.7% alumni, 5.3% other and the most alumni giving graduating in the 1970s.

 

What does the UC Davis Annual Fund support?

Annual Fund contributions are unrestricted, which means they provide the chancellor with an often crucial funding source for emerging opportunities and pressing campus needs.

Chancellor's Fellows Awards

These fellowships provide $25,000 in unrestricted research funding to our early-career faculty members. They are supported by private contributions to the UC Davis Annual Fund, Parents Fund and the Davis Chancellor's Club. Learn more.

Chancellor's Achievement Awards

Tex Wanubi, a recipient of the UC Davis Chancellor's Achievement AwardThe Chancellor’s Achievement Awards have provided scholarships to hundreds of students. Recipients are nominated for their academic achievement, community work and dedication. These scholarships are often given to students who are the first members of their family to attend college. 

Gifts to the  UC Davis Annual Fund, Parents Fund and Davis Chancellor's Club fund these awards.

 

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