Philanthropy | UC Davis

Four people at UC Davis podium outdoors; woman laughing as man speaks, university seal.

UC Davis’ Record $676M Fundraising Year Marks New Era of Philanthropy

by Courtney Tompkins
July 14, 2026

Two women smiling for a selfie in a bright atrium with colorful wall art and hanging glass orbs

Decoding Dementia

by Clémentine Sicard
June 07, 2026

Rendering of the proposed new small animal hospital at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine as shown from Garrod Drive. The four-story building has a glass facade. A few students are shown walking a dog on the sidewalk in front of the building.

UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine

by Courtney Tompkins
January 28, 2026

A rendering of the exterior of the planned veterinary education pavilion and primary care hospital. The expansion of the veterinary medical complex at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine was made possible in part by $110.5 million in philanthropic gifts.

$110.5M in Gifts Fuel UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Expansion

by Amy Quinton
September 18, 2025

A male student wearing a grey t-shirt and clear protective glasses operates machinery in a student workship, while a male student wearing a blue t-shirt and clear protective goggles stands to the right and looks onward at the machinery.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Celebrating Philanthropy’s Impact on our Students

by Chancellor Gary S. May
October 18, 2024

Students queue up for the bright green Aggie Eats food truck

Giving to UC Davis Remains Strong: $253M in Support Last Year

by Betsy Towner Levine
August 08, 2023

Tschannen building exterior

UC Davis Health Opens New State-of-the-Art Eye Care Facility

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
December 05, 2022

Sketch of the proposed 40,000-square-foot Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation might look like off Hutchison Dr. The artistic rendering shows a 2-3 story building near the plant sciences building.

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pledge $50M to UC Davis for Sustainability Research

by UC Davis Development and Alumni Relations
October 13, 2022

Three dark-haired women in dark blue lab coats look at a computer monitor to the left.

UC Davis Wins 2 Awards From the W.M. Keck Foundation

by Clémentine Sicard
March 07, 2022

Rendering of building exterior with sign, "Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center"

Alumna Names Engineering Student Design Center

by Ashley Han
February 09, 2021

UC Davis Launches $2 Billion Fundraising Campaign for Student Support, Health, Climate Change and More

by Ashley Han
October 09, 2020

Give Day website banner, showing total raised: $2.5 million.

Record Give Day Total in Unprecedented Time

by Joan Fischer
April 21, 2020

Bay Area Couple Donates $1 Million for New Art at Manetti Shrem Museum

by Trevor Stewart
February 04, 2020

Professor and students participate in a mechanical design contest.

’18-19 Fundraising 2nd Best in UC Davis History

by Trevor Stewart
July 30, 2019

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Large blue bow on Mondavi Center's balcony railing

Give Day, Employee Giving on the Upswing

by Joan Fischer
May 07, 2019

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‘Make It Count’ on 3rd Annual Give Day

by Joan Fischer
March 19, 2019

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Betty Irene Moore Hall

UC Davis Raised $230 Million in FY2017-18, Number of Gifts up 8 Percent

by Trevor Stewart
August 01, 2018

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From May 1 through May 17, the UC Davis Foundation’s "by philanthropy" initiative aims to draw attention to programs.

5 Ways Philanthropy Benefits UC Davis Students

by Trevor Stewart
May 07, 2018

Give Day to Bring UC Davis Community Together to Make a Difference

by Trevor Stewart
April 09, 2018

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Bamhforth and Williams brew

UC Davis Announces Another Record-Breaking Fundraising Year

by Kimberly L Hale
July 25, 2017

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Students in UC Davis coffee class

Wilbur Curtis Co. Supports UC Davis Coffee Center

by Andy Fell
July 12, 2017

Ron Foster and Michael Lairmore

Foster Receives Charles J. Soderquist Award

by Kimberly L Hale
May 05, 2017

Every Aggie Counts

by Kimberly Hale
April 17, 2017

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Ralph W. de Vere White at podium.

Development Presents Stewardship Awards

by Dateline Staff
November 15, 2016

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Coffee design class

Peet’s Coffee Pledges $250,000 to Advance Coffee Research

by Pat Bailey
September 07, 2016

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