Record-Breaking Giving Day Raises More Than $820K
Cal State San Marcos celebrated another record-breaking Giving Day this year, raising $828,397 from 2,444 gifts in just 24 hours.
The total raised on Dec. 2 was $80,000 more than the previous record set last year.
Giving Day is part of Giving Tuesday, an international day focused on philanthropy.
The Giving Day highlights included:
- A number of matches were met, including $200,000 from the Epstein family, $10,000 from SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, $5,000 from North City and more than $100,000 in individual area frontline matches, benefiting 132 campus programs.
- 56 ambassadors brought in 329 gifts.
- Students made 318 gifts.
- Nearly one in five gifts came from alumni, who supported 119 programs, departments, colleges or scholarships.
Every gift counts toward the university’s “Blueprint for the Future” fundraising campaign, the largest in CSUSM’s history. The campaign’s theme reflects both the physical growth on campus and the forward momentum building at CSUSM as one of the CSU system’s fastest-growing campuses. Founded in 1989, CSUSM serves 17,000 students and is proud to be ranked No. 1 in the nation for advancing social mobility.
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