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Your gift to CSUMB is the splash that creates a ripple effect that will be felt for years and decades to come.

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Giving

Where Your Support Makes a Difference

Every student at Cal State Monterey Bay arrives with ambition and a unique story. Many are the first in their families to attend college. Many are working to overcome financial and personal barriers while pursuing their degrees.

Your support helps turn that determination into opportunity.

When you give, you help students stay enrolled, graduate and build meaningful futures for themselves, their families and their communities.

Make Your Impact Across the Student Experience

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Support Student Success

Help students enroll, persist and graduate by removing financial and personal barriers.

Scholarships open doors and reduce financial stress so students can focus on learning. Through OtterCare programs, students receive food, housing and emergency support when they need it most. Student success programs provide advising, mentorship and resources that help students stay on track and reach graduation.

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Expand Hands-on Learning

Prepare students for careers through real-world experience.

Students gain real-world experience through internships and career pathways across the region. They build professional networks and develop practical skills before graduation. Through undergraduate research, students work with faculty to strengthen critical thinking and explore new ideas. Service learning helps students apply what they learn while making a difference in their communities.

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Strengthen Academic Programs

Invest in teaching, innovation and student learning across disciplines.

Support for colleges and departments helps keep programs strong across arts, humanities, business, science and technology. Gifts also support faculty, helping them improve teaching and create better learning experiences for students. Contributions provide updated equipment and learning spaces so students have what they need to succeed in and beyond the classroom.

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Build Community and Belonging

Create an inclusive, supportive campus where every student can thrive.

Student organizations and leadership opportunities help students connect, lead and get involved through clubs and programs. Cultural and identity-based programs create spaces where students feel seen, supported and included. Campus life activities help students build community and feel a sense of belonging beyond the classroom.

The Effect of Giving

Academic Opportunities

Explore the many ways to support Cal State Monterey Bay students through scholarships, hands-on learning and academic programs that drive opportunity and community impact.

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Otter Impact Fund

Support students where it matters most through the Otter Impact Fund, providing flexible resources that expand opportunity and respond to urgent needs.

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Questions? We’re Here to Help.

Our offices are located in the CSUMB Alumni and Visitors Center. We’re open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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