Frequently Asked Questions

About the Campaign

The 'Runners on the Rise campaign for CSUB is a comprehensive campaign and provides financial support for our students, faculty, and programs. This is an historic endeavor for CSUB and will be launched publicly at the conclusion of our 50th anniversary celebration. The campaign priorities focus on our students by supporting future leaders, fostering academic excellence, and building our community.
The university is at a key point in its history, having recently completed a strategic plan that will guide us for the next 10 years, as well as celebrating its 50th birthday in 2020-21. These milestones galvanized us to take bold steps toward ensuring CSUB will sustain its vision for our students during the next 50 years. More than ever before, philanthropy is essential to supporting the core elements that define CSUB.
The campaign began in July 2018 and will continue through June 2024.
The responses from feasibility study clearly showed the importance of CSUB’s role in the community and the importance the community places on CSUB as the purveyor of hope for students throughout our region. The campaign priorities focus on students by providing the infrastructure, programs, and services needed to build future leaders, foster academic excellence, and build our community.
  1. Attend one of our virtual events
  2. Engage your network in a conversation about supporting CSUB
  3. Promote CSUB on social media

Giving Information

Although our southern San Joaquin Valley region abounds in beauty, it also faces immense challenges, including extreme poverty and the lowest educational attainment in the nation. That is why CSUB is working collaboratively with supporters to address the systemic issues facing our community, while focusing on what is centrally important — students. Over 70% of CSUB students require financial assistance to pursue their education. These students are brilliant and increasingly diverse, and the majority stay in our Valley after graduation, solving our region’s most complex challenges. Your support is critical as we empower our next generation of leaders.
Making a gift online is the fastest way to support the campaign. Other options include a check or cash, securities, or planned gifts. Please visit give.csub.edu to give online or contact University Advancement at (661) 654-3994 to have a conversation about supporting the CSUB comprehensive campaign and our students.
Yes. This is a comprehensive campaign, so all gifts large and small will be recognized as part of the campaign. For more complete information about recognition opportunities, please contact University Advancement at (661) 654-3994.
By supporting the students at CSUB, you are helping to educate the future leaders of our community and the globe. We would like to celebrate your support, so for information about recognition opportunities, please contact University Advancement at (661) 654-3994.
Thank you for your interest in establishing a legacy gift in support of CSUB. The current minimum gift for an endowment is $25,000. The principal balance of an endowment fund is not spent and can potentially grow over time. A percentage of the earnings goes to provide annual support to CSUB in perpetuity. Gifts to an endowment may be funded over a period of years to achieve the minimum level required. Please contact Heath Niemeyer at HNiemeyer@csub.edu or (661) 654-3579 about creating an endowment.
The naming of a school, facility, or program is a transformational commitment to CSUB and our students. The amount needed to name or endow for a particular purpose (school, facility, program), is a calculation based on the current costs. Again, a naming gift may be funded over a period of years to achieve the minimum level required. Please contact Heath Niemeyer at HNiemeyer@csub.edu or (661) 654-3579 for a complete list of naming opportunities.
Giving is a strong way to show your support for the students of CSUB. The University Advancement team stands ready to assist if you have any questions as you make the personal decision to support the comprehensive campaign. For more information about giving to CSUB, please contact University Advancement at (661) 654-3994.