Giving to UCSF

Ways to Give

Honor a friend or remember a loved one by making a gift to UCSF in their name.

HONOR & MEMORIAL GIVING

Help us respond to the enormous pressure COVID-19 is placing on UCSF’s resources.

COVID-19 Response

You might be surprised to discover that a meaningful estate gift is within reach.

PLANNED GIVING

Advance the research that fuels tomorrow's cures with gifts of stocks or other securities.

Stocks & Securities

Set up a personalized fundraising page or donate your special event proceeds.

Be a Fundraiser

Give online; by mail, phone, or wire transfer; or through payroll deduction.

Payment Options

UCSF faculty and staff play an essential role in advancing health worldwide.

Employee Giving

Your Donations Make a Difference

Care, heal, teach, discover: That’s what your gifts empower UCSF to do. Your generosity keeps us nimble and innovative, able to take on urgent challenges and promising opportunities.

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Creating Impact

Living Therapeutics Initiative Will Accelerate Development and Delivery of Revolutionary Treatments

Investments totaling $250 million have catalyzed research and clinical trials across many disciplines.

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UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building Opens to Patients

Launched with a nearly $60 million gift from philanthropists John Pritzker and Lisa Stone Pritzker, longtime supporters of UCSF, the new building is named in honor of John’s sister, Nancy Friend Pritzker, who died at age 24.

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$50M in Philanthropy Elevates Basic Science Research

Inspired by researchers’ heroic COVID response, an anonymous donor boosts two trailblazing programs: the UCSF Discovery Fellows Program, which supports basic science PhD students, and the Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research at UCSF.

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$25M Gift Establishes Permanent Endowment for Audacious Research Funding Program

The gift from venture capital luminary Sir Michael Moritz KBE and author Harriet Heyman through their Crankstart foundation creates a permanent endowment for the newly named Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research.

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Exploring Uncharted Territory in Human Health

The similarities between the nervous systems of a tiny, transparent worm and humans provide UCSF researcher Nicole L’Etoile with a unique living laboratory for studying basic neurological functions.

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Changing the Genetics of Immune Cells to Combat Autoimmune Diseases

“We’re right at the intersection of two fields that are exploding: T cell-based immunotherapy … and genome modification. Putting them together has been really exciting.” – Alex Marson, MD, PhD

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Learn how donors are transforming health care.

Ways to Give

Your Donations Make a Difference

Creating Impact

Living Therapeutics Initiative Will Accelerate Development and Delivery of Revolutionary Treatments

UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building Opens to Patients

$50M in Philanthropy Elevates Basic Science Research

$25M Gift Establishes Permanent Endowment for Audacious Research Funding Program

Exploring Uncharted Territory in Human Health

Changing the Genetics of Immune Cells to Combat Autoimmune Diseases