Giving Opportunities

Current Giving Opportunities at A&H

Explore a range of giving opportunities and learn how your support can fuel the next generation of groundbreaking research, creative projects, and transformative student experiences. Here, you can discover what has been funded, what will be supported, and read powerful stories of impact that showcase the difference your contributions make.

Dean's Greatest Needs

The Fund for Excellence provides critical unrestricted resources to meet Berkeley’s greatest needs and most urgent priorities. From launching bold new initiatives and public engagement programs to enabling collaborative research and responding swiftly to space and equipment needs, this fund fuels impactful change and new ventures across the division.

Student Access

The Fund for Student Access empowers the next generation of thinkers, creators, and leaders in the arts and humanities. This fund not only makes a Berkeley education more accessible through scholarships, hands-on research, and mentorship, but it also helps us build a narrative that inspires students to choose and champion the arts and humanities as a path to their future.

Faculty Excellence

Faculty funding is essential to attracting and retaining the brightest minds in the arts and humanities. It empowers our faculty to pursue transformative research, engage in groundbreaking projects, and advance knowledge in their fields. This support also nurtures new and early-career scholars, providing them with the resources they need to build their careers at Berkeley.

Arts Constellation

The Arts Constellation campaign is a vital initiative designed to expand and enhance Berkeley’s arts spaces, ensuring that they meet the growing needs of students, their creative practices, and the unprecedented surge in demand for arts majors. As the arts play a transformative role in students' education, providing them with the right spaces and tools is crucial to fostering their artistic development.

Departments & Programs

Whether alumni want to support their department or donors wish to contribute to the impactful public arts and humanities initiatives taking place in our research centers, this is an ideal starting point for making a meaningful difference. Contributions to departments, programs, and centers enhance educational opportunities, fuel innovative research, and foster community engagement.

Frequently Asked Giving Questions
We need to fund research in the humanities. We need to fund our doctoral students. We need to fund deferred maintenance in our research facilities. We need to fund our libraries.
Rich Lyons, Chancellor, UC Berkeley (SF Chronicle interview)