Our crowdfunding campaign has ended, but you can still support the UCLA Basic Needs Center by clicking here.
Doreen
Hom
$100
May 02, 2023
Karin Yamamoto
In Memory of Aileen Arakawa
$40
May 02, 2023
Lynne
Wooddell
Maria
Betancourt
$100
May 02, 2023
Claudia
Hernandez
$25
May 02, 2023
Annika
Bowser
$100
May 02, 2023
Anonymous
Anne Garrett
In Honor of Paul Hawkins
Anonymous
Anonymous
$500
May 02, 2023
Jose
Espinoza
$45
May 02, 2023
Anonymous
$100
May 02, 2023
Bonnie Kleiger
In Honor of Lee Petersil and Colin Kleiger
Anonymous
$50
May 02, 2023
Anonymous
Minnie
Huang
$100
May 02, 2023
Heather
Floridia
$100
May 02, 2023
carrie
cunningham
$100
May 02, 2023
UCLA Parents' Council
Challenge Donor
$5,000
May 02, 2023
Michael and Sylvia
Stateczny
Mary Paula
Bautista
$30
May 02, 2023
Reena
Tuli
Jeanie
Butler
$100
May 02, 2023
Wahid
Zhowandai
$45
May 02, 2023
Michael
Knorr
$100
May 02, 2023
$8
UCLA Meal Voucher
Your gift will provide a meal voucher for one student to use at Ackerman Union on campus. UCLA Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) distributes meal vouchers in partnership with Swipe Out Hunger to address food insecurity.
$45
Basic Needs Gas Voucher
Your gift will provide a gas voucher for a student who is having a hard time covering the costs of commuting to campus. With a gas voucher, a Bruin can drive to work, a job interview, to campus or use it for emergency travel.
$100
Grocery Gift Card
Your gift will provide two students with grocery support. Grocery gift cards help undergraduate and graduate students experiencing food insecurity purchase groceries and other essential items.
$250
Financial Wellness
Your gift will cover 1/4 of the cost of hosting a financial wellness workshop. Students who participate receive an overview of budgeting and finances, a one-on-one peer coaching session for financial management, and a money mindfulness planner.
$500
Emergency Student Housing
Two gifts of $500 will sponsor temporary emergency housing for a student on campus who is experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness.
$1,000
Lunch Leader
Your gift will provide healthy lunch box meals for 50 students in need. Lunch boxes are provided in partnership with Eat Naked LA (eatnakedla.com).
$5,000
Basic Needs Champion
Two gifts of $5,000 will purchase a commuter pod for our UCLA Bruin Hub locations (Wooden Center and Strathmore Building). Pods provide safe, semi-private and comfortable spaces where students with extreme commutes or housing insecurity can rest. They are an urban design creation by UCLA cityLAB (https://citylab.ucla.edu/bruin-hub).