Support the programs that make the difference for our undergraduates!

During the UCLA Blue & Gold Challenge, you can make a direct impact on undergraduate education. Your gift to any of these funds helps thousands of Bruins learn, lead, and thrive on campus and beyond. Choose to support the areas that mean the most to you, whether that's scholarships, Honors programs, advising, food studies or community-engaged courses and internships. And when you give $25 or more, you’ll receive a collector’s set of three UCLA enamel pins to show off your Bruin pride!

Honors Programs

The UCLA Honors Programs unite more than 1,500 high-achieving students from every discipline to explore big ideas, connect across communities, and prepare for meaningful impact beyond UCLA. Through rigorous courses and close mentorship, students learn to turn curiosity into action.

Your gift empowers more students to reach their full potential and give back through leadership and action. Support our future leaders with scholarships, individualized counseling, and innovative Honors courses that foster belonging and inspire lifelong commitment to community and service.

Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment

The Center helps UCLA students graduate with less debt by connecting them with financial support, mentorship and community. Our staff help students find, compete for and win external and UCLA scholarships, administer many donor-funded scholarships directly, and mentor students to succeed throughout their time at UCLA. 

Your gift directly funds student scholarships and mentorship. Help students maximize their funding opportunities, reach their goals and graduate with less debt.

Center for Academic Advising in the College (CAAC)

Academic advising is a transformative force in a student’s journey—offering intentional guidance, sparking reflection, and opening doors to opportunity. Through personalized, compassionate, and evidence-based support, advisors help students navigate challenges, discover passions, and shape purposeful futures. This work requires time, care, and resources, and your support makes it possible to reach students who need it.

Your gift will help us hire more student staff and boost our advising resources, training, and technology so every student receives the guidance and confidence to thrive.

Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies

The Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies unites students, staff, faculty and community members around food, culture, and sustainability. It prepares Bruins to tackle urgent global issues like food insecurity, nutrition, and agriculture.

Your support funds food research, courses, public lectures, and community collaborations that help UCLA stay at the forefront of food education and communications. 

Center for Community Engagement

The Center for Community Engagement connects students with hundreds of Los Angeles nonprofit organizations through community-engaged courses, internships, and collaborative research projects. Students enhance their learning while working with local community organizations to advance their impact in education, health, the environment, and more. For many Bruins, the barriers of unpaid internships or transportation costs get in the way of participating.

Your gift makes community-engaged learning and internships possible for all students. You help fund scholarships, travel, and partnerships that allow Bruins to strengthen local communities and organizations while gaining hands-on experience that shapes their futures.

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Should this fund reach the campus minimum required for the establishment of an endowment or quasi-endowment, The UCLA Foundation reserves the right to convert this fund to an endowment or quasi-endowment. Please click here to learn more about how the UCLA Foundation invests and manages its endowments.