Where to Give
CSUSB transforms lives every day by providing students with access to higher education, excellent faculty and high quality programs. We partner with communities and industry to solve problems, grow the next generation of leaders and support innovation. Join us in supporting the work of our faculty, the success of our students and the future of CSUSB.
Performing Arts Center Naming Opportunities
Help shape the future of the arts in the Inland Empire. Our new Performing Arts Center, featuring a 478-seat theater and world-class facilities, opens Fall 2025.
Interested in a once-in-a-lifetime naming opportunity?
View the flyer below and contact the Office of Philanthropic Giving at giving@csusb.edu or 909-537-5004.
Take A Seat Campaign
Help bring the Performing Arts Center to life by sponsoring a seat in CSUSB’s new 478-seat theater—our campus’s future hub for creative expression and community connection.
Your contribution supports dynamic programming during the Year of the Arts, beginning Fall 2025, and helps cultivate a thriving cultural space for students, performers, and audiences alike.
Join us in shaping the future of the arts— one seat at a time.
The Obershaw and PDC Den Food Pantry
The Obershaw DEN plays a critical role in supporting CSUSB students who face food insecurity and housing instability— two of the most urgent challenges in higher education today.
In its first full year, the pantry supported over 1,000 students, thanks to generous donations from faculty, staff, and community supporters. Your gift helps ensure no student has to choose between basic needs and their education.
Nursing Street Medicine Program
The Nursing Street Medicine Program brings free healthcare to vulnerable populations in the Coachella Valley, offering preventive services, chronic disease care, foot soaks, and follow-up referrals.
By reducing emergency room visits and supporting underserved communities, the program also trains future nurses to serve with compassion and real-world experience.
Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA)
RAFFMA is one of the Inland Empire’s premier cultural institutions, known for its acclaimed exhibitions and commitment to excellence in the arts.
Home to the largest display of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the western U.S., RAFFMA also showcases international and local artists, creating enriching experiences for campus and community.
Your support helps preserve rare collections and bring world-class art to CSUSB.
Veteran's Success Center
The CSUSB Veteran Success Center provides a welcoming space for student veterans and military families to connect, find support, and build community on campus.
Through events and volunteer-driven programs, the VSC fosters a sense of belonging and honors the unique experiences of those who have served. Your support helps veterans thrive at CSUSB and beyond.
Faculty Excellence and Student Success
CSUSB is committed to transforming the lives of our students by providing applied research and real-world experience offering hands-on learning opportunities. Our superb faculty teach, mentor and guide our students in the classroom, laboratory and field, helping them to become the community and industry leaders of tomorrow.
Endowed faculty professorships and chairs are crucial for recruiting and retaining the highest-quality faculty members. CSUSB strives to retain the most creative researchers and engaged professors. Building a base of faculty talent enriches the academic environment and guarantees student success.
By funding endowed chairs and professorships, donors can help CSUSB convene the brightest minds on our campus benefiting our students, our community and our world.
Athletic Achievement
CSUSB is home to one of the most accomplished Division II athletics programs in the nation, with championship titles in women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, and a growing list of competitive teams.
Sustaining this excellence requires financial support. Endowed scholarships help provide more than 200 student-athletes access to a life-changing education, while also attracting top athletes and coaches. With the addition of track and field, increased scholarship funding is more essential than ever.
By creating an endowed gift, donors can support a sport they’re passionate about—and leave a lasting legacy in CSUSB athletics.
Native American Languages and Cultures
California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is located in a region rich with the heritage of numerous Native American tribes, including
the Serrano, Luiseño, and Cahuilla—each with its own unique language and culture. These languages and traditions have long faced the threat
of extinction, as fluent speakers continue to decline. CSUSB is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing these invaluable cultural legacies.
Through its Department of World Languages and Literatures, the university offers courses that teach local Native American languages,
ensuring they are passed on to future generations. Additionally, in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, cultural resource
management classes are actively digitizing historical records and oral histories to safeguard them for the future. A gift to CSUSB’s Native
American language and cultural programs helps protect and celebrate this irreplaceable heritage for generations to come.
Water Resources and Research
The Water Resources Institute (WRI), located at California State University, San Bernardino, plays a vital role in tackling the water challenges that affect nearly every region of California. Through strong partnerships with government agencies, private businesses, and local communities, WRI works to protect drinking water supplies and improve wastewater treatment systems by applying research-based knowledge and practical solutions.
A centerpiece of the institute is the Joseph Andrew Rowe Water Resource Archive, a unique and publicly accessible collection of historical water-related documents dating back to the mid-1800s. This archive offers invaluable insights into the history of water management in California and supports ongoing projects across the state.
By supporting the Water Resources Institute, donors help ensure that current and future generations of Californians have access to clean, safe drinking water and resilient water infrastructure.
Palm Desert Campus
Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus is a vital educational resource for the Coachella Valley—an area where more than one-third of residents live in economically disadvantaged households. As the region’s only four-year public university, the campus provides local students with access to life-changing opportunities.
Many of these students face significant financial barriers to completing their degrees. Scholarships play a crucial role in helping them succeed.
By supporting the Palm Desert Campus Scholarship Fund—or creating a named scholarship in your name or in honor of a loved one—you can directly impact the life of a student and help cultivate the next generation of leaders, teachers, healthcare professionals, and creators.