Campaign

BASF CAMPAIGN: Nothing Short Of Transformative

BASF CAMPAIGN: Nothing Short of Transformative

The Five-Year BASF Campaign has begun and will continue to expand a growing and successful scholarship and academic achievement program, one that is making a difference on the UC San Diego campus, in the lives of our Scholars and their families, and in the communities they contribute to as a result of their outstanding education at UC San Diego.

SPECIFIC IMPACTS SOUGHT:

African American Enrollment: To help raise it from 2.9% to at least 5%, thus enhancing UCSD’s positive impact in the African American community and the greater San Diego region;
Scholarships: To increase the number of BASF Scholars on campus from 130 to at least 280 over 5 years and decrease their debt upon graduation;
Diversity: To enrich the San Diego regional environment with larger numbers of highly skilled African Americans in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

RECENT AND PLANNED SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS:

The successful and growing BASF Scholarship Program is beginning to reach a scale that is impactful on the campus and in the larger community. Now, the need is to make this growth and its impact sustainable.

BASF ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING GOALS/RECENT SUCCESS

Overall Goal: Within 5 years, the endowment is fully funding new and continuing Scholars:

2022 through 2025 –Raise $10M for TSDF endowment

Recent Successes in attracting endowment and annual funding support:

2021 – present – TSDF endowment growth of nearly $1 million
$500,000 to endowment from key members of the campus community
$500,000 commitment from another key campus donor to annual funding over 5 years in order to double current intake from 20 to 40 scholarship awards starting 2021
$422,500 5-year commitment from a third key campus donor to fund 4-year scholarships for students majoring in engineering
$100,000 from 75 donors, including alumni, campus staff and faculty, community members and BASF Board members

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

Become a Legacy Donor and Create a Lifelong Scholarship in your name!

A $1,000,000 gift will annually fund 16 endowed $2,500 scholarships indefinitely
A $ 500,000 gift will fund 8 endowed scholarships indefinitely
A $250,000 gift will fund 4 endowed scholarships indefinitely
A $125,000 gift will fund 2 endowed scholarships indefinitely.

Help us make 2023 the best year in BASF History of Giving!!

A $25,000 gift will grow the endowment or fund ten $2,500 scholarships
A $10,000 gift will grow the endowment or fund four $2,500 scholarships.
A $2,500 gift will fund one $2,500 scholarship.

Truly, your gift of any amount will support the continued success of African American students at UCSD!! DONATE

To learn more about becoming a supporter please contact us to receive a package with information.