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Ways to Give

Donations are essential for the Center’s continued growth and development, and our ongoing innovation and creativity as a leader in sustainable agriculture and food systems. Although we receive a small amount of public funding, most of our research, education, and public service work is funded through donor gifts, grants, fees, and sales from our Farm & Garden sites.

Center for Agroecology Core Support


Your gift supports the full range of the Center's work, advancing agroecology and equitable food systems through experiential education, participatory research, agricultural extension, and public service.
Make a donation online. 

Chadwick Garden Renewal

The Chadwick Garden — This 3-acre magical spot on campus has been growing gardeners for more than 55 years, inspiring thousands of students, apprentices, and community members to learn while tilling the soil and tending to organic vegetables, fruits, and flowers. Over the decades, the well-used facilities at the beloved garden have experienced significant wear and tear and we need your help to renew our learning spaces and repair infrastructure.
Learn more or make a donation online.

Join the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden

Friends membership and gifts supports the public education, scholarship, and facilities improvement work of the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden.

Make a donation online. 
If paying by check, download and mail the membership form.

Foodways Fund

The Center for Agroecology's Foodways Fund will support our experiential student food production, distribution, preparation, and service model for advancing food access from the field to fork. Donations support our student staffing as well as supplies that benefit our "Cowell Coffee Shop: For The Peoples" basic needs center to ensure we can continue to advance culturally diverse, organic, and sustainable food ways that partner with our campus Resource Centers, Slug Support Pantry, and other basic needs partners.

More Ways to Give

Other gifts by check to the Center can be made by downloading and filling out the Gift Form or with your own letter or note designating how you’d like your gift directed. Please make checks payable to the “UCSC Foundation” with a note in the memo line indicating the designation (for example Center for Agroecology, Farm & Garden Video Project, Friends, scholarship) or some other designation. Gifts can be sent to the address below.

UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Gift Administration
1156 High St
Santa Cruz,CA 95064

For more information on making a financial gift to the Center, call Ann Lindsey, 831.566-3779, email alindsey@ucsc.edu, or write to her at the above address. Gifts of stock, real estate, and in-kind goods and services are equally appreciated as are donations from your business or matching gifts through your company. All gifts are fully tax-deductible and every penny counts.

Planned Giving

UC Santa Cruz's Office of Planned Giving is available to help you with estate planning, bequests, and other giving options. Read about a planned gift from Apprenticeship grad Kaj Enderlein that will support the Apprenticeship program and its students in the future.

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