Basic Needs & Financial Support

Basic Needs & Financial Support

Sacramento State is where futures begin, but the journey from the first class to the commencement stage can be challenging. For many students, these challenges extend beyond the curriculum. The cost of living has rapidly escalated, creating an unprecedented weight for students to carry – but they are not alone.

By making a gift on Giving Tuesday, you become part of the Hornet community coming together in generosity. Your support immediately assists deserving students, allowing them to focus on what matters most: continuing their educational journeys and transforming their lives.

Green and Gold Scholarship

We created this scholarship fund with one word in mind: access. Your gift will support any student awarded who has demonstrated enthusiasm and determination to obtain their undergraduate degree, despite personal, financial, or other hardships.

Sac State CARES

An unrestricted fund with students first in mind. Some needs, are foreseeable, but others can hit unexpectedly. This fund provides us with the flexibility to respond to students' emerging needs such as homelessness, unforeseen financial burdens, mental health crises, and so much more. Gifts to this fund equip students with the most essential resources required for students to persist and succeed.

ASI Food Pantry

Funds provide food and basic necessities to Sac State students with financial hardships or food insecurity, at no cost.


Your generosity will create equity – the kind that comes from having basic needs met or critical emergency support. Wherever students plan to go with their degrees, your gift helps get them there.

Help us build the future through generosity and make a gift on Giving Tuesday, December 3.

Sacramento State is more than an education — it's where the future begins.


To give by mail, make checks payable to: The University Foundation at Sacramento State 

Please mail to: Sacramento State | Development Office | 6000 J Street MS 6030 | Sacramento | CA | 95819

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