Gifts

UC Irvine Student Center

Reaching a Brilliant Future

UC Irvine’s audacious fundraising campaign exceeds its goal as higher education institutions face new challenges

Jimmy and Sheila Peterson, UC Irvine Foundation Trustees and Brilliant Future Campaign Co-Chairs

Guiding Stewards

Q&A with Jimmy and Sheila Peterson, UC Irvine Foundation Trustees and Brilliant Future Campaign Co-Chairs

Brilliant Future campaign raises over $2.4 billion for UC Irvine

Largest fundraising effort in O.C. history fuels innovation and impact

Man in suit coat standing in front of book shelf.

Roy Eddleman estate's $64.7 million donation establishes quantum science institute

Researchers will probe nature at the atomic level, seeking beneficial new technologies

Hannah and Jeffrey Wachs establish UC Irvine Law's first alumni-named scholarship endowment

Gift joins a growing legacy of endowed support at for law school

Donation from SAP establishes new UC Irvine endowed chair in artificial intelligence

Funding will support education, research and industry collaboration around AI

$1 million endowment aspires to build musical bridges

Gift from Jong Sup Kim Family Endowment will support the music department

Steve Borowski ’79 (center) is flanked by (from left) daughter Kelsey, daughter Kimberley, Kim’s dog Scout, granddaughter Harper, wife Linda, grandson Colton, daughter Christie, granddaughter Kate, granddaughter Kinley and son-in-law Justin.

$5 million gift from alumnus and wife to transform future of UC Irvine baseball

Support will create state-of-the-art Borowski Family Player Development Center

Alec Glasser

OC philanthropist and businessman's donation supports visionary School of Social Ecology initiative

Gift ensures future of Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change

Dr. Roger Mah (son), Dr. Robert A. Mah, Dr. Adeline Yen Mah, Chancellor Howard Gillman, Lucy Mah-Klein (granddaughter) and Christopher Klein (son-in-law), from left to right, participate at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building on April 24, 2023.

Adeline and Robert Mah donate another $20 million toward Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building

Gift to advance molecular innovation, vaccine development centers