Help UCLA Students from the Bay Area

To honor the 55th Anniversary of our Bay Area Bruins Alumni Network, we are seeking 55 donations this year to help grow our scholarship fund. 

Please donate today to support more UCLA students from the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 1986, passionate alumni from the San Francisco Bay Area established the Bay Area Bruins/Marijane Viat Endowment Fund.  Five dedicated alumni pledged $2,000 per year for five years to build a merit-based scholarship specifically benefiting students from the Bay Area. 

Today we are excited to confirm the Bay Area Bruins Endowment Fund is able to offer tuition support for 10 UCLA undergraduates this academic year. Wow! We are truly grateful.

Bay Area Bruins Alumni Scholar, Caitlyn (right), Class of 2026

The total cost of a college degree goes up every year. And, school loan debt is still a reality for too many students.

New Bruin Send Off, Aug. 2024, Campbell, CA 

Why donate?

1. Even if California students can afford UCLA tuition, the cost of student housing in L.A. increases each year

2. Still 29% of UCLA students graduate with debt

3. Our alumni scholarships are not just about money…..they come with automatic inclusion in the Alumni Scholars Club, offering Bay Area Bruin Scholars:

• leadership development training 
• on campus networking activities
• an Alumni Association advisor
• community service events

Our mission is to offer tuition support and leadership training to more students from the Bay Area. Please join us!

Even $10 today can grow into something bigger over time.  

The Bay Area is the land of opportunity for so many leaders. Let us grow more UCLA leaders together!

With gratitude,

The Bay Area Bruins Alumni Board, Spark Campaign Committee

Magali, Mel, Elizabeth, Capella and Marina

Alumni Scholars Club (leadership training, campus engagement and community service)

Formed in 1969, Bay Area Bruins is celebrating its 55th year as a regional alumni group. Bay Area Bruins is a volunteer group of alums, parents and friends of UCLA in the San Francisco Bay Area who work with our Alumni Association to support UCLA. We are dedicated to fundraising support for Alumni Scholarships. We organize activities and opportunities for alumni to gather and reconnect locally, including networking events, community service volunteering, hikes, game watch parties, and UCLA athletic events.  For our ongoing service to the UCLA community we were acknowledged with the UCLA Alumni Network of the Year Award in May 2024.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE UCLA FOUNDATION'S DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS FOR DONORS

Should this fund reach the campus minimum required for the establishment of an endowment or quasi-endowment, The UCLA Foundation reserves the right to convert this fund to an endowment or quasi-endowment. Please click here to learn more about how the UCLA Foundation invests and manages its endowments. 

Gifts are managed and invested in accordance with UCLA’s endowment investment policies. The total return earned in excess of the amount approved annually for payout will be retained in the endowment principal to protect from the effects of inflation and to allow for growth. At the discretion of the appropriate campus office, when the payout is not needed for purposes of the fund, the return of payout may be added to the endowment fund principal. In the event the fund does not reach endowment minimum; or the program ceases to exist at UCLA, proceeds from the fund will be utilized in an area and manner as closely related as possible to the original intent and purposes for which the fund was established.

Although the Endowment is intended to exist in perpetuity, unforeseen circumstances may alter or remove the subject area from the campus academic plan or it may become impossible, impracticable or wasteful to administer. In such an event, the Chancellor is authorized to redesignate the purpose of the Endowment, after taking into consideration the designated endowment purpose.