Your Gift Makes Success Possible
Donations to San Francisco State University create a chain reaction of success that reverberates across the community. Each dollar matters here, and — together with your support of our students, faculty and programs — creates a level of excellence that would not be possible without your investment.
In 1968, SFSU was the first university to create a College of Ethnic Studies. Today, it is one of only two ethnic studies colleges in the world.
SFSU has 255,000 alumni worldwide, with 218,000 (85%) based in California and 170,000 (67%) in the Bay Area.
SFSU is the third-largest employee provider to tech and biotech companies in Silicon Valley.
SFSU’s Project Rebound was one of the first programs in the country to help formerly incarcerated individuals attain a degree.
Have you attended public school in the Bay Area? If so, you were probably taught by one of our alumni. We’ve been a leading provider of educators in San Francisco since the 1800s.
Our alumni are an integral part of the Bay Area’s thriving arts and media art fields, contributing to diversity and cultural change across mediums.
Have you visited a hospital in San Francisco? If so, chances are you’ve been helped by one of our nursing alumni — SFSU has been graduating skilled nurses since 1955.
SFSU alumni have been nominated for Academy Awards for the last consecutive 17 years. (And have won many as well!)
