Scholarships directly support students, helping them to bridge gaps in financial aid, avoid debt, and complete their education. Scholarships can also enable students to enrich their learning through pursuing opportunities such as professional conferences, research, and internships.
As a donor, you can choose to contribute to an existing scholarship fund, create a new named endowed scholarship, or a form a new named expendable (annual) scholarship.
Donate to Exisiting CoB Scholarships
Named Endowed Scholarship
A donor may establish a named endowed scholarship with a minimum gift of $25,000. The SF State Foundation invests and manages these funds and, based on performance, up to 4% of the endowment’s fair market value can become available annually to provide scholarship awards to students (e.g., a gift of $25,000 can provide an annual scholarship of $1,000). The larger the endowment, the greater the annual award available to students.
Donors can either establish an endowment with an outright gift of at least $25,000 or through a pledge payable over a period of up to five years. While making contributions to build the principal of the endowed fund, donors may also provide additional gifts to award scholarships in the period of time that the endowment is maturing. When the principal reaches the desired level of funding ($25,000 minimum), the endowment is considered fully funded and provides awards in perpetuity.
Endowment funds are subject to an annual management fee of 1.25% plus investment management fees that are calculated and assessed on a quarterly basis. These fees cover the costs associated with investing and managing the funds.
Named Expendible (Annual) Scholarship
The minimum amount required to establish a named expendable scholarship is $5,000. Unlike endowed scholarships, expendable scholarships do not exist in perpetuity or accrue interest. Awards can only be made based on the balance available in the fund.
Please contact the development director(s) listed below to arrange a named scholarship.
Our Student Stories
Randy Casans: Nikon Precision and Wallace Fund for Diversity Scholarship Recipient
College of Business Funding Initiatives
Institute for Innovation
The Institute for Innovation will include an incubator space, access to angel funding, scholarships, awards and an endowed chair.
Center for the “Language of Business”
The Center will become a central hub for accounting students, faculty, alumni and industry professionals to collaborate together.
Institute for Wine, Food & Restaurant Management
The Institute will coordinate education, research and applied learning across the fine food, restaurant and wine industries.
Trading Room & Student Investment Fund
The stock trading room provides students with an opportunity to gain valuable real world hands-on experience.
Business Enterprise &
Engagement Center
The Center will provide career development resources, internship opportunities, faculty-led consulting engagements and student conferences.
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For more information about the Lam Family College of Business, contact:
Anjali Billa
Associate Vice President
University Development
Email: anjalibilla@sfsu.edu
Phone: (415) 405-3625