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College Giving

Donors Have a Tremendous Impact

Many times in business we hear that leaders are only as great as their people. At Cal Poly Pomona's College of Business Administration, this includes our students, faculty, alumni, volunteers and donors. We have a lot to be thankful for – it’s with investments from our donors that continue to keep the College highly accredited and amongst the best public universities in the West

Partnering together, we can continue to build great undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare future business leaders, professionals, and entrepreneurs who, like you, facilitate the growth of our diverse markets and communities. There are many ways in which to support the College's learn by doing mission through multiple giving opportunities.

Project Benchmark

Students with book photo

Have your ever wished you could have your name be a permanent and visible part of the College of Business Administration Building Complex, but thought the possibility was out of reach? Now there is an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for future generations of business leaders.

The CBA Building Complex has had a profound effect on our students, faculty and staff, and our corporate partners. It's the place to showcase the many achievements of our alumni. It's the place are community calls home. Leave your mark today by honoring your own legacy, the memory of a loved one or friend, or a favorite faculty member by sponsoring a bench today!

A plaque will be installed on each bench recognizing your tax deductible contribution. Limited opportunities are available at each level.

$1,500 - small bench

$3,000 - medium bench

$5,000 - large bench

$10,000 - xtra large bench (academic building)

$10,000 - L-shaped alcove bench (located in the faculty office building)

Make a gift now by contacting Jeff Cox at (909)869-2755. 

Opportunities

There are many ways in which you can be a donor.

Core Program Support

Unrestricted annual and one-time gifts to support the degree program or center that matters most to you will help to ensure the college has the flexibility to quickly respond to new or unexpected educational opportunities. Your contributions will help advance student learning activities, promote faculty excellence and enhance program curriculums. Unrestricted funds are critical to the success of our learn by doing mission.

Our current academic programs and centers

  • Accounting
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Finance, Real Estate and Law
  • International Business and Marketing
  • Management and Human Resources
  • Technology and Operations Management
  • Graduate Business Programs
  • Center for Information Assurance

Endowment Giving

By contributing to an existing endowment or establishing a named endowment, you will provide on-going sources of funding for students, faculty, programs, buildings, and activities for future generations to come. Because the corpus is not spent and a portion of the earnings is reinvested, an endowment lasts in perpetuity, enabling you to have a lasting legacy that will benefit future students.

There are many endowment opportunities and funding levels available at the College of Business Administration. The areas of need where endowments can have the greatest impact are listed below.

Endowments for Faculty and Academic Programs:

  • Department Chairs and Professorships
  • Laboratories and teaching facilities
  • The College of Business, Departments, Centers, and Programs

Endowments for Student Scholarships:

  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate

Endowments can also cover other purposes that may fall outside of these categories or for purposes that matter most to you.

Student Scholarships

Support for undergraduate and graduate scholarships helps to ensure future and current students have access to a learn by doing education. Scholarships help Cal Poly Pomona maintain access to our unique programs and attract top students. Above all, scholarships provide a foundation from which students can achieve their academic goals and go on to contribute their skills to the world. Please consider how you can help open doors to a life changing education for students.

Advanced Academic Facilities

The College of Business Administration's vision to create a dynamic and stimulating new environment where students receive a leading-edge business degree and where faculty are enthusiastic sources of leadership and innovation is ongoing.   

As one of the region’s top AACSB accredited business schools, we must continue to attract and retain exceptional students and faculty while advancing learning and teaching experiences with modern classrooms and laboratories.

Opened in 2012, the 75,000 square foot, three-building complex is a timeless landmark where we educate future business leaders for generations to come. With Silver LEED Certification, the Complex includes: 

The faculty and student services building: The largest building of the three holds faculty offices, administrative offices, and meeting/ conference room facilities. Students enjoy the Einstein’s Bagel eatery and café-style seating area, as well as dedicated student club space.  

The classroom building: The classroom building features modern classrooms in a variety of styles with the latest instruction technology including five tiered case rooms, seven flat classrooms, two laboratories and multiple breakout rooms.  

The auditorium building: The auditorium building houses the 200-seat Gregoire Family Auditorium, as well as a 121-seat auditorium. These two sizeable rooms provide space for large groups or classes, presentations and distinguished speakers.

How You Can Help

Numerous naming opportunities are still available in the $38 million project. Please contact us for more information.

How to Give


The college’s Development Office can provide you with additional information on Giving Opportunities. In general:

Unrestricted Gifts give the Dean’s office, degree programs and centers flexibility to support immediate and future needs. Restricted Gifts are directed by you to meet an identified need within the college.

Outright Gifts An outright gift is just as its name applies: a gift transferred immediately from you to benefit the college. This includes cash, pledges, securities, gifts-in-kind, real estate and matching gifts.

Cash Gifts can be made through credit/debit card transactions, outright cash, or personal checks, cashier’s checks, or money orders made payable to the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation. Please contact our Development Office at (909) 869-2755 for information on how to make a wire transfer. Pledges enable you to plan a gift that is both convenient and tax-wise. A pledge allows you to consider a more significant gift that otherwise may not be possible and is payable over five years.

Gifts of Securities may be contributed as outright gifts or as a pledge payment. When you make a gift of long-term appreciated securities (stocks, bonds or mutual funds that have grown in value), your income tax deduction is equal to the current fair market value of the securities, and you may avoid capital gains taxes on the transfer.

Gifts of Real Estate can be contributed as an outright gift or a gift through your estate. It also may be given to fund a deferred gift such as a charitable remainder trust. Other gifting options allow for continued use of the property during your lifetime or for lifetime income.

Gifts-in-Kind are items of tangible personal property such as art, books, technology or livestock. Matching Gifts enable you to double or triple the impact of your outright gifts if your employer offers a matching gift program. To determine whether your company will match your gift, please visit here.

Deferred Gifts
Deferred gifts enable you to arrange charitable contributions in a manner that maximizes your personal objectives and financial goals. Many plans provide flexibility during your lifetime, even though the college will not realize the benefit until sometime in the future. The most common types of deferred plans are bequests, retirement plan designations, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts and gifts of paid-up life insurance policies.

By Mail:

Mailing Address:
University Advancement
P.O. Box 3121
Pomona, CA 91769

Checks payable to: The Cal Poly Pomona Foundation
Please contact our Development Office for more information.

Mitchell C Hill portrait

Mitchell C. Hill Endowment

Mitchell C. Hill was a true titan of the technology industry with an adventurer’s spirit. Although Mitch passed away far too soon, his leadership and legacy live on with the Mitchell C. Hill Memorial Endowment, which funds the Mitchell C. Hill Center for...
Cal Poly Pomona Class of 1980 1958 - 2013

Giving Contacts

For more information regarding estate and gift planning or how your gift can have a tremendous impact in the College of Business Administration :

Senior Director of Development

Jeff Cox

Director of Development

Alicia Corral

Director of Planned Giving

Vince Fraumeni