Development
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Johan Lode Rubens
- Title
- Managing Director of Development, Library & Social Sciences
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Rafferty Orlando Lee Lincoln
- Title
- Assistant Director of Development
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Linda Marie Hunt
- Title
- Development Administrative Manager, Library & Social Sciences
- Campus Email
Social sciences development services
The development office serves all departments, research centers, faculty, and staff within the Division of Social Sciences in the following ways:
Fundraising
- We serve as your main point of contact for University Relations, including the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, to identify funding leads that align with divisional goals, and secure visits with prospective donors. In addition, we:
- Support departments’ and research centers’ annual fundraising efforts and crowdfunding campaigns, such as the annual UC Santa Cruz Giving Day.
- Partner with faculty to compile and review lists of prospective donors who could support research.
- Advise faculty on best practices in pursuing donor leads and referrals.
- Support development-focused public events.
- Connect the Division with University Relations’ resources to enhance visibility and impact.
- Receive and process gifts according to University policies.
- Support departments’ and research centers’ annual fundraising efforts and crowdfunding campaigns, such as the annual UC Santa Cruz Giving Day.
Gift processing
- Receive and process incoming gifts and donations.
- Coordinate creation of new designations.
- Research background, donor intent and purpose of gifts for recipients to provide clear understanding of how the money can be spent.
Student scholarships and awards
- Work with donor-funded scholarship recipients and their academic departments to create scholarship-impact statements for donors, and share student success stories through a variety of publication types
Making a gift
For more information on making a financial gift, call the Social Sciences Division Office, 831.502.7274, socsci@ucsc.edu or send mail to:
UC Santa Cruz
Social Sciences Division
Attn: Development Office
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Please have checks made out to: UC Santa Cruz Foundation, and ask the donor to be sure to include the gift purpose in the memo line. All gifts are fully tax-deductible.
Gift acceptance resources
Community outreach resources
Student award process
- Department contacts development office to find out how much money is available for the next award
- Department selects and notifies student of award, and notifies development staff by cc’ing or sending a separate announcement
- Department completes necessary paperwork to initiate the student award payment
- If the award is to be paid via a Financial Aid FOAPAL, please use the department awards form accessible via the Financial Aid website, with more information on the Financial Aid & Scholarships (FASO) site.
- If the award is to be paid via a department FOAPAL, then contact your research analyst to assist with the UCSC Fellowship & Scholarship Payment Worksheet and Direct Pay forms
- For department awards, the development office contacts the student recipient for three items: a completed “In Their Words” questionnaire, a photo of the student, and a handwritten thank-you note from the recipient. These items are used for both award updates on the website and as part of a package of information collected and sent to the donor(s) of the fund to express our appreciation