Corporate & Foundation Gifts
Cal Poly's Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations builds long-term philanthropic relationships to advance university priorities and programs. We assist the campus community to identify appropriate private-sector funding sources, develop solicitation strategies, work with corporations, cultivate grant makers, prepare proposals, and nurture ongoing partnerships through careful stewardship.
Services for corporate and foundation partners include:
- Coordinating campus visits and tours for corporate and foundation representatives
- Providing information about campus programs of interest to corporate partners
- Working with corporate and foundation partners to target campus contributions and create a strategic giving plan
- Facilitating corporate participation in collaborative research, recruitment, matching gifts, outreach projects, executive speaking opportunities, and philanthropy
- Responding to requests-for-proposals from family foundations and other "invitation only" grant makers
For more information on Corporate and Foundation Gifts and Partnerships, please contact Carol Pendergast, Director of Advancement, University Partnerships (805) 756-5330, cpenderg@calpoly.edu.
Please note: Campus grant writing services are handled by two different divisions at Cal Poly. The Grants Development Office of the Sponsored Programs Department focuses on government grants, corporate-sponsored research, quasi-governmental foundations such as the National Science Foundation or the California Dairy Foundation, and any contract that results in a direct reciprocal benefit to the funder. Director Michael Fish can be reached at 756-2982 or mfish@calpoly.edu. See www.calpoly.edu/~grants/ for details.