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Astronomy

Your gift enriches all facets of our department, from enabling students’ travel for research to innovating teaching and lab facilities, where they uncover fascinating truths about the cosmos.

The Friends of Astronomy Fund seeks to uphold our department’s tradition of high-quality instruction, cutting-edge experimentation, and collaboration between our students and top scientists. The fund provides unrestricted support to the department, allowing us to relieve areas of greatest need for our students and researchers. The Department of Astronomy has a long history of groundbreaking discoveries and excellence in teaching. Your gift to this fund enables us to keep that history alive for our students, ultimately empowering them to explore the universe.

Ryan Guasco
Associate Director of Development
rguasco@berkeley.edu
(510) 599-8698

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #1: 500 Donors

A generous donor on the L&S Advisory Board will contribute $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund once the first 500 donors give to any part of the College of Letters & Science.

500 / 500 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #3: 1,500 Donors

If the College of Letters & Science recruits 1,500 donors to any of its funds, a generous donor on the L&S Advisory Board will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund.

1,500 / 1,500 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #5: 2,400 Donors

A generous donor has challenged the College of Letters & Science to beat its 2023 Big Give total and secure 2,400 donors in order to unlock another $10,000 (for a total of $50,000) for the L&S Leadership Fund!

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #2: 1,000 Donors

A generous donor will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund when 1,000 donors make gifts to any College of Letters & Science fund.

1,000 / 1,000 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #4: 2,000 Donors

A generous donor will contribute another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund as soon as 2,000 donors give to any fund at the College of Letters & Science.

Completed

$2,000

L&S: The Friends of Astronomy Fund Challenge

Once 40 gifts are made to the Friends of Astronomy Fund, we will unlock a $2,000 gift from an anonymous donor!

40 / 40 Gifts

Completed

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