We've gathered some of USD’s most exciting student projects to give you the opportunity to fan the flames of creativity and innovation for our students. When you find a project that inspires you, make a gift to make a difference for USD’s students. Continue to help each project you support by sharing it with your friends and family on social networks. This helps increase the project's chances of successfully raising its goal. To see our current campus-wide projects, visit changefunding.sandiego.edu.
Project Funding
Take a look at our current ChangeFunding projects! Every contribution makes an impact. Whether it is great or small, donations like yours help build our Torero future.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a project that needs funding? Take a look at our FAQs to determine if it is a good fit for Changefunding and submit your application!
The first step is to submit an application. You will be contacted with further details once your application is reviewed by the Changefunding campaign committee.
Athletics, colleges and department-based projects or research are possible Changefunding fundraising intiatives, provided they are funded by a university restricted account (for example, a GFT_XXXXX). If you are working on a compelling project that you are passionate about, we want to hear about it!
Please submit your application as early as possible, but no later than 2 months prior to the date you will need access to the funds raised. This will allow our office enough time to review your application, for you to collect/create your campaign's collateral materials, and to run a well-planned fundraising campaign. Projects will remain active anywhere from 6-8 weeks depending on your project's dollar goal.
Applications are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Please allow up to 10 business days for the processing of each application. Upon approval or denial of the application, an annual giving staff member will contact you directly to discuss the next steps of your project.
While we have a team that can help with your campaign, it is expected that you will have a network of your own to push your message. You can distribute your message to your social networks and encourage individuals identified as potential donors to share with their networks. Friends and family have also demonstrated to be strong supporters of crowdfunding campaigns.
Goal size will vary based upon the scope and nature of the project. Crowdfunding platforms are primarily used for projects with goals between $1,500 and $20,000, but certain projects may effectively leverage a larger goal size.
There are no setup or monthly maintenance fees. In addition, there are no fees for a successfully funded project like other crowdfunding platforms. 100% of the money you raise will go towards your initiative.
Funds will be deposited into an active “GFT” account, which can be spent at the fund manager’s discretion. Groups and organizations will not have access to the funds until the project is completed.
If a campaign raises funds above the fundraising goal, surplus funds will be used to enhance projects.
This is one of the ways Changefunding is a little different (and a lot better!) from other crowdfunding platforms. All gifts are processed by the University of San Diego and go directly to the program or project you choose to support, even if the goal isn't completely met. If the project is unable to proceed due to lack of funding, the funds raised will be used toward future projects supporting the mission of the club or organization at the discretion of the faculty/staff advisor.
Please contact Gillian Rose, Director of Annual Giving, at annualgiving@sandiego.edu or (619) 260-4754.