Areas of Need
Let us connect you with your passion. Learn how you can invest in our students and campuses.
Help Students Achieve Their Dreams
With four campuses, 80,000 students, and more than 500 degrees and certificates, there are so many ways that you can invest in Los Rios. Below are just a few of the ways that donors are helping students to achieve their dreams – we invite you to contact us with your ideas.
Give to Our Students
Scholarships
Scholarships allow students to focus on school and take more classes while working fewer hours. Find out how you can support Los Rios students by creating a named or endowed scholarship.
Student Emergency Fund
The Student Emergency Fund offers quick, flexible, one-time financial assistance to students facing a crisis. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 20,000 students have received critical emergency aid.
Los Rios Cares Program
The Los Rios Cares program provides a safety net for students and addresses their most pressing needs, including emergency grants, emergency housing, food security, and COVID-19 relief.
Promise to Career Fund
The Los Rios Promise to Career fund provides "finish line" scholarships to help Career Education graduates cover the costs of state testing and licensing, enabling them to earn their credentials and begin working in high-demand jobs.
Give to Our Colleges
Your gifts to our colleges support our arts and athletics programs, capital projects, education initiatives, and the faculty and staff who work with students every day.
Seasonal Giving Opportunities
Big Day of Giving
We participate in this annual 24-hour giving challenge in the greater Sacramento region. Hear from students on the difference your donations make in their educational careers and lives!
Gowns for Grads
We want our graduates to feel proud of their hard work – not burdened by the cost of a cap and gown. Donate today and help grads buy regalia!