Big Creek Natural Reserve

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Donations

Ways to make a charitable, tax-deductible gift to Big Creek Reserve

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Use our QR-code!

Online with digital payments:

Please use the online giving form on the UC Santa Cruz giving portal. This link will already have Big Creek Reserve pre-populated in the designations section.

By check:

Make the check payable to UC Santa Cruz Foundation, with NR001F in the notes section, and mail it to this address:

Gift Administration
Mail stop: University Relations
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

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By electronic funds transfer: 

If you have any questions, please contact Tracy Bois, Senior Gift Data Specialist by phone: (831) 459-1920, or by e-mail: giftadmin@ucsc.edu.1. Contact Raven Carnes, Gift Administration Manager by phone: (831) 332-5136 or e-mail giftadmin@ucsc.edu to confirm 

  • Anticipated date of transfer, 
  • Amount of transfer, and 
  • Donor contact information.

2. Please directly contact our banking institution to arrange the transfer:

  • Wells Fargo at 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
    (800) 289-3557
  • Routing number: 1210 00248
  • Account number: 437 5688728
  • Swift code (usually required in international wires): WFBIUS6S

 

University of California Santa Cruz Tax ID number: 94-1539563

Last modified: Jan 14, 2026