Donations

In the 2024-2025 school year, we distributed over 300,000 pounds of food to UCSB students— and hope to increase that number this year with your help.

Your contribution will provide a student with:

1) Nutritious food
2) A moment to relax and relieve stress
3) Time to focus on school

We accept donations in the form of monetary contributions and in-kind donations (food and other physical goods). A $10 donation can feed a student for a week and a $100 donation can feed a student for the quarter.

Monetary donations

We receive monetary donations through checks OR online through our marketplace website.

(1) For checks, our mailing address is:
Attn: Associated Students Food Bank
UCEN, Room 2537
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

(2) Click here For the Online Marketplace website
Website Steps:
1) Click the link above
2) Click on any of the donation options or enter a custom amount that you wish to donate
3) Click on “Add to Bag”
4) Checkout after filling in your information

If you would like tax-deductible information from Associated Students for your monetary donations, please email us at as-asfoodbank@ucsb.edu. Thank you so much for your support!

In-kind donations (food and other physical goods)

Your donated items will be redistributed through our pantry and auxiliary programs to feed our UCSB community! We can accept any unopened, labeled item. Items that are slightly expired or damaged (lightly dented cans) may be considered.

Recommended Donations:

• Non-perishable foods, canned foods, rice, vegetable broth, breakfast bars, instant ramen, instant coffee, packaged snacks
• Unopened toiletries: toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, lotion, laundry detergent
• Student Dependent Program items: diapers, baby wipes, infant formula, baby food
Items may be donated at our pantry during our hours of operation, or at any of our donation bins located around campus.

Donations can be dropped of directly at the AS Food Bank pantry during operating hours, or select bins around campus. We currently have donation bins located at El Centro and the Education Abroad Program office.