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5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner and Program
9:00 p.m. Musical Performance: DW3
Formal Attire
(Dark suit or tuxedo with dress shirt and tie; evening gown or dark pantsuit.)
Individual Leaders: Maureen McCarthey and Maria Villa
Corporate Leader: Toyota Motor North America
Community Leader: California Legislative Black Caucus and Sen. (ret.) Steven Bradford
听Registration Deadline: October 30
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to complete your registration and sponsorship payment. | to purchase seat(s) at a reserved table with dinner and entertainment included. | to support student scholarships. |
This celebration will raise vital funds for scholarships that remove financial barriers, empower the next generation of Toro leaders, and uplift entire communities.
Contributions received by October 31, 2025, will be recognized in the digital program and event materials according to giving level.
Your support helps create a more just, inclusive future鈥攍ed by Toros who are ready to rise.
A portion of your contribution may be tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for details.
(Benefit Value: $15,000)
Funds Ten Scholarships
The Visionary Sponsor embodies a profound belief in the power of education. This level empowers students to rise, lead, and transform the world around them.
(Benefit Value: $10,000)
Funds Five Scholarships
The Toro Champion Sponsor supports students whose lived experience, courage, and clarity of purpose prepare them to lead with equity, integrity, and heart.
(Benefit Value: $7,500)
Funds Two Scholarships
The Presidential Sponsor creates new possibilities for students and builds the kind of legacy that begins with access鈥攁nd leads to transformation.
(Benefit Value: $2,500)
Funds One Scholarship
The Legacy Sponsor fuels not only individual achievement, but the rise of leaders committed to justice, innovation, and change.
(Benefit Value: $1,000)
Funds One Semester Scholarship
The Leader Sponsor offers a student a critical boost when it鈥檚 needed most and delivers the powerful message that someone believes in them.
(Benefit Value: $2,500)
Your tribute will appear in our digital program.
One seat at a reserved table with dinner and entertainment included.
Joining Us? | Unable to join us? | |
to complete your registration and sponsorship payment. | to purchase seat(s) at a reserved table with dinner and entertainment included. | to support student scholarships. |
CSUDH Philanthropic Foundation Tax ID# 47-3097839
TO MAKE PAYMENT BY CHECK:
Checks should be made payable to CSUDHPF with Memo "Gala 2025" and mailed to:
CSU Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation
1000 E. Victoria Street, WH-425
Carson, CA 90747
For more information, please contact:
Office of Development
development@csudh.edu
(310) 243-2182