Donate to Hillel

80% of USC Hillel’s budget comes from contributions by individual alumni, parents, and friends to the Hillel Annual Fund. By making a gift to USC Hillel, you will be joining over 1,200 contributors who are making an impact every year on the lives of SC’s 3,000 Jewish students.  We receive no funding from USC. 

Gifts to the Annual Fund may be made by clicking on the "Just Give" button on the top of the page. 

USC Hillel is a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 charitable organization.

For more information on gifts to USC Hillel, please contact Lee Rosenblum, Director of Development.

Imagine What Your Gift Can Do...

With $18,000, you can:

  • Sponsor the Annual Jewish Student Film Festival which highlights the best Jewish student filmmakers from all over the world.  

  • Provide Shabbat Dinners for an entire year for 100 students each week.  .

With $10,000, you can:

  • Fund a year of Wednesday BBQs for students to get together in a relaxed social atmosphere on University walk for burgers and the latest Jewish program.

  • Help support the Israeli Independence Day celebrations of renowned speakers, dance, celebration, free falafel, and more!

With $5,000, you can:

  • Sponsor programming in the Fraternities and Sororities for the Jewish students in all of the houses at USC.

  • Support USC Hillel Welcome Week and Fresh Fest activities, helping Jewish freshmen find the Jewish community.  

With $1,000, you can:

  • Provide support for a myriad of Jewish educational programs and classes taught by Rabbi Jonathan Klein and a variety of visiting scholars.

  • Subsidize the cost for one student to travel to participate in Hillel's Alternative Spring Break Program to engage in hands-on social action by working alongside people striving to improve their communities.

With $500, you can:

  • Enrich students' lives by supporting “Birthright Israel ” follow-up programming for 20 students who return from their first travel experience in Israel .

  • Sponsor graduate social events to bring together Jewish graduate students from all disciplines.

With $250, you can:

  • Support 20 students from the Hillel Hiking Adventure Club for a Jewish environmental education and hiking trip to the Santa Monica Mountains.

  • Help send one student to a conference to learn more about how to improve the Jewish community at SC and in Los Angeles.  

USC Hillel is sponsored by the Los Angeles Hillel Council, a beneficiary agency
of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles