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Never constructed.", "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13", "short_description": "The Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, is a dynamic, student-centered learning community that aspires to create transformational opportunities that nurture and sustain the Coachella Valley's intellectual, environmental, economic, and cultural richness.", "about": "The Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, is a dynamic, student-centered learning community that aspires to create transformational opportunities that nurture and sustain the Coachella Valley's intellectual, environmental, economic, and cultural richness. By collaborating with and investing in students, faculty, staff, and communities, together we strive to define the future. The Palm Desert Campus is a unique and special place. It is located in a world-class destination, it's safe and it's beautiful. The entire campus has been built by our generous community members, cities, and philanthropic organizations.\n\nPDC has extraordinary staff and faculty who are passionate about their work supporting students; they are trained and dedicated professionals with the knowledge to admit, advise, and provide registration, financial aid, and other services to students; and they are connected with schools, parents, and communities to ensure that our students graduate with meaningful degrees, unforgettable college experiences and skills for success in both life and career.\n\nBy attending PDC, they are helping to improve not only their own lives but also the lives of their family and community members. The new hospitality management, entrepreneurship, and cyber security programs will continue to elevate PDC's reputation in the community and meet the needs of the region.\nTestimonials\nAlejandra Ramirez, a PDC kinesiology student, recently accepted her offer to be an Office of Student Research Coyote Research Ambassador for the Palm Desert Campus this academic year. Alejandra works closely with Dr. Dunn to not only bring OSR related events and activities to PDC in order to enhance the student learning experience, but also talks to students about the importance of this high impact practice during their undergraduate academic career.", "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)", "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13", "keywords_provided_by_org": "CSUSB, PDC, Desert, Palm Desert, College, education, higher education, 4 year degree,", "logo_url": "https://imagecdn.mightycause.com/0bcf7bf1-355d-47b6-b43b-c5273648cbcf/-/crop/1696x1696/0,74/-/preview/", "roster_status": "active", "primary_cause_reviewed": "Education", "primary_cause_reviewed_source": "CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description", "primary_cause_reviewed_date": "2026-08-17", "participation_years": [ 2025, 2026 ], "participation_note": "years_covered scopes what is known. Absence of a year from participation_years does not mean the organization did not participate: 2023 and 2024 org-level records are not held. participation_years is derived from the CV Giving Day participant lists, matched on EIN.", "participation_provenance": { "2026": "Mightycause giving-event summary export (Registration Status = Approved)", "2025": "CV Giving Day 2025 approved-participant list, matched on EIN" }, "jsonld": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "NonprofitOrganization", "@id": "https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/csusb-palm-desert-campus/", "name": "CSUSB Palm Desert Campus", "legalName": "CSUSB Palm Desert Campus", "taxID": "45-2255077", "nonprofitStatus": "Nonprofit501c3", "url": "https://www.csusb.edu", "sameAs": [ "https://www.csusb.edu" ], "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Palm Desert", "addressRegion": "CA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "description": "The Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, is a dynamic, student-centered learning community that aspires to create transformational opportunities that nurture and sustain the Coachella Valley's intellectual, environmental, economic, and cultural richness.", "foundingDate": "2011", "memberOf": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "CV Giving Day", "url": "https://www.cvgiving.org" }, "dateModified": "2026-08-19", "potentialAction": { "@type": "DonateAction", "name": "Donate to CSUSB Palm Desert Campus", "target": "https://www.mightycause.com/organization/PDC" } }, "canonical": "https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/csusb-palm-desert-campus/", "last_verified": "2026-08-19", "date_modified": "2026-08-19", "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record." }