Haas Center for Public Service
Welcome to the Haas Center, the hub of Cardinal Service.
The Haas Center for Public Service inspires Stanford University to realize a just and sustainable world through service, scholarship, and community partnerships. It is the hub of Cardinal Service, a university-wide effort to make service an essential feature of a Stanford education.
Double your gift to the Haas Center
Support principled public service at Stanford by giving to the Haas Center during the Stanford Day of Giving, May 14-15! Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000, thanks to a group of generous Stanford trustees.
- Gifts of $40 honoring 40 years of the Haas Center count towards our 40th Anniversary Challenge
- Gifts of $1,985 count toward our Haas 1985 Challenge and earn you a spot on the anniversary honor roll.

Cardinal Service
Cardinal Service helps students engage with the world to bring about real, positive change. Students can find opportunities to serve communities locally, nationally, or globally on the Cardinal Service website.
More about Cardinal Service
Community Organizations
As a hub for service at Stanford, we engage more than 1,000 students each year in service locally and around the world. Our partner organizations provide valuable opportunities for students to apply academic learning to serving their community.
News
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Cardinal Careers Current Fellow Spotlight: Estefania Acuña Lacarieri, ’23, MA ’24
Estefania Acuña Lacarieri is a coordinator for the Girls & Women Strategy Team at the United Nations Foundation through a Ford Fellowship. -
Pilot course explores themes of democratic citizenship through local field trips
The "Citizenship in Action" pilot course explored COLLEGE 102 themes through field experiences and classroom reflections. -
New program offers interactive service learning opportunities for sophomores
Sophomore Public Service Immersion Program participants built on their education in the classroom through trips to visit several nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area.