{"id":10319,"date":"2010-02-17T16:56:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=10319"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:36:39","slug":"fund-raising-campaign-surpasses-200-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/02\/fund-raising-campaign-surpasses-200-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund-Raising Campaign Surpasses $200 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10314\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cover_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10314 img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Campaign brochure.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cover_lg-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Campaign brochure. Photo supplied by the University of Connecticut Foundation.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cover_lg-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cover_lg.jpg 392w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 235px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 235\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The campaign brochure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of Connecticut has announced that $202 million has been raised through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundation.uconn.edu\/about-the-campaign.html\"><em>Our University. Our Moment.<\/em> fund-raising campaign<\/a>, putting the University one-third of the way toward reaching its $600 million goal.<\/p>\n<p>The fund raising includes $143 million for programs, $32.4 million for students, $13.7 million for faculty, and $13.2 million for capital projects. So far, $57 million has been raised toward the endowment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy with the promising start of the campaign and the momentum we\u2019re building,\u201d says UConn President Michael Hogan. \u201cWith the support we\u2019ve raised for students, faculty, and programs, we\u2019re also making progress toward building the endowment, which is vital to UConn\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UConn has received a number of million-dollar gifts, including $1.15 million from Gary Gladstein \u201966, \u201908 (honorary) for the Human Rights Institute, $1 million from <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=8712\">Robert \u201968 and Carlotta \u201968 Holster<\/a> to fund an endowment for the Honors Program, and a planned estate gift estimated at $1 million from <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=8706\">Edward \u201958 \u201963 and Judith \u201965 Stentaford<\/a> for an unrestricted fund at the School of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign Chairman Denis M. McCarthy \u201964 \u201965 reports a positive outlook for this fiscal year and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re cautiously optimistic about the coming year, and more optimistic about the remainder of the campaign over the next four years,\u201d McCarthy says. \u201cDonors are excited about the campaign. And they\u2019re telling us that they\u2019re feeling increasingly confident about the country\u2019s economy as well as their own financial situations. We, like all institutions, are feeling the effects of the recession, with state budget cuts and a decline in our endowment value, but we\u2019re starting to see some positive indicators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy adds that the campaign is helping engage more alumni with the University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur message is resonating with alumni, who understand how important private support is, especially today, and that this is our moment to really take UConn to the next level,\u201d he says. \u201cOur friends and the business community are excited and getting more involved too, because they understand the critical role UConn plays in educating our workforce and driving the state\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With $202 million already raised, the University is one-third of the way toward reaching its campaign goal of $600 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[50],"class_list":["post-10319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 14:18:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10319"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36475,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319\/revisions\/36475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10319"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=10319"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}