Development Profile

Fund Raising
The Office of Development coordinates the University’s private fund raising activities and is committed to building a model development program to support UTHSC-H’s present and anticipated needs. The development program is balanced by a centralized major individual and planned gifts program (gifts of $100,000+), an unrestricted annual giving program, a corporate and foundation relations program, a prospect research program, a gift processing and acknowledgment program and a special projects/board relations program. All initiatives are designed to communicate effectively the priorities of the institution to all constituencies and to establish relationships that will fulfill the philanthropic objectives of donors to establish endowments, construct and equip buildings, provide scholarships/fellowships and support research and clinical programs.

Major Priority Areas for Private-Sector Support
For fiscal years 2000-2004, the University’s major fundraising priority is the New Frontiers campaign, a $200 million effort to build a new home for the Brown Foundation Institutue of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases and to retain and recruit the top scientists in the world.

Other priorities include:

• Raising $10 million to build a Surgical and Clinical Skills Center in the Medical School.
• Raising $1 million to equip the Research Center in the new School of Nursing and Community Center building.
• Building a strong corporate partnership program with the business community in Houston, in conjunction with the Office of Public Affairs.

Fund Raising Effectiveness
UTHSC-H’s fund raising supports the education, research, collaboration and disease prevention mission of UTHSC-H and its faculty. In terms of fund raising effectiveness, For FY 2003, cash gifts (new cash gifts and pledge payments) totaled $29.6 million. The cost to raise one dollar was 6.2 cents.

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