The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) today announced its most successful fund-raising efforts in three years with total private support for fiscal year 2002-2003 amounting to $131.1 million. The 31 percent boost over last year’s total is attributed to the March 15 public launch of a $1 billion fund-raising initiative, The Campaign for UCSD: Imagine What’s Next.

This is the fifth-consecutive year UCSD has surpassed the $100 million mark and is the second most successful year in private support in the history of the campus (In fiscal year 1999-2000, the campus received $135 million in private support). The fiscal year begins on July 1 and concludes on June 30.

“UCSD is truly fortunate to receive such critically important and generous gifts from so many friends,” said Chancellor Robert C. Dynes. “The interest and support of our community has fueled the success of this campus; it is thrilling to see that so many of our alumni and San Diego community leaders have such a strong belief in the future of UCSD.”

Highlights among the private support received during 2002-2003 are:

• A $25 million gift, a portion of a $110 million planned gift announced in March 2003, to the Jacobs School of Engineering from Joan and Irwin Jacobs. The Jacobs’ bequest intention is the largest private gift in UCSD’s history.
  
• An $8 million in-kind gift from the Stuart Foundation. The gift consists of nine of the Stuart Collection’s fifteen pieces of site-specific art displayed throughout the campus. The entire collection has been donated to UCSD during the past 22 years.
  
• A $5 million gift from Roberta and Malin Burnham, for the construction and operation of the School of Management. The gift is the largest to-date for the school and is to be used at the Dean’s discretion.
  
• Other leadership gifts include a $2 million gift from the Walton Family Foundation towards the construction of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center; a $2 million gift from W. Joseph and Brigitte Blood to support UCSD health sciences; a $1 million gift from the Charles H. and Anna S. Stern Foundation to the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center and an $800,000 gift to the Charles H. and Anna S. Stern Endowed Fund in Psoriasis Research in the Department of Medicine; a $1.5 million gift from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS); a $1.5 gift from Sally McMurray for unrestricted support of the school of medicine; a $1.5 million anonymous gift to the UCSD Cardiovascular Center; a $1 million gift from Bettie P. Cody to endow a fellowship for first year graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; a $1 million gift from Audrey Geisel towards the expansion of the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club; and a $1 million gift from Mark and Rebecca Pine to be used at the discretion of the UCSD Chancellor.
  
• Also, in 2003, the campus established the Jerome S. Katzin Chair in Corporate Governance, which is UCSD’s 100th endowed chair. The Katzin Chair was established through support from QUALCOMM Incorporated.

On March 15, 2003, the campus publicly launched The Campaign for UCSD: Imagine What’s Next, which had been in a quiet phase since July of 2000. The campaign total was $485.6 million as of June 30, 2003.

Campaign initiatives fall within a framework of five main categories for support:

• Ensuring educational opportunity and enriching student life $61.9 million raised by June 30 towards $100 million goal.
  
• Supporting outstanding faculty $34.9 million raised by June 30 towards $100 million goal
  
• Advancing academic excellence and launching inventive programs $145.8 million raised by June 30 towards $300 million goal.
  
• Improving lives through research and health care $158.1 million raised by June 30 towards $400 million goal.
  
• Strengthening innovation funds $84.9 million raised by June 30 towards $100 million goal.