In 2007-08, UC received approximately $1.6 billion in new gifts. About 77 percent of that went to support current needs and 23 percent was designated to go into UC's endowment.

Approximately 98 percent of gifts UC received in 2008 had donor restrictions; only 2 percent did not. In contrast, Harvard and Stanford received 8.9 and 4.6 percent in unrestricted gifts, respectively, according to the 2008 Voluntary Support of Education Survey. The limited amount of unrestricted gift support that UC receives may be influenced by donors' preference to give to specific programs that may not be supported by state funds.

The percentage of gifts devoted to the different areas (research, capital improvements, etc.) varies from year to year. However, the percentages reflected in the chart above are typical.

Roughly half of all gift support received by the system is directed to the health sciences.

Source: UCOP Institutional Advancement Office. More information can be found at http://www.ucop.edu/instadv/.

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