Goals The University seeks to develop stable and growing sources of revenues, including a strong investment from the state, and to utilize these revenues in a strategic and cost-effective manner. These goals are critical; achieving them enables the University to maintain the quality of its teaching, research and public service activities, meet the state's workforce and other needs, and remain accessible to all eligible California students independent of their financial means.

The University leverages billions of dollars in state, federal and private funding to promote discovery of new knowledge and fuel economic growth. Major financial strengths include a diverse source of revenues, including those from the state of California, student fees, federally sponsored grants and contracts, medical centers, private support and self-supporting enterprises.

Private support underscores the continued confidence among donors in the quality of the University's programs and the importance of its mission.

Measures Total revenue and expenditure data presented here come primarily from the University's Corporate Financial Reporting System (CFR), which supports the University's audited financial statements. Also provided are estimated per-student average educational expenditures. Additional information about the University's budget may be found at http://www.ucop.edu/budget/pubs.html.

The development data cover trends in private support at UC and its comparison institutions, donor restrictions on support and endowment per student. The Treasurer of the Regents prepares an Annual Report on Endowment Investment (pdf) that comprises Regents and campus foundation endowment funds. More detailed information about private support will be forthcoming in the Annual Accountability Sub-Report on University Private Support, which will be presented to the Regents in January 2010.