CAMPUS PROFILE GLOSSARY

November 2024

2952-2964 ADVANCEMENT
Source: U of I Foundation - Planning & Policy Analysis. Reports are generated every October.

2951 New Business $000
Outright gifts, pledges, revocable & irrevocable deferred commitments and grant awards received. New Business is counted when a pledge or other promise to pay is documented, even if the money has not yet been received. Contract awards are excluded.

2952 Cash giving $000
Outright gifts, estate distributions, grant payments, pledge payments, irrevocable deferred commitments received. Cash is counted when money is received, rather than when a pledge or other promise to pay is documented. Contract payments are excluded.

2956 # new donors
The number of first-time-ever cash donors to the campus or a unit, using the same all-credit logic as alumni participation to define a donor. All individuals are included, as well as organizations. A donor may be counted as a new donor on the basis of spouse/partner, partner-owner, donor advised, or other indirect credit. A first-time donor to a unit may be an existing donor of another unit on campus or elsewhere at the University of Illinois. A first-time donor to multiple units will be counted in each unit. Duplication among units is eliminated at the campus level. The sum of new donors to the units will exceed the campus total.

2966 Dollars Raised for Financial Aid
Includes donations to funds with the purpose of Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards and Student Services/Support. The totals reported are as of June 30th.

2968 Dollars Raised for Endowed Faculty Positions
Dollars raised for endowed faculty through funds with the purpose of Chairs, Faculty Awards, Faculty Fellowships and Professorships. The totals reported are as of June 30th.

2970 Total Endowment
Includes endowment pool investment and any active endowment assets held outside the pool, such as beneficial interests in trust and endowment farms. Totals reported as of June 30th.

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