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SUPPORT

FUND-RAISING TOTALS ($ millions)


Year                      $Millions
1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.11
1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.54
1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.88
1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.82
1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.34


DESIGNATION OF GIFTS ($ millions)


                              FY 94              FY 95
Current Use-Unrestricted . . . 3.8. . . . . . . . 3.8
Current Use-Restricted . . . . 6.1. . . . . . . . 6.9
Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 . . . . . . . .9.4
Endowment. . . . . . . . . . .19.9 . . . . . . . 15.4
Annuity & Life Income. . . . . 1.8 . . . . . . . .3.8


SOURCES OF GIFTS ($ millions)


A Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1%
B Faculty/Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.5%
C Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.9%
D Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.9%
E Corporations & Corp. Foundations . . . . . . . . . . 10.7%
F Philanthropic Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7%
G Estates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0%
H Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.3%


REUNION GIVING--DOLLARS RAISED FY94
($ thousands)



                       FY 94               FY 95
1989 (5th) . . . . . . 18.02 . . . . . . . 31.11
1984 (10th). . . . . . 23.38 . . . . . . . 93.90
1979 (15th). . . . . . 47.63 . . . . . . .137.13
1974 (20th). . . . . . 44.85 . . . . . . . 89.95
1969 (25th). . . . . . 48.66 . . . . . . . 68.89
1964 (30th). . . . . . 52.51 . . . . . . .139.77
1959 (35th). . . . . . 45.71 . . . . . . . 83.25


50th Reunion

The class of 1945 raised $331,442 during the 5 years between its 45th and 50th class reunion for a Golden Anniversary Scholarship Fund. This was the highest amount ever raised for a Golden Anniversary Scholarship Fund.

RICE UNIVERSITY FUND COUNCIL
The Rice University Fund Council is the organization of individuals that support the University in achieving its fund-raising objectives by providing volenteer effort and by advising and supporting the University's Office of Development.


1995-96 Executive Committee

Chair                             Charles Szalkowski '70
Vice Chair                        Anne Shamblin Baillio '62
Annual Gifts Committee Chair      Lynne Laverty Elsenhans '78
Donor Relations Committee Chair   Malcolm Waddell, Jr. '74
Major Gifts Committee Chair       Karen Ostrum George '77
Support Groups Committee Chair    Ryn Rhea Bowers '64
Member-At-Large                   Arthur Rogers '67
Member-At-Large                   Ralph S. O'Connor BG
Member-At-Large                   Ted G. Shown '66
Immediate Past Chair              John D. Burns '55


ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETIES
                               Giving Level   Household Numbers
Edgar Odell Lovett Society          $10,000                  57
George R. Brown Society               5,000                 100
1891 Charter Society                  2,500                 188
Founder's Society                     1,000                 747
Sallyport Society                       500                 723
Campanile Society                       250               1,392
President's Society                     100               4,277

OTHER GIVING SOCIETIES

                                                     Criteria
Rice Associates                          Multiyear Commitment
Captain James Addison Baker Society    Deferred Gifts (Estate
                                              and Trust Gifts)
William Marsh Rice Society           Cumulative Lifetime Gifts

FRIENDS GROUPS

                                                 Beneficiaries
Friends of Fondren Library                     Fondren Library
Friends of Rice Theater                 Rice Theatrical Groups
Friends of Rice University Art Gallery        Rice Art Gallery
Jones Graduate School Partners           Jones Graduate School
Owl Club                                     Varsity Athletics
Rice Design Alliance     Architectural, Preservation Interests
Rice Engineering Alumni            Brown School of Engineering
Rice Historical Society            Rice Preservation Interests
Shepherd Society                      Shepherd School of Music

SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS
By the end of 1995, campaigns for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and for Computational Engineering had raised more than $65 million in private gifts.

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