FUND RAISING TOTALS ($ MILLIONS)



DESIGNATION OF GIFTS ($ MILLIONS)



SOURCES OF GIFTS FY96 ($ MILLIONS)

A

Alumni

23%

B

Friends

8%

C

Corporations & Corp. Foundations

26%

D

Philanthropic Foundations

32%

E

Estates

11%




REUNION GIVING - DOLLARS RAISED ($ THOUSANDS)

FY95

FY96

1990 (5th)

26

28

1985 (10th)

29

48

1980 (15th)

65

73

1975 (20th)

78

75

1970 (25th)

54

125

1965 (30th)

52

79

1960 (35th)

54

90

1955 (40th)

84

143

50th Reunion
The class of 1946 raised $238,591 during the 5 years between its 45th and 50th class reunions 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 volunteer effort and by advising and supporting the University's Office of Development.

Executive Committee (1996-97)

Chair

Anne Shamblin Baillio '62

Vice Chair

Arthur Rogers '67

Advancement Committee Chair (BOG)

J.D. Bucky Allshouse '71

Annual Gifts Committee Chair

Fredric Alan Weber

Major Gifts Committee Chair

Karen Ostrum George '77

Support Groups Committee Chair

Ryn Rhea Bowers '64

Member-At-Large

Lynn L. Elsenhans '78

Member-At-Large

Ralph S. O'Connor

Member-At-Large

Carl E. Isgren '61

Immediate Past Chair

Charles Szalkowski '70




ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETIES FY96

Giving Level

Household Numbers

Edgar Odell Lovett Society

$10,000

69

George R. Brown Society

5,000

105

1891 Charter Society

2,500

197

Founders' Society

1,000

889

Sallyport Society

500

787

Campanile Society

250

1,318

President's Society

100

3,836




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 FY96, campaigns for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, for Computational Engineering, and for Nanoscale Science and Technology had raised more than $92 million in private gifts.




STELLAR HIGHLIGHTS

1996 was the most successful fund-raising year in Rice's history. More than $48.5 million (not including government grants or sponsored research) was raised, up 9% from FY95 and up 110% since FY92. Increases of note are in the giving categories of friends, foundations, and corporate gifts.

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