UMass sets fundraising records for fiscal ’15

MARTIN T. MEEHAN, president of the University of Massachusetts system, said fiscal year fundraising records were set in 2015, with all five campuses, including UMass Dartmouth, experiencing increases. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, president of the University of Massachusetts system, said fiscal year fundraising records were set in 2015, with all five campuses, including UMass Dartmouth, experiencing increases. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts set fiscal year fundraising records in 2015, with all five campuses, including UMass Dartmouth, experiencing increases.
The UMass system attracted $98.6 million in cash gifts, a 12.6 percent increase and a new record, said UMass President Marty Meehan. The university also generated $129.5 million in new gifts and commitments, an increase of 11 percent compared with the year before and the second-highest amount ever.
UMass Dartmouth received total cash gifts of $3.9 million compared with $3.2 million in fiscal year 2014.
Other campuses fared as follows:

  • UMass Amherst generated $47.37 million in new gifts and commitments, the most of any campus, and surpassed its $300 million UMass Rising campaign goal more than a year early;
  • UMass Lowell had its best fundraising year ever, at $21 million;
  • UMass Medical School also had its best year on record, at $45.5 million;
  • UMass Boston received new gift commitments from nearly 5,000 alumni – the largest number of alumni donors in five years.

“Just as we see our reputation and rankings soaring and enrollment climbing higher, we now see a significant surge in private financial support for UMass, as alumni, friends and members of the business community want to be clear about their support for our mission and cause,” Meehan said.
Meehan also announced that the UMass endowment has reached $768 million as of June 30, a record high.
“We are going to continue to work hard in this area, given its importance to our mission and aspirations,” added Meehan.

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