INFORMATION BULLETIN

 September 25, 2001 

To:         The University Community 

From:      Chancellor Howard Cohen 

Subject:  Termination of Gift Matching Fund Program 

As many of you know, a Matching Gift Program was established as part of the 1993 Capital Campaign.  In the course of my review of campus funding strategies, and in preparation for the implementation of our campus strategic plan, I am formally closing this program.  Matching funds will be provided for employee gifts and pledges received by the University Advancement Office prior to September 25, 2001, but not thereafter.  The Matching Gift Program has been effective in many ways, but a consequence of this program is that unrestricted funds raised for general university purposes are channeled as matches to specific programs. Because unrestricted funds will be required to support strategic planning activities, it is my intention to hold them in a Chancellor's Strategic Development Fund and disburse them in ways that directly support our strategic goals.

 I sincerely appreciate your gift support and encourage you to maintain your giving.  All of your contributions help the university, and we would be pleased for you to continue to direct them as you see fit.  Your gifts fund a myriad of activities and programs that would not be possible otherwise.  Those of you who wish to reconsider your gift allocations are, of course, free to do so. 

Distribution E 

IB # 483