August 28, 2000
Campus receives $24 million in private gifts and grants for 1999-2000
By Francine Tyler
UC Santa Cruz received $24.3 million in private support during the fiscal year that
ended June 30, according to the campus's Development Office. The support includes
$6 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The fiscal year 1999-2000 marked the fourth consecutive year the campus has received
record-breaking levels of private gift support.
"The sustained increase in private philanthropic support is testimony to the
continued excellence of UCSC's programs in the arts, engineering, humanities, and
natural and social sciences," said Chancellor Greenwood. "In particular,
recognition from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in the form of two investigator
appointments, lifts the campus to an entirely new level in regard to biomedical and
engineering research."
David Haussler, professor of computer science and director of the Center for Biomolecular
Science and Engineering, was selected as a full investigator for the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute (HHMI), and Yishi Jin, assistant professor of biology, was selected
as an assistant investigator. The two are among 48 scientists selected nationwide
for the prestigious appointments.
With the addition of the HHMI awards, this year's fundraising total at UCSC was 31
percent more than that received the previous year, when nearly $18.5 million was
contributed to campus programs, scholarships, and fellowships.
In addition to major gifts, UC Santa Cruz receives gifts from many individual donors
who provide significant support to the campus annually. Campus supporters gave $1.4
million through UCSC's Annual Giving program this past year, with $1.1 million coming
through the Telephone Outreach Program. These donors are primarily alumni and parents,
with matching funds from corporations.
Trustees of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, which supports UCSC through its private
fundraising efforts, gave over $930,000 to the campus this past year.
Ronald P. Suduiko, vice chancellor for University Relations, credited a number of
sources for the fundraising achievements this past year. "Our success is due
to the generosity and personal support of donors who include many alumni, parents,
and friends of the university; the excellence of the university as exemplified by
the work of our faculty, staff, and students; and the commitment of our University
Relations team," he said.
The bulk of the funding this past year came from the following sources: foundations,
32 percent; individuals, 26 percent; and the business sector, 11 percent. Other sources
included institutions and community and campus organizations, totaling 31 percent.
Major private gifts or grants received by UCSC during the past year included:
- A $2 million charitable remainder trust from Kit Mura-Smith, a former re-entry
student who graduated from UCSC in 1975. The trust equally supports McHenry Library
and the Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students program.
- A $1.5 million grant from the Noyce Foundation in Palo Alto to create and maintain
a New Teacher Center in Silicon Valley, dedicated to teacher development. An additional
$420,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for the New Teacher
Center in Santa Cruz provides support for programs aimed at outreach and teacher
certification.
- A $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles to support research
at the Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA.
- A $1 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for interdisciplinary
research by the Division of Natural Sciences and the Baskin School of Engineering
on nervous system development and function in a tiny nematode worm.
- Two gifts totaling $660,500 from the estates of Thomas and Roberta Lumb, establishing
the Keck Remote Observing Fund and the Thomas and Roberta Lumb Endowment Fund.
- A $625,000 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for
Ali Shakouri, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School
of Engineering. This was the sixth consecutive year a UCSC researcher has garnered
the award, which is one of the nation's most prestigious honors for young faculty
members.
- A $500,000 gift from Helen and Sanford Diller in support of the Helen and Sanford
Diller Family Endowment for Jewish Studies to create a new Jewish studies minor.
An additional $60,000 grant from the Koret Foundation of San Francisco also supports
the program.
- A $300,000 gift from Donald C. and Sally Allen to establish the Henry Bachmann
Endowed Chair in Astronomical Instrumentation.
- A gift of $250,000 to establish the Ali Akbar Khan Endowment for Classical Indian
Music, which supports a new program in classical Indian music. The donation was made
by Sid and Anu Maitra, Arjun and Kiran Malhotra, Kamil and Talat Hasan, and Shiv
and Kiran Nadar.
- A $235,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to bring a greater transborder focus
to Latin American and Latino studies and the Chicano/Latino Research Center. The
grant supports a visiting fellows program and a conference, aiding collaborations
between scholars and community activists.
- A $150,000 award from the Pew Charitable Trusts to study the use of marine reserves
to manage and protect the Bering Sea marine ecosystem. James Estes, a marine ecologist
with UCSC and the U.S. Geological Survey, received the award and was named a Pew
Marine Conservation Fellow.
- A $171,000 gift from Tektronix Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon, to purchase equipment
for the Baskin School of Engineering's core teaching laboratories.
- A $150,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund the development
of a professional M.S. degree in bioinformatics.
- A $135,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and two grants
totaling $100,000 from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for Shakespeare Santa
Cruz. The grants provide general support and fund the creation of a long-range development
plan.
- A grant for $80,000 from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange in McLean, Virginia, to study trade and investment links between Taiwan and mainland China.
