2013–14 Fundraising Results Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers who helped Yale Athletics to a strong finish in 2013-14.
In 2013-14:
Yale Athletics experienced its best-ever annual fundraising year, bringing in a total of $3.38 million in annual operating gifts · Our sport associations surpassed their combined gifts goal of $2.5 million by $400,000 · 11 out of 18 Associations met or exceeded their fundraising target · The endowment had a record year for new programmatic funds, providing an increase of $12.4 million in pledges and $5.1 million in cash
2013-14 Sport Specific Fundraising Highlights: • The Yale Lacrosse Association rallied to endow their program, raising $7.55 million in pledges – incredible! (see below) • The Yale Crew Association completed fundraising for two more head coaching endowments (see below) • The Yale Soccer Association has named the men’s coaching position – now both soccer coaching positions are endowed • The Yale Football Association held the largest single fundraising event in Yale Athletics history with their annual golf outing which raised over $100,0000 • The Yale Tennis Association raised its largest annual gift total in program history • The Yale Golf Association answered the call for the coaches’ needs for technology improvements, raising $25,000 over goal for new equipment
2013-14 by the Numbers:
Total Cash: $11,019,416 | Total Annual Cash: $3,379,667 NEW RECORD | No. of New Head Coach Endowments: 3 |
$3,229,878 NEW RECORD | Total Endowment Cash: $5,096,495 | $12,400,000 | No. of New Programmatic Endowments: 12 NEW RECORD
Total Annual Cash – Varsity Sports: Total Endowment Pledges:
Endowment Update Three New Coaching Endowments
in 2013-14
5k Corral Head Coach of Men’s Soccer Friends of YWC Head Coach of Women’s Crew Craig W. Johnson ’68 Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew
Record Twelve New Programmatic Endowments in 2013-14 (Previous record of 11 was set in 2012-13)
Yale Lacrosse Works to Endow Entire Program! In an incredible show of leadership, a group of Yale Lacrosse alumni has united to endow their programs. Donors have raised $7.95 million against a goal of $12.5 million to endow Yale Lacrosse. Joe Tsai ‘86 and his wife Clara Wu made the lead gift for the endowment and are joined by supporters Vincent J. ’98 and Clara Gillespie ’01 Ferraro, Ed and Susan R. ’87 Forst, Christine C. and Jason W. ’87 Reese, Barbara E. and Jonathan P. ’90 Reese, Brian M. ’85, ’92 J.D. and Jeannette S. Reilly, Caroline and David ’92 Ryan, David I. ’95 and Rebecca Vitas ’00 MBA Schamis,
David W. Schwartz ’87, and Timothy A. Steinert ’82, as well as several anonymous donors.
Women’s Crew.
annual giving.
This programmatic endowment goes a long way to ensuring that both Yale Lacrosse programs are able to recruit and retain top talent, have access to state of the art facilities and equipment, and have the flexible programmatic funds to meet and respond to needs as they arise. In short, it allows Yale Lacrosse to remain among the best programs in the Ivy League and in the country.
Sherry and Robert Reum ’64 Fund for Basketball Rick Kaminsky & Family Men’s Basketball Fund (in honor of Coach Joe Vancisin) Crews Endow Coaching Positions Yale Women’s Basketball In 2013-14, the women’s and heavyweight The heavyweight position was also an Excellence Fund crew alumni groups joined their lightweight incredible group effort. The majority counterparts by endowing head coaching of the $1.5 million goal came from the Yale Football Excellence Fund **Exciting News: positions. Three coaching endowments in generosity of the estate of Craig W. Yale Golf Excellence Fund With the addition two years – extraordinary news! Johnson ’68, for whom the position will Yale Hockey Excellence Fund of the Yale Softball be named. Loyal alumni stepped up to The women’s coaching position will now Excellence Fund, Yale Men’s Lacrosse Excellence fill the gap required to meet the naming all Yale Sports be known as The Friends of Yale Women’s Fund threshold. have at least Crew Head Coach. What began as a one endowment Yale Women’s Lacrosse $400,000 goal in honor of the program’s The expendable income from these funds fund working Excellence Fund 40th anniversary, recognized during a will be used to support the salary and to support the Anonymous Fund for Sailing annual operating weekend celebration in April, skyrocketed other directly related benefits of the Head budget in to over $1.5 million raised in just over two Coaches of Yale Crew, and will reduce Yale Softball Excellence Fund** perpetuity! years. This endeavor was a true team effort the overall operational expenses of the Yale Tennis Excellence Fund of over 100 alumnae and friends of Yale program that need to be funded through Women’s Class of 1987 Track Fund 8