NEXT IS NOW
Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2022
At the University of Cincinnati and UC Health, we’re driven by next thinking bolder and dreaming bigger to create the tomorrow we envision, today.
On the cover: Top, Desmond Ridder, BA ’20, football quarterback and captain to the 13-1 and back-to-back AAC Champion Cincinnati Bearcats, who finished No. 4 in the nation. Ridder, a recipient of the Sheakley Quarterback Scholarship says the support was “a blessing.” He is now the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. Bottom: John C. Byrd, MD, leads the Leukemia and Drug Development Lab at the UC College of Medicine. Byrd is the Gordon and Helen Hughes Taylor Endowed Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, an internationally known researcher and clinical specialist in leukemia and other hematologic malignancies.
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LETTERS
Peter E. Landgren, President
Rae A. Mang, Chair
INVESTMENT OVERVIEW
The UC endowment and its performance
TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
Coming together to shape tomorrow
FUNDRAISING REPORT
Fundraising report from fiscal year 2022
LEADERSHIP
UC, UC Health and UC Foundation
Bearcats returned to in-person events including pregame gatherings on Sigma Sigma Commons.
A Letter from PETER E. LANDGREN A Letter from PETER E. LANDGREN
This was a year for the record books, and it is you who made that possible. Your collective generosity has transformed big ideas and opportunities into impact. This upward trajectory is evident across every corner of the University of Cincinnati and UC Health.
The pages of this report illustrate how our university and health care system are flourishing, thanks to philanthropy. I share with great joy that our students will benefit from 107 new scholarships this year. Having benefitted from a scholarship that made my education possible at UC, this achievement holds special meaning for me. Overall, your investments to our university community grew by 50% and alumni giving increased by 115%.
A story and a relationship are behind each act of generosity. A former student honors a professor by renaming one of UC’s signature buildings. A philanthropic partnership inspired by loss marks 10 years of supporting cancer research. A center advancing social justice hires its first director to drive change. And your commitment to the Day One Ready Campaign prepares our university to enter the Big 12 Athletic Conference.
In 2019, we launched Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati to bring ambitious goals to life.
As we look forward at the final two years of the campaign, I’m proud to say that because of you, Next is Now. You are building the future today.
Peter E. Landgren PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
A Letter from RAE A. MANG
This past year has given us much to celebrate—particularly as Bearcats were able to gather to recognize great achievements and service.
As chair of the UC Foundation Board of Trustees, it was thrilling to be a part of our highest philanthropic accolades at the George Rieveschl Recognition Dinner. In person for the first time in two years, we honored individuals and groups who are changing lives through their contributions to UC and UC Health.
Meaningfully, we remembered Greg Wolf, BBA ’92, our fellow Bearcat and UC Foundation board member. UC President Neville G. Pinto presented Greg’s family with the President’s Award for Excellence in a touching tribute. And thanks to an outpouring of generosity from Greg’s community, the first Greg Wolf “Strength in Unity” Endowed Football Scholarship Fund recipient is on campus this fall, continuing Greg’s legacy as a proud Bearcat.
Like those honored, your dedication to UC and UC Health is steadfast. Your investments support our future leaders, innovation, campus facilities and advances in health care.
On behalf of my fellow trustees, thank you for igniting passion to transform lives through philanthropy!
Rae A. Mang CHAIR, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The last year was one of UC’s best, including a $25 million gift honoring engineering faculty and mentor Dr. Thomas Mantei. The power of generosity plays a big role in preparing us for the next 200 years of excellence. Be assured, the best is yet to come.
Neville G. Pinto, PhD PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Investment Overview
A Letter from KARL SCHEER
We are pleased to report that during a difficult investment year, the UC endowment protected capital, outperforming a balanced stock/ bond portfolio by +13%, equating to an incremental +$164 million of value for fiscal year 2022.
This outperformance speaks to the hallmarks of our investment approach: diversification, steady long-term-focused investment management, and a resistance to investment fads. The final key element is an equity orientation, the main driver of long-term gains. This approach has allowed UC’s endowment to generate a +964% cumulative 30-year investment return and massively outperform inflation (+110% in the same time period). In fiscal year 2022, our equity investments experienced markdowns but our inflation-oriented investments produced significant gains that more than made up for equity losses. This underscores the wisdom of our diversified approach and marks a meaningful improvment over many of our university peer endowments, some of which experienced recent painful investment losses.
It is through this long-term focus and relentless day-to-day striving that UC’s endowment management enabled a 19th-century industrialist’s gift to support one of UC’s most innovative programs in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, described later on page 12.
Karl Scheer CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
page 9 for performance notes.
The new UC Digital Futures building in the Cincinnati Innovation District is home to the Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab.
UC ENDOWMENT Roll-Forward
The UC Endowment achieved more than $1 billion in investment gains over the past decade while simultaneously providing substantial and stable support to UC.
INVESTMENT Performance*
As of June 30, 2022
*Dollar figures reflect UC’s $1.8B endowment, which includes its $1.3B internally-managed pool (the “A Pool”) and endowments managed by third parties, according to donor decree. UC performance percentages reflect the “A Pool.” Weighted Benchmark is comprised of 60% global equities (MSCI All-Country World Index), 40% bonds (Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index). Peers performance is the Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Endowments & Foundations Index return.
*Peer data not available for the 20-year and 30-year time horizons.
LEVERAGING UC’S INVESTMENT ADVANTAGES TO PRODUCE SUPERIOR RETURNS
UC has generated outperformance worth over +$258 million in the past decade largely through a painstaking effort to access some of the world’s most successful managers. Studies have repeatedly shown that smaller fund managers generate superior returns vs. larger managers and that a small subset of investment firms can produce protracted periods of superior performance. This is particularly true in areas like venture capital and private equity.
The UC Investment Office has built a portfolio of these managers in the past decade by creating and leveraging a unique set of attributes. Creating such a portfolio is nearly impossible because top managers are largely inaccessible to new investors due to their obscurity or the fact that many such managers are closed to new investors, sometimes for decades. Several of UC’s key attributes are listed on the following page.
mission-driven institution
Elite investment managers uniformly want to work with institutions whose missions they proudly support. UC’s focus on academic excellence, urban impact, and innovation makes it a desirable partner. This includes inspiring programs like the Ohio Innocence Project, the Gen-1 Program and Emerging Ethnic Engineers.
Long-tenured, dedicated team
Top investment managers require stability in their investors and seek to work with experienced, user-friendly teams who are great partners. The UC investment team has worked together for 10 years, earning a positive reputation as thoughtful investors and a reliable source of capital. We also benefit from the momentum of success. An investment from UC serves as a form of validation for promising new managers. These attributes drive them to choose UC as a partner over other similar endowments.
Nimble Size
Like the last bed in Goldilocks’ adventures with the bears, UC’s investment program is not too large and not too small, but just right for accessing top managers. The largest endowments are obliged to invest tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in each manager, while individual investors are unable to meet fund minimums. UC’s endowment is large enough that we can meet minimums yet small enough that we can squeeze in with smaller managers without exceeding fund size limits.
An award-winning governance structure and predictable liquidity needs
UC’s endowment investment program has been recognized for good governance by the Institutional Investor Awards for endowments and foundations. It is highly stable due to its decision-making structure and expert investment committee. Combining this with its permanent pool of endowment capital and sustainable and predictable spending policy makes UC a trustworthy and desirable investor for top investment partners.
From pig iron to Cryptocurrency
This is the story of how an endowment gift enabled David Sinton, a 19th-century pig-iron industrialist, to support UC’s emerging leadership position in experiential learning in one of the 21st century’s most cutting-edge technologies.
In 1899, wealthy industrialist David Sinton donated $100,000 to UC to establish an endowment fund to provide a perpetual source of funding for an endowed professorship in the Department of Economics.
The current David Sinton Professor of Economics is Debashis Pal, PhD, a passionate nurturer of students and researcher into public policy improvements via better understanding of market function. Pal is also the managing director of the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute at the College of Business. Under his leadership and through the continued generosity of the Kautz and Uible families, the institute is home to one of the university’s newest and most innovative endeavors.
A blockchain is a decentralized ledger of all transactions across a peer-to-peer network.
As a database, a blockchain stores information electronically in digital format. In addition to cryptocurrencies, a blockchain can be used to maintain legal contracts, to enable artists to benefit financially from their work, along with a wide range of other uses.
Image provided by the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Left to right, Woody Uible, Debashis Pal, Michael Jones and Dan Kautz.
The Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab is one of the nation’s leading university cryptocurrency and blockchain research programs.
Led by Michael Jones, PhD, Kautz-Uible Economics Institute academic director, the lab enables students to work directly with cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The lab and program are housed in the new UC Digital Futures building, located in the Cincinnati Innovation District.
Sinton chose to structure his gift as a permanent endowment. As a result, his $100,000 gift has been transformed into well over $5 million of value to UC and its many constituents. Structuring it as a perpetual source of funding means wealth that was created in the pig–iron market is now being used to fund research for real world uses of technology that was not even science fiction in Sinton’s 19th-century world.
Under UC’s 123 years of care and stewardship, Sinton’s $100,000 gift has provided more thAN $4 million IN funding (40 times the original gift) and grown by 930% to over $1 million today.
The Sinton Fund, one of UC’s oldest, is poised to reliably, predictably provide annual support to UC’s Economics Department into its fourth century and beyond.
Script from David Sinton’s 1899 letter regarding his gift to UC.
Cryptocurrency mining rig that will be available at the Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab in the new UC Digital Futures building.
VISION
IGNITING PASSION TO TRANSFORM LIVES.
MISSION
To inspire a community of UC and UC Health supporters through the power of philanthropy.
The UC Alumni Association marked its annual Alumni Celebration with a community art project commemorating its 2022 honorees. The mural, a temporary installation at 1430 Vine St., portrayed 19 alumni as superheroes featuring various “super powers” that they deploy to be a positive force throughout the world.
Alumnus honors professor with $25 million gift
Jim Goetz celebrates Thomas Mantei
Jim Goetz, BSEE ’88, traces his success in life as an entrepreneur and investor back to the professor who took the time to guide him when he arrived on campus as an “ill-prepared” freshman. Emeritus Professor Thomas D. Mantei of the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science offered Goetz encouragement and support. The relationship shaped his value system, allowing him to realize his potential.
In 2021, Goetz honored his mentor with a $25 million gift, rededicating the Engineering Research Center as the Mantei Center.
Jim Goetz and Tom Mantei at the center’s rededication.
“Dr. Mantei was a critical mentor in my life. He advocated for me, helped me believe in myself, and helped me realize my potential. He created a legendary environment to grow that blended work experience, outstanding classroom teaching and selfless office hours.”
Jim Goetz
PARTNER, SEQUOIA CAPITAL INVESTOR & PHILANTHROPIST
This transformational gift from Goetz, paired with university matching funds, established the Marian Spencer Scholars Program, allowing 10 students annually from Cincinnati Public Schools to receive full tuition, room and board scholarships and other opportunities. The inaugural 10 Spencer Scholars began classes in fall 2022.
Goetz’s generosity also:
• Expands Computer Science by adding faculty.
• Increases co-op opportunities.
• Promotes entrepreneurial skills for engineering and computer science students.
• Exposes students in all colleges to computing skills.
• Creates two new scholarships in football and men’s basketball, named for Travis and Jason Kelce and Kenyon Martin, UC athletes who have achieved significant success as professional athletes.
ongoing progress.
Akua Wilson, CECH ‘22, received the 2022 Student Trailblazer Award at the UCAA African American Alumni Affiliate’s Onyx and Ruby Gala. The award recognizes a student who embodies leadership qualities, is involved in the campus community, inspires fellow students and blazes the trail for
fundraising report
Cincinnati Bearcats Football players practice at Nippert Stadium. The team made history by competing at the 2021 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
FISCAL YEAR 2022
Commitments*
$145,787,273
BY PURPOSE
Fiscal year 2022 commitments are organized by purpose, fund type and source. of
BY SOURCE BY FUND TYPE
$145,787,273
$145,787,273
*Excludes UC Health contribution, non-government research fund, software gifts-in-kind, campaign-only gifts.
Current Operations
$74,800,508 — 51%
Endowment
$41,659,559 — 29%
Facilities
$29,327,206 — 20%
New Commitments
$121,529,246 — 83.3%
Deferred Gifts
$23,940,759 — 16.5%
Gift-in-Kind (Non-software)
$317,269 — 0.2%
FINANCIAL Highlights
UC Foundation and UC Health Foundation Combined*
EXPENSES
$44,649,834
James Lerma, research assistant, and Ola Elgamal, PhD, research scientist, are pictured at the Leukemia and Drug Development Lab at the UC College of Medicine.
UC Health has a 200-year legacy of providing health care to our region. Our success and ability to provide the best care all day, every day, is directly tied to the support of philanthropy. Your investment in our people, facilities and services unites our community and advances the future of health care in this region and beyond.
Rick Hinds INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
UC & UC HEALTH Leaders
Neville G. Pinto, PhD
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
UC FO UNDATIO N Board of Trustees
CHAIR
Rae A. Mang Medfield, MA
Rick Hinds
INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UC HEALTH
PRESIDENT
Peter E. Landgren Cincinnati, OH PAST CHAIR
W. Troy Neat Cincinnati, OH
UC FOUNDATION Leadership
Peter E. Landgren
PRESIDENT, UC FOUNDATION
VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT, UC
Jonathan Agree
VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT, ACADEMIC MEDICINE
Linda E. Bledsoe
VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
Heather C. Ellison DIRECTOR, BOARD RELATIONS
Julie L. Engebrecht
VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
TREASURER
Thomas D. Freeman Cincinnati, OH
SECRETARY
Heather C. Ellison Cincinnati, OH
Thomas D. Freeman
VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Jennifer L. Heisey
VICE PRESIDENT, ALUMNI AND DONOR EXPERIENCE
Stephen A. Rosfeld
VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT
Carrie E. White VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION AND PHILANTHROPIC STRATEGY
Caleb D. Whitted
VICE PRESIDENT, PRINCIPAL GIVING
TRUSTEES
Shakila T. Ahmad Mason, OH
Peter A. Alpaugh Cincinnati, OH
Lori A. Beer New York, NY
John B. Berding Cincinnati, OH
Edwin L. Bowman lll Suwanee, GA
Jim Boyce Indianapolis, IN
Eric C. Broyles, Esq. Washington, DC
Robert R. Buck Naples, FL
Ken V. Byers Jr. Cincinnati, OH
Thomas B. Carleton Loveland, OH
Phil D. Collins Cincinnati, OH
Sean P. Connell Oak Brook, IL
Alvin H. Crawford, MD Cincinnati, OH
William J. Davis Cincinnati, OH
Kimberlee J. Dobbs Cincinnati, OH
Timothy A. Elsbrock Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Barbara Fant, PharmD Cincinnati, OH
Leigh R. Fox Cincinnati, OH
Jerry L. Fritz Bella Vista, AR
Paul D. Green Cincinnati, OH
Lourdes J. Harshe Huntington Beach, CA
Anil D. Hinduja Bethesda, MD
Stuart G. Hoffman, PhD Pittsburgh, PA
Kathryn A. Hollister Cincinnati, OH
Gyan Jha Louisville, KY
Gary D. Johns Fairfield, OH
Laurence F. Jones III Fairfield Township, OH
Joseph P. Judge Potomac, MD
Jerry C. Kathman Covington, KY
Ruthie S. Keefe Cincinnati, OH
Stephen E. Kimpel Columbus, OH
Robert J. King Jr. Cleveland, OH
Eva L. Maddox Chicago, IL
Rae A. Mang Medfield, MA
Darrell D. Miller, Esq. Altadena, CA
Anndréa M. Moore Los Angeles, CA
Shenan P. Murphy Cincinnati, OH
Arun C. Murthy Flower Mound, TX
Russell C. Myers Cincinnati, OH
W. Troy Neat Cincinnati, OH
Jacqueline C. Neumann Cincinnati, OH
Cora K. Ogle, PhD Cincinnati, OH
Kirk L. Perry Cincinnati, OH
Judy L. Pershern, Esq. Cincinnati, OH
Ellen Rieveschl Covington, KY
Ryan M. Rybolt Cincinnati, OH
Richard C. Seal Cincinnati, OH
Shimul A. Shah, MD Cincinnati, OH
Randall "Randy" E. Smith Cincinnati, OH
John M. Tew Jr., MD Cincinnati, OH
Christopher J. Van Pelt Loveland, OH
Amanda L. Wait Arlington, VA
Andi K. Wiot Cincinnati, OH
Andrea I. Zahumensky Louisville, KY
EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES
Robert F. Ambach, MPA Cincinnati, OH
Flavia M. Bastos, PhD Covington, KY
Heather C. Ellison Cincinnati, OH
Valerio C. Ferme, PhD Cincinnati, OH
Andrew T. Filak Jr., MD Cincinnati, OH
Thomas D. Freeman Cincinnati, OH
Kiley A. Gawronski Cincinnati, OH
Kim M. Heiman Cincinnati, OH
Rick Hinds, Jr. Cleves, OH
Lawrence J. Johnson, PhD Cincinnati, OH
Patrick A. Kowalski Cincinnati, OH
Peter E. Landgren Cincinnati, OH
Richard P. Lofgren, MD, MPH, FACP Cincinnati, OH
Rishi Mehta Cincinnati, OH
Neville G. Pinto, PhD Cincinnati, OH
Gregory W. Rouan, MD Cincinnati, OH
Margarita I. Stringfellow Cincinnati, OH
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Eugene R. Allspach* Bellaire, TX
James E. Blakeney* Dayton, OH
Elroy E. Bourgraf* Naples, FL
Jack E. Brown* Cincinnati, OH
Otto M. Budig Jr.* Cincinnati, OH
Daniel P. Carmichael* Carmel, IN
Todd C. DeGarmo* Washington, DC
Thomas E. Dewey* Montgomery, OH
David B. Dillon* Mission Hills, KS
John S. Domaschko* Covington, KY
Dianna G. Dunkelman* Cincinnati, OH
Robert L. Fealy* Chicago, IL
Brian E. Hall* Shaker Heights, OH
Donald C. Harrison, MD* Montgomery, OH
Carrie K. Hayden* Steamboat Springs, CO
Lynnette M. Heard* Fulshear, TX
Robert A. Heimann* Cincinnati, OH
Thomas H. Humes Jr.* Cincinnati, OH
Timothy E. Johnson, PhD* Cincinnati, OH
Barbara W. Kellar* Cincinnati, OH
Patricia L. Klingbiel* Elmhurst, IL
Marvin P. Kolodzik* Cincinnati, OH
David M. Lance* Warsaw, KY
Louis H. Lauch Jr.* Batavia, OH
Jerry P. Leamon* Cos Cob, CT
Doloris F. Learmonth, Esq.* Cincinnati, OH
William E. Lower* Cincinnati, OH
Eva L. Maddox* Chicago, IL
John M. Mang* Medfield, MA
Thomas E. Mischell* Cincinnati, OH
Joffre P. Moine II* Mason, OH
William B. Monnig, MD* Ryland Heights, KY
Jerome P. Montopoli* Covington, KY
Marjorie Motch Cincinnati, OH
Valerie L. Newell* Covington, KY
H.C. "Buck" Niehoff* Cincinnati, OH
Michael J. Paxton* Naples, FL*
Yvonne C. Robertson* Cincinnati, OH
Alvin F. Roehr Jr.* Cincinnati, OH
James A. Schiff, PhD* Cincinnati, OH
James E. Schwab* Marana, AZ
Tony L. Shipley* Cincinnati, OH
J. Clay Stinnett Bellevue, KY
Richard "Dick" E. Thornburgh* Palm Beach, FL
Woodrow "Woody" H. Uible* Cincinnati, OH
Myron E. Ullman III* Montrose, CO
Margaret "Peg" K. Valentine* Cincinnati, OH
Michael D. Valentine* Cincinnati, OH
Sandra S. Wiesmann* Bethesda, MD
Jeffrey P. Williams* New Canaan, CT
Steven A. Wilson* Cincinnati, OH
Frank C. Woodside lll, MD, JD* Cincinnati, OH
Jeffrey L. Wyler* Milford, OH
Wilbert L. Ziegler* Crestview Hills, KY
Anthony Zingale* Los Gatos, CA
*Denotes Herschede Society as of June 30, 2022
Foundation Trustee list as of June 30, 2022
The Kautz Attic in the UC Carl H. Lindner College of Business. The fourth floor attic was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Kautz Family Foundation.
The University of Cincinnati Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran status or gender identity and expression in its programs and activities. The complete Notice of Nondiscrimination can be found at uc.edu/about/policies/non-discrimination
The UC Foundation’s anti-racist statement was created by its staff after discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion’s value to the Foundation and its many stakeholders. The statement can be found foundation.uc.edu/about/AntiRacistStatement
transforming lives through philanthropy
Through Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati, you are changing lives at UC and UC Health and proving that Next is not the future. Next is Now.
Next is a student receiving a scholarship.
Next is new, innovative spaces and programs.
Next is research saving lives.
Next is our alumni making the world better for all of us. Next is You.
Empower our next leaders
Barbara Bowling Gosink, MD, A&S ‘62 allocates $1.25 million for scholarships to the UC College of Arts and Sciences and UC College of Medicine in a planned gift.
Bill Hoeb, DAAP ‘64, establishes the Karen Bennett Hoeb Directorship in Cooperative Education Endowment Fund with a sevenfigure estate gift. The William R. Hoeb, Jr. and Karen Bennett Hoeb Cooperative Education Programmatic Support Fund will assist with operational needs at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business.
UC Provost Valerio Ferme (right) celebrates his husband’s birthday by creating the Giorgio Corda First Generation Scholarship Endowment Fund.
The fund supports first-generation students in the UC College of Arts and Sciences with a preference for students who are or have been in the foster care system.
To honor his wife and UC alumna, John Lee Compton creates the Lynn Toby Fisher ‘73 Scholarship Fund at the UC College of Law with a $1 million gift.
184 corporate and foundation partners donate $5.2 million to UC scholarships.
$25.2 million
6,850 donors, believing in student success and the value of a college education, give $25.2 million to scholarships.
Joan Wieging, CEAS ‘82, honors her parents and supports female engineers by establishing the Alfreda and William Wieging Scholarship Endowment Fund at the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science.
A gift of $570,000 from Tom and Gloria Davis creates the Thomas J. and Gloria Davis J. Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund for UC student-athletes. It also supports the Professor R.T. Davis Endowment Fund at the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Best Point Education and Behavioral
Health gives $60,000 to the Joe Hall Scholarship, which has benefitted social work students at the UC College of Allied Health Sciences for 27 years.
EXPLORE our next Frontier
A $5.5 million gift from Bernard Osher and The Bernard Osher Foundation creates the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Cincinnati, providing permanent funding for the center’s work and programs at UC and UC Health.
Kerry and Missy Byrne, in partnership with the Fifth Third Foundation, make leadership gifts totaling $1.25 million to the new Emergency Department at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
The Weaver Foundation and Ellen Weaver, a trustee, honor the Weaver Institute for Law and Psychiatry at UC College of Law with a $1 million gift. This donation also memorializes the work of the institute’s namesake, Glenn M. Weaver, BS ‘43, MD ‘45.
A $2 million estate gift creates the Arnold and Ina P. Schwartz Endowed Chair of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology at the UC College of Medicine.
EMBRACE our next PURPOSE
Alumnus H.C. Buck Niehoff, JD ‘72, HON ‘11, honors his former law firm, Peck, Shaffer & Williams LLP, by naming the two-story atrium at the new UC College of Law building.
Bruce Eichner, JD ‘69, establishes the Ian Bruce Eichner Research Fellowship in Workforce Housing Policy Fund at the UC College of Law with a $500,000 gift.
The Day One Ready Campaign officially launches, preparing the university for its upcoming move to the Big 12.
Since the campaign’s quiet phase, more than $66 million has been raised for UC Athletics.
An estate gift from UC emeriti professors Laura and Richard Kretschmer benefits UC female student-athletes through scholarship and is the largest gift supporting women athletes in university history.
This gift also endows and creates new collections at UC Libraries and provides unrestricted support.
Gifts from Dan Kautz and Woodrow (Woody) Uible, BA ‘75, will launch an educational program with the UC Carl H. Lindner College of Business and Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab within the new Digital Futures building.
The Brandon C. Gromada Head & Neck Cancer Foundation marks 10 years of supporting research at the UC Cancer Center. To date, this foundation has contributed $325,000 to head and neck cancer research.
Alumni and community partners contribute $3.6 million to the new UC College of Law renovation.
GIVEHOPE and BSI Engineering mark 10 years supporting the UC Cancer Center. This partnership raises $1 million to benefit pancreatic cancer research, education, prevention and awareness programs.
The fifth annual UC Day of Giving raises more than $2.5 million with more than 3,000 gifts thanks to alumni, donors, faculty and staff.
committed to Social JUSTICE
Dianne Dunkelman, a former UC Foundation trustee, and Phoebe Pardo create the Sawyer Pardo Fellowship Endowment Fund for LGBTQ+ Health at the UC College of Medicine. Sarah Pickle, MD, (above) will work with the Pardo Fellow.
more than 500 donors supported funds related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Four first-year design students and one graduate student at the UC College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning are the first recipients of the P&G Diversity in Design Undergraduate Scholarship and P&G Diversity in Design Fellowship.
Jenn Dye, JD ‘09, is hired as the inaugural director of the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the UC College of Law. The position was made possible by a 2020 gift from Jeff and Jennifer Davis.
IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
Alumni giving
Alumni giving increased 115%.
Overall giving
Donations supporting UC and UC Health increased 50%.
Scholarships established
107 scholarship funds were established.
Endowments established
98 endowment funds were established.
More than $61,855 was donated to emergency funds benefiting UC students.
Both the UC James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy and UC College of Law set scholarship fundraising records in fiscal year 2022. $2 million was donated for pharmacy scholarships and $2.8 million for law scholarships.
2,967 donors contributed $7,382,455 for funds related to research.
