With $512 million in gifts and pledges, UCLA reached historic fundraising heights for the fiscal year ending June 30. The amount is UCLA's largest ever for a single fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of $509 million, set in 2001–02.
A total of 57,945 donors made 79,764 gifts and pledges to UCLA during the period, helping UCLA surpass its ambitious $500 million goal.
UCLA medical students will benefit from David Geffen's gift of $100 million, the largest single donation for fiscal year 2012-13.
Several other areas of campus received significant donations, including a transformative $5 million gift from alumnus David Mong to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a landmark $5 million gift from philanthropists Mick and Mary Dragoo to the UCLA School of Dentistry to establish a periodontal and implant clinical research and patient care center in their names.
The UCLA Department of History’s largest gift ever, $10 million in endowed funds from the Arcadia Fund, will be used to attract and support top graduate students, and to advance departmental priorities. UCLA's Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden received a $1 million gift from Morton La Kretz, a UCLA alumnus, for a new entrance and other improvements.
"Our alumni and friends step forward time and again to support UCLA's leadership and mission," said Steve Gamer, associate vice chancellor of development and executive director of The UCLA Foundation. "This year's gifts — both large and small — demonstrate their continued confidence in and commitment to UCLA."
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