2009
ANNUAL REPORT
The University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc. (UMBF) manages and invests private gifts and/or property for the benefit of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), facilitates fundraising programs and contributions from private sources, and engages in other activities to further the educational, research, and service missions of UMB. The UMBF Board of Trustees is comprised of influential and committed leaders who are dedicated to advancing the goals of UMB. The trustees serve as advisors to the University president on matters affecting the campus, its programs, and the community, and promote UMB through advocacy. Philanthropic support is vital to ensure the University’s continued advancement as one of the nation’s top academic health, law, and human services institutions. UMBF provides opportunities for alumni, friends, foundations, corporations, and others to support the strategic mission and goals of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
The UMBF Board of Trustees is pleased to report that UMB met its fundraising goal during Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) and set a record for the University. The $80 million raised surpasses by more than $11.3 million the previous record fundraising total of $68.7 million, set in FY08. FY09 is the fifth consecutive year that the University has met or gone beyond its fundraising objective. The University is now more than halfway toward reaching its ambitious goal of $650 million during UMB’s multiyear capital campaign—“Making an Impact Worldwide.” Through your gifts, you can shape the future with the support that enables the University to excel in its mission of providing excellence in education, research, public service, and patient care. (To learn more about shaping the future with a planned gift, see page 51.) To contribute to this effort, please use the return envelope enclosed in this issue of Maryland magazine or visit http://giving.umaryland.edu.
2010
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
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