Trustees Fund for the Future

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Every Trustee, Every Year: Trustees Fund for the Future Advances Mission

Since the foundation’s founding in 1936, trustees have helped advance excellence across the university system — at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, the University Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, as well as the university wide institutes.

Trustees play a vital role in advancing the mission of the foundation through their advocacy, service and generosity. In addition to supporting areas of the University of Nebraska that are important to them, trustees are asked to make an annual gift to the Trustees Fund for the Future.

What is the Trustees Fund for the Future

While 99% of the gifts the foundation administers are restricted by the donor for a specific purpose, the Trustees Fund for the Future is an unrestricted fund that enables the foundation to strategically utilize the funds to increase its efficiency and effectiveness to raise philanthropic support benefiting the University of Nebraska. As such, the Trustees Fund for the Future is the only fund, just for trustees, that helps us realize any University of Nebraska priority.

How has the Trustees Fund for the Future Advanced the Mission of the Foundation

Recently, the Trustees Fund for the Future has been used to:

launch one of the nation’s first donor experience officer programs to assist in identifying and engaging donors;
purchase innovative digital engagement tools enhancing communication and outreach to alumni and donors;
invest in technology to enhance the fund management system improving communication to donors and to the university; and
provide a series of philanthropy workshops to more than 200 university leaders across all university campuses.

What is the Median Gift to Trustees Fund for the Future

The median gift to the Trustees Fund for the Future is approximately $1,000 with gifts ranging from $100 to $10,000 and above.

Make your gift to the Trustees Fund for the Future

Trustees: Advocates for Excellence

The University of Nebraska Foundation’s success reflects the quality and generosity of its volunteer board leadership and its trustees. To learn more about the various ways trustees are asked to fulfill their role in advancing the foundation’s mission, as well as other engagement opportunities for consideration, please read the Trustee Expectations and Opportunities summary.

Every gift becomes part of the foundation's distinguished heritage of advancing the University of Nebraska.

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