University of Central Florida Foundation

Athletics expenses paid in support of the ucf athletics program provide student-athletes with a championship-level experience. The chargeon fund raises funds to ensure ucf's student-athletes continue to excel in competition, in the classroom, and in the community. In the classroom, the average gpa for student-athletes has exceeded a 3.0 benchmark during each term for the 30 consecutive semesters, which is the longest streak in school history. In addition, 48 student-athletes earned a 4.0 gpa in the fall 2022 semester. Ucf is among four schools to join the big 12 conference in 2023; as such ucf athletics seeks to increase its donor base through its mission xii initiative. Last fiscal year, more than 10,000 ucf athletics donors supported student-athletes; that number is anticipated to grow as ucf joins the big 12.

Ucff is dedicated to enriching the lives of ucf students and solicits donations to support scholarships to benefit them. Scholarship funds are transferred to the University for administration and processing and are designed to reward, inspire, and assist students in pursuing academic excellence and help attract a diverse student body ucf set records for diversity in fall 2022 with 49.7% of minority students, and 28.2% hispanic/latinx. The fall 2022 freshman class set a new bar for academic excellence with an average gpa of 4.23 and average sat scores of 1334. Ucf ranks second among Florida's state universities with 367 national merit scholars enrolled. $108.2 million was awarded to bright futures students, the second-largest amount in Florida. Seventy-two percent of undergraduates received financial aid, with a total of $615.7 million awarded. Sixty-two percent of ftic (first time in college) students at ucf graduate without any educational debt; kiplinger and forbes rank ucf among the nation's best education values.

Academic expenses paid in support of the ucf programs include funding for academic programs, salaries for University employees and fellowships to reward some of ucf's most accomplished and promising students. Outstanding faculty inspire students, foster and enhance strong academic programs and serve as a key element to institutional excellence. Endowed chairs, eminent scholar positions and distinguished professorships are prestigious academic positions held by the University's most esteemed faculty and spending to support these positions helps the University maintain a high academic standard. Spending to support research projects and innovative programs further enriches the ucf learning experience. The ucf Foundation, Inc. closed its books at the end of june 2022 with $76 million in gifts and commitments exceeding the goal set by University leaders. This represented the support of more than 46,000 donors who gave 202,846 gifts. The ucf challenge, the University's co-investment program created to leverage the 2021 $40 million transformational gift from philanthropist mackenzie scott, raised $10.4 million for student success, scholars' programs and faculty excellence.

Other program services directly related to the Foundation's mission.