Down by $25M for FY24, from $121M in FY23 to $95.7M in FY24, due to decreased donations and grants. Article also says the 12th Man Foundation is funding, at least partially, Jimbo Fisher’s buyout. Article reports that 12th Man Foundation salaries increased by 13%, which seems high, even with the fundraising success. Leading the way is the Foundation’s President/CEO, at $552,610 in total compensation.
What Cougar Pride could do with $95.7M…
Texas A&M is one of the most deliberate culture rich Traditional campuses in the country.
Of course, that is going to result in their former students having a life long connection and donating millions.
They figured this out a long time ago…Fish Camp, the Cadets, the unique cultural ques…all by design to led to extra funding/donations in the future.
You can either be a degree factory or a cultural traditional institution.
That middle ground is no mans land as you’re not excelling in either category…you’re just blah
I think that ATM’s success with alumni $upport also has a lot to do with their history of being a farmer’s university. That being said, their alumni own millions of acres of land across the state of Texas which have oil & gas deposits with lots of oil wells generating massive revenues for their alumni donors. And that’s before counting the actual land transfers to ATM by will of older Aggies upon death which I understand is quite substantial.
yup, u gotta drink/chug/keep drinking the maroon kool-aid, not for everyone lol
They made deliberate choice to transition into a more Traditional campus in the 1970s.
Before then , they were an all male University for the most part but their drastic revision to their Mission Statement has been a huge success.
I really hope the University of Houston adjust their mission statement heading into their second century
The key to long term donations is to CULTivate a tradition rich environment.
Some leaders want UH to be a traditional university, with students living on campus and absorbing the college experience, and other leaders want UH to be a commuter university, which historically it has been. It would help UH if there was consensus among the two. I think UH is proceeding in the right direction by adding campus housing. The long awaited medical school is now a reality and adds to medical research and serving the needs of Southeast Texas. The university will benefit financially from the Texas University Fund, which will help fund all sorts of improvements.
I know this thread is about athletic donations and in my opinion: UH needs to increase corporate participation in athletics, both NIL and non-NIL participation; being a fully vested member of the B12 and getting 100% of the payouts will level the playing field competing in the conference; and of course, winning on the field and court,
Jimbo’s buyout was a pretty big chunk of change.
ATM has always been a traditional school. All schools from that time were all traditional schools. Kids from all over the state went to College station to live while at school. UH is different, and a new model that serves mainly sons and daughters of the city. We’ve never been old traditional, we are new traditional. More evolved. Go to ATM if that’s type of traditional school you want.
We are stuck in that middle no man’s land
We are way too expensive now for those looking for a commuter value school option yet we don’t offer the infrastructure/culture/amenities associated with a similar huge public school of our size so both type of student is being hurt
I hope, for our next 100 years, we pick a lane and commit to that vision instead of half/half.
You would think accepting a P4 invite would mean we’d start to become a 100% traditional school
We are not a traditional school until high school kids have UH as a primary destination rather than a backup school.
We are the primary destination for HOUSTON high school kids. Do you think so low of UH that you think none of its students actually wanted to be at UH? People like you are the problem, not UH, believing the BS crap other schools say about UH.
Are we really? I would assume it’s Aggie and ut.
Say what you want about Texas A&M, but I wish UofH had some of the spirit Aggies have. We can barely get folks to show up to an actual game. They have 100K at yell practice. Win or lose, the Aggies show up.
So what you’re saying is that Dr. Khator’s efforts are ultimately “blah”? 
Well, there is that new 10k student dorm being built. So UH is trying.
lol…we are probably the primary destination for maybe 20% of our enrollment…and that 20% might be too high. For the other 80%, they just attend UH for various reasons…without passion or attachment.
Those 80% never return after graduation.
At other schools, people literally cry when they get in…those schools have 90%+ of student whose dream school is the one they are attending. they WANT to be there.
It’s people like you that are keeping us in this ground hog day purgatory…go to UTSA or HCC if you want a Shi7tty commuter school.
We don’t want that reputation anymore
I sure hope you are pissed off we made into a P4 since it bucks your ideals…because look around…they are ALL Traditional schools…all of them…
It’s time we turn that corner…Finally!
it’s not her…Whitmire blocked her vision for ALL Freshman to live on campus.
I’m 100% aligned with Dr. Khator’s Traditional school vision…the majority of the posters here ARE NOT and they sabotage her efforts
That’s some BS made up stats. I dare you to go in front of this graduation class and tell them that they’re just a bunch of non-traditional commuter second rate graduates, simply because we have poor football attendance. Since that’s your primary metric.
where is the supporting University District similar to all other campuses our size?
Even Rice has one!
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