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[UCLA_Band_Mom]

<p>UCLA does VERY well on fundraising, in 2006 they set a National Record for a Fundraising Drive.
[UCLA</a> Breaks Fundraising Record - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/16/local/me-ucla16]UCLA”>UCLA Breaks Fundraising Record)</p>

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UCLA Breaks Fundraising Record
By Stuart Silverstein
February 16, 2006 </p>

<p>UCLA will announce today that it garnered $3.05 billion in gifts and pledges in its recently completed 10 1/2-year fundraising campaign, the largest donations total ever in American academia.</p>

<p>The tally surpasses the previous national record for a university fundraising drive, $2.85 billion, announced in 2003 by crosstown rival USC.

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<p>And by the way, hmom, public universities aren’t the only schools feeling the pinch in the latest downturn, private schools have lost massive amounts in their endowments and can’t fall back on state funding the way the public schools can.</p>