Virginia Tech Foundation

Mission

The Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. was established in 1948 to receive, manage, and disburse private gifts in support of Virginia Tech programs. The purpose of the foundation is to manage private funds given for the support of the university, and to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the university.

The Virginia Tech Foundation (“VT Foundation”) creates, manages, and builds assets that fortify and enrich the entire Virginia Tech community. The VT Foundation transforms capital into enterprise with tangible results that benefit all collaborators including Virginia Tech faculty, students and alumni while enhancing economies and the communities they support. Guided by a strong commitment to fiduciary responsibility, the VT Foundation receives, manages, and disburses private gifts to advance the missions of Virginia Tech and strives to be an exceptional steward of the assets provided by the university’s many generous donors, and to grow and leverage those assets to the fullest extent to enable the forward progress of the university and all of its constituents.

Anchoring a solid investment in the future of Virginia Tech, endowed gifts make up the largest portion of the foundation’s assets. The overriding principle of endowed gifts is that funds should be managed to ensure a gift today will provide support for a donor’s objective in perpetuity. The endowment is an actively managed portfolio incorporating deep fundamental analysis and a value-oriented, global approach. Endowment performance is compared annually against its peers and consistently ranks in the top quartile over rolling one, three and five-year periods.

Complementing the endowment’s investments, the foundation manages an extensive real estate portfolio. The portfolio supports initiatives targeting economic growth, technological advancement, and business creation. Real estate acquisitions, construction and renovation are done at the request of the university and real estate gifts are designated in accordance with donor intent for ultimate disposition to support the missions of Virginia Tech. The River Course @ Virginia Tech (

For more information on how the Foundation supports the Mission: https://www.vtf.org/we-support

Financial Information and Performance

The Virginia Tech Foundation manages assets valued at over $2.6 billion of which $1.69 billion is held in the endowment.

https://www.vtf.org/performance

Why Give

In October 2019, Virginia Tech announced the most ambitious fundraising and engagement campaign in university history.

Boundless Impact: The Campaign for Virginia Tech has a goal to raise $1.5 billion to fuel excellence across all university programs and drive forward major strategic priorities. A second goal is to engage 100,000 alumni in meaningful ways over the course of the campaign, which is projected to run until June 30, 2027.

“We are at a unique moment in our history, grounded by nearly 150 years of tradition and shaped by a steadfast mission to serve humanity and take our place in the world as a catalyst for innovation that impacts everyday life,” said university President Tim Sands. “It’s a challenging vision, the kind of challenge that always brings out the best in the Virginia Tech community.”

Boundless Impact - The Campaign for Virginia Tech https://give.vt.edu/why-give.html

Gifts to the Foundation are recognized by the University’s Giving Socities: https://give.vt.edu/giving-societies.html