Fiscal year 2000 heralded the kick-off of Carolina's bequest program, resulting in a dramatic increase of documented bequests. About 300 volunteer National Development Council and Chancellors' Club members organized, hosted and attended many events from New York to Los Angeles and points in between, including Chancellors' Club events and the NDC annual meeting in Chapel Hill. To increase contact with Carolina's alumni and friends across the nation, the regional giving program added three major-gifts officers to their ranks in fiscal year 2000. The last decade has fostered a rising trend of stock gifts to Carolina. Many Chancellors' Club members make their annual gifts via stock.
Many donors also use stock to make major gifts or installments on major gift pledges.
Gifts for professorships increased 25 percent from fiscal year 1999. Highlights of the year include the rededication of Graham Memorial as the home of the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, a project funded entirely by private gifts, and the groundbreaking for a new Institute for Arts and Humanities building, also funded privately.