Previous Gift Amount

Donor Ask Amounts

previous gift amount / first ask / second ask / third ask / renewal / downgrade
$2,500 / $5,000 / $4,000 / $3,000 / $2,500 / $2,000-1500
$1,500 / $2,000 / $1,750 / $1,600 / $1,500 / $1000-$750
$1,000 / $1,250 / $1,100 / $1,050 / $1,000 / $750-600
$750 / $1,000 / $900 / $800 / $750 / $600-$300
$600 / $850 / $750 / $650 / $600 / $500-$300
$500 / $750 / $600 / $550 / $500 / $300-$150
$300 / $600 / $500 / $400 / $300 / $250-$150
$250 / $500 / $400 / $300 / $250 / $150
$150 / $450 / $300 / $250 / $150 / $100-$50
$100 / $400 / $250 / $150 / $100 / $75-$50
$75 / $350 / $250 / $150 / $75 / $50-$25
$50 / $300 / $150 / $75 / $50 / $25
$25 / $250 / $150 / $75 / $25 / Spirit Gift
$0 / $1,500 / $600 / $300 / $150- $75 / $50-$25 (Spirit gift last)

Above are basic guidelines for ask amounts for prospects with a giving history. The initial downgrade is not a limitation. Any downgrade above $50 should not be the end of your ask. Alumni can contribute anything more than $10 so do not limit yourself or the prospect by accepting a no pledge at the $100+ level; instead make an ask for a lower level.

Spirit Ask

Before I let you go today/tonight, I want to tell you about the UCI Spirit Giving Level. Every year UCI and other top universities compare overall alumni giving results in several publications. UCI has been able to make it’s way into the top 2% of all national universities (12thPublicUniv. 44th among Public & Private Univ.U.S. World News Report 2007)and as such the value of a UCI degree has increased as well. In an effort toincrease our overall support so that we can improve our standings in these rankings, this level is a commitment to show your support of the university by making a gift in honor of your graduating class. So can we count on your support tonight, with a tax deductible gift of $__.__ (the alumna’s graduating year i.e. 1990 graduate $19.90, 2009, $20.09, etc.)?