The UC Irvine Foundation is the driving force of the "Shaping the Future" campaign that aspires to raise $1 billion to support key initiatives that will help realize the campus’ vision for the future.

Foundation trustees share UC Irvine’s vision to be regarded among America’s top-10 public universities and believe that, in order to have a world-class community you must have a world-class university.

A vast array of influential national and international corporations have selected Orange County as the location for their headquarters, making Orange County the 25th-largest economy in the world and the second-largest county in California.

Many of the chief executives of these companies serve on the University of California, Irvine Foundation board as trustees and ambassadors – providing their invaluable counsel and global perspective to the university.

 

The campaign was established by the foundation to support the overall strategic plan of the university. There are more than 50 different major initiatives in the campaign, and four overarching hallmarks of the university were identified by the foundation trustees in consultation with the university faculty and administration and the community.

Faculty champions have teamed with foundation trustees to marshal support for these hallmarks – identifying key projects in each area that have already attracted international acclaim and interest for UC Irvine and are indentified as "key drivers" for each hallmark of the university.

The foundation wants UC Irvine to be defined by what it aspires to be, rather than the challenges it has already overcome. The foundation’s Shaping the Future Campaign is an expression of that ideal.