Our Commitment
The UConn Foundation is dedicated to creating a welcoming culture for our team by supporting individual growth and enhancing understanding among our members.
We inspire philanthropic support for UConn and UConn Health by connecting with alumni and supporters, showcasing their unique perspectives and elevating new voices.
Our mission drives positive change by securing philanthropic resources to elevate, among other things, access to education, research and innovation, and community impact.
Promoting a Collaborative Culture
- A taskforce made up of over 20 staff volunteers helps guide our organization’s ongoing learning and training resources, supporting our talent management and new hire onboarding practices that align with our core values.
- We work with specialists to continuously evaluate our team’s focus, opportunities, and areas for improvement that inform our goals.
- We maintain a central resource hub and provide ongoing optional learning opportunities to enhance our team’s knowledge and skills.
- We advise our leadership team on essential training and professional development opportunities for staff.
Inspiring Philanthropic Support
Bridging the Alumni Community
We connect our alumni community together and with the University by supporting volunteer led identity and affinity-based networks.
Creating Impactful Opportunities
Our donor and alumni community are an increasingly powerful voice in directing funds toward programming, scholarships, and other initiatives at UConn and beyond.
Representation for all Communities
This community of supporters stands as allies and partners to our traditionally underrepresented communities, and in turn, strengthens the UConn Foundation’s unique position as a motivating influence in this work.
Driving Positive Change
Environmentally and Socially Responsible Investing: The UConn Foundation is dedicated to addressing issues regarding environmental sustainability and its impact on economic growth, asset value, and financial markets and is committed to making investments that have positive effects on society. We have a longstanding commitment to evaluating investment opportunities based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors, with ESG risk factors weighed alongside other material risk factors that influence investment decision making.
Our Mission
The UConn Foundation connects people to the University of Connecticut, growing philanthropy, engaging a thriving alumni and donor community, and building a robust endowment to strategically advance UConn and UConn Health’s educational, research, and service missions.
Our Vision
We strive to be the best, championing UConn to achieve bold goals and shape a better future for our state, nation, and world. We put Students First, foster Academic and Innovation Excellence, support Health and Wellness of People and Planet, and celebrate Husky Pride.We practice continual improvement, striving for exceptional care of our donors, alumni, patients, and broader UConn community.
Our Core Values
We are driven by purpose to advance UConn’s mission through philanthropy and engagement, ensuring our work serves students, patients, faculty and staff, alumni, and the UConn community.
We strive for excellence and innovation—aspiring to be the best advancement team in higher education with a growth mindset.
We seek an inclusive, collaborative, and rewarding culture where all team members, partners, volunteers, and donors are valued for their talents, empowered to succeed and thrive, and treated with exceptional customer service.
We prioritize clear, consistent, and timely communication with stakeholders and colleagues, fostering community and strengthening relationships across UConn Nation.
We act with honesty, accountability, and respect—acting with integrity and honoring the trust placed in us by our donors, colleagues, and partners.