Virginia Athletics Foundation

The Virginia Athletics Foundation (VAF), through its fundraising efforts, strives to support a preeminent intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Virginia by providing student-athletes the opportunity to achieve academic and athletics excellence. VAF is a comprehensive 501(c) 3 fundraising organization that raises funds to support the University of Virginia athletics program. Over the past five years, VAF has averaged over $35 million in total gifts—including annual giving, facility improvement, endowments and special use gifts. A strong annual giving program ($19 million for 2018) has been vital to the overall success of Virginia Athletics and the Foundation. The annual giving program includes gifts ranging from $1-$150,000 from over 9,400 donors. The annual fund is the primary source for scholarship funding and also provides a portion of the operational budget support for the Olympic sports. Donors can give to the unrestricted general fund or make sport-specific annual gifts designated as Friends Of gifts.