UNC raised $300 million in fiscal year 2008, the highest total ever for the school in one year and the fifth-straight record-setting year for fundraising.
Commitments in 2008 also helped the university create 36 endowed professorships as well as a total of 93 undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.
Carolina had 73,247 donors for the year. UNC alumni gave $81 million and corporations and foundations combined to provide $89.9 million. The balance came from friends of the university and other organizations.