Change is a constant in college athletics these days – with new challenges and opportunities emerging almost daily. There is one constant, however, in this shifting landscape: Carolina Athletics and The Rams Club’s commitment to excellence.
It is essential for Carolina to develop flexible strategies to provide critical resources for all 28 of our sports and to maintain our high standard of excellence for such a broad-based program. To achieve this, The Rams Club is launching two new funds designed to provide adaptable, sustainable support for Carolina Athletics and our Tar Heel student-athletes: the Carolina Athletics Excellence Endowment and the Carolina Athletics Excellence Fund.
Carolina Athletics Excellence Endowment
This endowment will provide a long-term funding solution with critical, built-in flexibility to address future needs. The annual yield from this endowment will be used to:
- Cover any scholarship deficit beyond what the Scholarship Endowment Trust provides.
- Provide a flexible resource for us to answer the challenges and opportunities presented to Carolina Athletics in the years ahead.
Carolina Athletics Excellence Fund
This fund is designed to provide immediate, unrestricted funding to address today’s athletic needs. A robust Excellence Fund enables Carolina to respond swiftly to current challenges as well as seize emerging opportunities.
“We remain committed to excellence, to winning in and outside of competition, and to continuing to support our long history of broad-based programming. We must innovate and we must be flexible as we implement these changes – and we need your support.”
– Bubba Cunningham
Carolina’s Director of Athletics
Important details about the Excellence Endowment and Excellence Fund and your Rams Club membership:
Gifts to these funds can earn valuable bonus Priority Points. Gifts to the Excellence Fund will earn 2 points per $100 donated (other gifts earn 1.0 point per $100 donated). Gifts to the Excellence Endowment will earn 1.4 points per $100 donated.
Qualifying gifts to the Excellence Endowment will secure rights to Men’s Basketball season tickets. For more information, please call The Rams Club at 919.843.2000.
Participation in these funds is supplemental to your annual Rams Club membership. Gifts to these initiatives do not replace or satisfy annual membership obligations or provide benefits of membership.
After supplementing the cost of scholarships not fully covered by the Scholarship Endowment Trust, both of these adaptable funding initiatives will allow us to provide unrestricted financial support in order to:
- Meet Changing Needs by providing the resources necessary to adapt to new opportunities in the evolving college sports landscape.
- Enhance the Student-Athlete Experience through investing in development initiatives, like support services, academic programs, and mental health resources.
- Support Coaches & Staff by providing the financial flexibility to invest in coaching talent, leadership development, and staff training.
- Provide Elite Facilities with cutting edge tools and environments to advance our teams as sports science and technology grow, optimizing development and performance.
With your help, we can continue to exemplify excellence in an uncertain landscape, providing our student-athletes with the best experience in college athletics. You can ensure that Carolina remains competitive, adaptable, and well-supported in this new era of collegiate sports.