Priority Points System
Questions
about our Priority Point System?
Here’s
How It Works:
Our
pledge year begins on April 1st and ends
March 31st. At the beginning of each pledge year,
renewal pledge cards are mailed to current donors with an updated
Question & Answer (Q&A) booklet. The Q&A is a very
valuable tool as it contains important information that you need
to know - including how accounts are established, information on
tax deductions and also pledge and ticket ordering deadline dates
for our various sports programs for the upcoming season.
Current donors receive priority processing on all ticket
applications, and seats are based on priority points – the greater
the point total, the better the seats. You must make a pledge
each pledge year, by the applicable deadline, to be considered a
current donor.
A donor
receives permanent points for every pledge/ donation. Temporary
(Bonus)* points are also earned in a pledge year on all donations
except football seat donations. Pledges can be made
throughout the year but there are pledge date restrictions for
tickets -(please refer to the Q&A). Pledges are to be paid in
full by the last day of the appropriate pledge year (football seat
donations must be paid as indicated on the seat donation
invoice). Points are awarded in full, up front, (on an “honor”
system) at the time the pledge is made, even if payment of
the pledge is not satisfied until then end of that pledge year.
The POINT
system formula is simple. You earn permanent points, temporary
bonus points* (*not for football seat donations) and membership
points. One point is earned for every $100 pledged/donated as a “DONATION”
Point. Donation points are Permanent; that is they accrue
throughout the years. Also, one point is earned for every $100
pledged/donated as a BONUS* point, which is a
Temporary point, for all donations except football seat
donations, and are valid only for the appropriate pledge year.
At midnight of the last day of the pledge year, bonus points are
removed from all donors’ accounts. New bonus points would be
awarded at the next pledge year when pledges are renewed. And
finally, for the current pledge year, 2 “MEMBERSHIP” points
are awarded, accruing also as Permanent points.
For example,
a $100 pledge yields 4 points for the pledge year;
1 DONATION point (permanent); 1 BONUS point*
(temporary); and 2 MEMBERSHIP points.
At the end
of the given pledge year, Bonus points are removed and the
PERMANENT points are carried forward in the donor’s account. That
is, in the case of a $100 pledge, 3 points would be carried
forward and remain in the donor’s account.
$200
pledge/donation =
2
DONATION points (permanent)
2
BONUS points (temporary)*
2
MEMBERSHIP points
(permanent)
6
points total for the pledge year, but 4 points are carried
forward into the new pledge year after the bonus points are
removed.
$500
pledge/donation =
5
DONATION points (permanent)
5
BONUS points (Temporary)*
2
MEMBERSHIP points (permanent)
12
points total for the
pledge year; 7 permanent points carried forward as of midnight,
into the new pledge year after bonus points are removed.
$1000
pledge/donation = 10 DONATION points (permanent)
10
BONUS points (temporary)*
2
MEMBERSHIP points (permanent)
22
points total for the
fiscal year; 12 permanent points carried forward into new pledge
year after bonus points are removed.
Checks for
Athletic pledges are made payable to: UCADF
and should be mailed to:
UConn Athletic
Development Fund
UConn
Foundation
P.O. Box 150430
Hartford, CT
06115-0430
Ticket monies and pledge payments cannot
be combined into one payment; they must be separate. Failure
to make payments to the appropriate area may delay processing and
adversely affect your venue seating and/or ticket allocations.
If you have
further questions, please phone the Athletic Development office,
(860)
486-FUND
(860)
486-3863
UConn
Athletic Development
2111
Hillside Road, Unit 3078
Storrs, CT
06269-3078
*Bonus
points are not applied to football
seat contributions
|
