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Monday, March 17, 2025

Almost One Third


Ever wonder what proportion of the total UC budget is federal money? You're in luck. We have a tabulation for the last fiscal year:

Source: https://www.ucop.edu/operating-budget/_files/rbudget/2025-26-budget-detail.pdf

The $17.3 billion shown is a little over 32% of the total UC budget, i.e., almost a third. And, of course, there are other federal vulnerabilities for UC such as the federal tax treatment of charitable donations and the endowments. Just saying...

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PS: Yours truly asked various AI programs to draw a pie with a slice equal to one third removed. None of them could quite do it. They got the pie right but not the size of the slice. He finally had to hunt on the web for an actual picture of a pie with one third removed. You can take whatever significance you like from this experience.

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