Priority Points

Donors to VAF earn priority points that are used to determine their overall ranking among all donors. VAF uses the donor's points when assigning both ticket and parking locations. Priority points are recalculated each year and are activated when a current year pledge is made.


Priority Point Factors
1. Current Year Commitment

Annual campaign commitment x .08

2. Lifetime Gifts

Lifetime dollars contributed to VAF since 1971 x .02
Lifetime dollars include all paid gifts to the Virginia Athletics Foundation: annual, capital and endowment gifts.

3. Early Pay Points
  • 1st Period (Jan. 1-April 30) — Amount paid x .05
  • 2nd Period (May 1-June 30) — Amount paid x .03
  • 3rd Period (July 1-Sept. 30) — Amount paid x .01

* Payments must be received on or before the appropriate dates to qualify for bonus points.

4. Consecutive Giving Years

Number of consecutive years of giving x 10

5. Milestone Giving Reward
  • 15-Year Reward — Donors who reach their 15th consecutive year of giving receive an additional 50 points.
  • 25-Year Reward — Donors who reach their 25th consecutive year of giving receive an additional 100 points.
  • 40-Year Reward — Donors who reach their 40th consecutive year of giving receive an additional 150 points.
6. Bowl Ticket Points

The face value of bowl tickets purchased x .02 (beginning with the 2008 Gator Bowl).

7. I Give 110%

Donors who increase their commitment by 10% over their 2012 gift receive bonus points (2013 pledge x .05)

8. Season Ticket Purchases

For football and basketball, donors receive points for purchases dating back 20 years and a maximum of six years for all other sports that offer season tickets (these represent the number of years ticket data is available due to system upgrades and the way data has been stored). Donors will receive 5 points per year per sport for consecutive years of purchase (not per ticket).

9. Cavalier Legacy Reward

Donors who make or have made a planned gift of $25,000 or more to benefit the athletics program (and have provided documentation that the Virginia Athletics Foundation is named as a revocable beneficiary) receive an additional 250 points.

10. Other Bonus Points

John Paul Jones Arena Gifts

  • Amount paid in 2004-05 x .02
  • Amount paid in 2006 x .01

Indoor Practice Facility Gifts

  • Amount paid by December 31, 2012 x .04
  • Amount paid by December 31, 2013 x .03