# 4.5.1 Funding New Programs

**Source**: https://adminguide.stanford.edu/chapters/giving-stanford/funding-new-programs/funding-new-programs
**Parent**: https://adminguide.stanford.edu/chapters/procurement-activities

### [4.1.1 Gifts to the University](https://adminguide.stanford.edu/chapters/giving-stanford/gifts-university/gifts-university)

Stanford University relies upon gifts from alumni, parents of students, friends, corporations, associations, and foundations to meet a substantial portion of its operating costs. This Guide Memo outlines policies on procurement, classification