West A&M University Foundation ______Nursing Simulation Room at Amarillo Campus Request Amount: $250,000 Project Budget: $6,500,000* (3.85% of Project Budget) *$6,500,000 is the fundraising budget. The total project budget is $7,003,500 which includes the cost for the parking lot. That makes the request 3.57% of the project budget. Applicant Organization West Texas A&M University Foundation 2501 4th Ave. Canyon, TX 79016-0001 Year Founded: 6/6/1945 Type of Organization: Education Website: www.wtamu.edu The most recent statement of activities (i.e. income/expense statement) and statement of financial position (i.e. balance sheet) that was provided by the WTAMU Foundation is from FYE 8/31/18. The FYE 8/31/19 IRS Form 990 was provided, but the FYE 8/31/19 Audit is not complete yet. There were no financials provided for FYE 8/31/20. According to the WTAMU Foundation staff, “The WT Foundation only releases audited statements.” WT Foundation staff was informed that this proposal will not be considered until more recent financial documents are received. According to the WTAMU Foundation staff, “The Audit is being done jointly for FY19 and FY20. The WT Foundation changed auditors and the RFP process took longer than anticipated. The auditor has begun the two-year Audit process…FY19 and FY20 [audits] are to be presented to the board for approval at the April 2021 meeting.” Mission Statement: The mission of West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) is to provide intellectually challenging, critically reflective, regionally-responsive, and inclusive academic programs that discover, interpret, apply, and disseminate knowledge for preparing the next generation of global citizens. The mission of the Foundation is to support WTAMU, an institution of higher education, and the students of WTAMU by receiving and administering gifts from the public. Organization and Leadership: The WTAMU Foundation provided $4,724,340 in support to WTAMU in the form of scholarships for students ($1,626,466) and support for various education needs and matching funds for WTAMU Endowment ($3,097,874). West Texas A&M University currently offers 58 undergraduate degree programs, 39 master's degree programs, and 2 doctoral programs.

West Texas A&M University Foundation MEBF Board Meeting: 02.2021 Page 1 of 7 West Texas A&M University Foundation ______Current board members are: Bruce Barett, Mark E. Bivins, Lilith Brainard, Jim J. Brewer, Shyla Buckner, Scott Doores, Ed Dowdy, Jo Tyler Engler, Lilia Escajeda, Paul Evans, John Frantz, Brett Hall, Bob Hatten, J. T. Haynes, David Hudson, Taylor Kelley, Sam Lovelady, Rob Mansfield, Brent McClure, Andrew Mitchell, Puff Niegos, Jeff Nunn, Alice O'Brien, Don Patterson, Alan Rhodes, Richard Sauceda, David Schaeffer, Randy Sharp, Claudia Stuart, Mike Wartes, and Ron Watts. Ex officio members are Randy Rikel (Vice-President for Business and Finance for WTAMU), Todd Rasberry (Vice-President for Philanthropy and External Relations for WTAMU), and Walter Wendler (President of WTAMU). Financial Information FYE 8/31/22 Operating budget: $189,310* Reserves: No Endowment? Yes If yes, value as of the most current 990/Audit: $51,168,013 Where is your Endowment(s) managed or held? Is it restricted, and if so, for what purpose(s)? Texas A&M University System Endowment Fund - Permanently restricted Financial notes: *Operating budget does not include staff or operating costs. The WTAMU Foundation operates under a shared services agreement with WTAMU. The staff and operational expenses of the WTAMU Foundation are a part of that shared services agreement and, as such, are provided by WTAMU in exchange for the funds raised by the WTAMU Foundation on behalf of WTAMU. WTAMU receives state funding and those appropriations go directly to WTAMU. In the Eighty-Sixth , WT was appropriated $46,749,538 for FYE 12/31/2020 and $46,750,041 for FYE 12/31/2021 through House Bill Number 1 (H.B. 1). This represents between 25-33% of WT’s operating budget of approximately $140,000,000. The remaining funding comes from tuition and fees (around 33-40%), sales and services (around 15%), and other locally generated funds (around 15%).

MEBF giving history to Organization Year Project Title Amount 1995 WTAMU Foundation Nursing Division. (i.e. Mary E. Bivins Memorial Scholarship) $9,000 2000 To support necessary maintenance and equipment upgrades for the West Texas A&M $500,000 Division of Nursing Learning Center and Technology Lab. 2008 To match the Bivins Family contribution in funding the Ambassador Teel Bivins $50,000 Professorship in Political Science at West Texas A&M University Foundation. 2016 Helping the Elderly and Others Reconnect $153,581 WTAMU Department of Communication Disorders Total Number of Grants Awarded: 4 Total Amount Granted: $712,581

3 Most Recent Year End Financials Income Expenses Variance Net Assets Internal Financial Statements FYE 8/31/20 FYE 8/31/2019 IRS Form 990 $11,847,446 $4,868,316 $6,979,130 $96,220,155 FYE 8/31/2018 IRS Form 990* $36,383,427 $8,714,613 $27668814 $89,754,429 FYE 8/31/2017 IRS Form 990 $6,824,127 $3,393,376 $3,430,751 $60,402,351 *Note: FYE 8/31/2018 includes an $80 million dollar over 80 years commitment from the Engler Foundation. According to WT staff, it was not prudent nor did it meet any accounting test to book a gift over 80 years; therefore, they worked with Texas A&M University, an auditor, and the Office of the General Council to determine how to book the gift. At the time of the 2018 audit, the Foundation had received $1 million of the $80 million pledge and the rest of the money is amortized over the years using a payback scale that all parties agreed to. $23 million is on the books for FYE 12/31/2018 as an asset and will not be counted in future years.

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Board Giving/Volunteering Staff* Does your organization require board members to make a “meaningful” financial Yes Full Time 0 contribution to your organization according to their ability? Part Time 0 If yes, what percentage of your Board of Directors made a “meaningful” 64 financial contribution to your organization during the current fiscal year? Volunteers 30 What percentage of your Board of Directors volunteered time and/or services to 100 the charity – beyond attending board meetings? *Staff are all WTAMU employees. Funding Sources as per most recent IRS 990 or Audit (in percentages): Religious Organizations: 0 Special Events: 0 United Way: 0 Civic Clubs: 0 Endowment or Interest Income: 0 In‐Kind Contributions: 0 Corp/Bus Donors: 15 Fees or Earned Income: 0 Other: 1 Individuals: 82 Government Grants: 0 Explain Other Funding Numerous sources totaling Sources: approximately 1% Foundations: 2 Government Contracts: 0 Total % of Funding Sources: 100.00%

Age Group: Gender: Program Area: Adults Both Educational Institutions Ethnicity: Counties Served: Type of Support: Caucasian,Hispanic,African All Counties Capital ‐ New Construction, Renovation, American Equipment, Land/Building Purchase Beneficiaries: # of Beneficiaries: General Populations,Seniors or Elderly,Children or Youth 250 *Beneficiary Clarification: Nursing students attending classes in Amarillo per year

Project Description: INFORMATION ON THE AMARILLO CAMPUS - The Harrington Academic Hall in the Amarillo Center opened in 2019. The facility currently houses the Panhandle Area Health Education Center (AHEC); the WT Speech and Hearing Clinic; and curricula in communication disorders, special education, licensed professional counseling, social work, school psychology, and instructional technology. According to WT Foundation staff, the addition of the nursing program in the Amarillo Center plays a key role in the continued revitalizing and energizing of downtown Amarillo, while helping provide a highly-qualified workforce for area employers. In November of 2019, WTAMU announced the decision to move the nursing program to the Amarillo Campus. In August 2020, the Texas A&M University System's Board of Regents approved a $6.5* (*see project budget notes at the top of page one) million project to renovate the second floor of WT's Harrington Academic Hall in downtown Amarillo. Approximately 25,000 square feet of the existing building space will be retrofitted into nursing classrooms, offices, and laboratories. WT’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences will move the Junior and Senior nursing classes and labs to the 2nd floor of the Harrington Academic Hall. All other nursing classes and labs (pre-nursing and nursing graduate programs) will remain on the WT main campus at the Bivins Nursing Learning Center in Canyon.

West Texas A&M University Foundation MEBF Board Meeting: 02.2021 Page 3 of 7 West Texas A&M University Foundation ______Naming Opportunities (Numbers identify location in floor plan below.) 1 – Naming the floor $3 million 2 – Basic Skills Lab $1 million “The total project budget is $7,003,500 which includes the cost for the parking lot. Our Beds (10 @ $10,000) $100,000 fundraising budget is $6.5 million for the 4 – Simulation Area $500,000 construction of the nursing floor and Simulation Rooms (4) $250,000 = $5,725,000 related program endowments. The brochure 6 – Testing Classroom $500,000 includes all possible naming opportunities 7 – Student lounge $250,000 available for funding.” WT Foundation Staff 8 – Student study rooms (2) $100,000 9 – Faculty offices $25,000 = $7,125,000 10 – Endowments Professorships $125,000 Chairs $1,250,000 Scholarships $25,000

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Students acquire skills best when they are physically engaged in learning activity. Quality nursing education requires many hours of simulation with the equipment nurses will use in hospitals and clinics. The addition of new simulation rooms will allow WTAMU to continue to offer high quality training and produce nurses who are prepared to deliver skilled nursing care. Simulation training will make a lasting difference not only for students attending WT but will translate into higher quality health care for patients.

Simulation Rooms: • Actively engage students in the learning process; • Provide actual scenarios in which students practice and master healthcare skills; and • Enhance performance and teamwork which has proven to reduce healthcare errors.

The WTAMU Department of Nursing has 750 students along with 25 faculty and staff; and has been graduating baccalaureate nurses as well as Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) since 1974. Current programs include a Pre-Licensure BSN; an online RN-BSN; and two MSN curricula – Comprehensive Nursing MSN, and Family Nurse Practitioner. Additionally, a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program has been approved by the Texas A&M System; the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and is under review by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The Department has been recognized by numerous national organizations throughout the last five years for offering outstanding, cost-effective programs to nursing students.

There are two similar programs in the area: (1) Amarillo College has a two year Registered Nurse program and many of their graduates enroll at WT to obtain their BSN degree and (2) Texas Tech Health Science Center has a Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing for juniors and seniors. WTAMU has the only four-year BSN program in the . WT’s Department of Nursing partners with area healthcare organizations. Data from the WT Office of Career Services shows nearly 70% of WT nursing graduates remain in the Panhandle for their careers.

WTAMU currently has simulation mannequins at the Canyon Campus (2 adult, 1 birthing, 1 child, and 1 infant). WTAMU currently partners with SimCentral in Amarillo, Texas for simulation lab learning. However, SimCentral must accommodate the schedules of WT, TTU Health Science Center, Amarillo College, and other community partners. Providing WT Nursing classes their own simulation rooms in the Harrington Academic Hall enhances WT student learning and eliminates scheduling conflicts for other programs. WTAMU has plans to continue to partner with SimCentral as it provides the opportunity to engage in multi-disciplinary experiences which cannot be provided at the WTAMU Academic Hall or at the Canyon Campus. The challenges to participate in SimCentral include how far in advance simulation experiences must be scheduled and coordinating with other organizations’ simulation needs. (Per SimCentral staff, SimCentral is almost always able to accommodate a simulation, but is not always available at the staff member’s originally desired time. Per SimCentral staff, TTUHSC, AC, and WT all operate under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which currently includes a $95,000 per year contribution from each partner. The MOU spans a three year-time frame and is up for renegotiation this year for the 2022-2024 time frame. Each collaborative partner has a representative on the SimCentral Board which determines the annual contribution from each partner.)

West Texas A&M University Foundation MEBF Board Meeting: 02.2021 Page 5 of 7 West Texas A&M University Foundation ______PROBLEM OR NEEDS STATEMENT - Across the state of Texas there is a nursing shortage, however the shortage is most prevalent in rural communities that exist in much of the Texas Panhandle. One of the many reasons it is essential that WT moves a portion of the nursing program to Amarillo is to allow the department to increase nursing graduates. At present, the College’s Department of Nursing is currently located partially in Old Main (the Department Administrative Suite; faculty offices); while the reminder of the Department is located in the Bivins Nursing Learning Center. The Bivins Nursing Learning Center square footage is inadequate for the Department’s undergraduate and graduate curricula; faculty; as well as current and anticipated enrollment. WT made the decision last year to move the Department of Nursing traditional pre-licensure nursing program (juniors and seniors) to the 2nd floor of Harrington Academic Hall in the Amarillo Center. The move will permit students closer access to major healthcare providers in Amarillo and increase learning space. Once completed, the second floor of the Harrington Academic Hall will provide a nursing education space for more than 250 students and 20 plus faculty/staff. Nursing classes on the second floor of Harrington Academic Hall are scheduled to begin in the fall 2021 semester.

Interestingly, data from the Department of State Health Services indicates the supply of nurses in the top forty- one counties in the Texas Panhandle is expected to outpace the demand for nurses starting in 2018 through at least 2032. However, that does not match what hospitals in the top twenty six counties in the Texas Panhandle experience. Rural hospitals in the Texas Panhandle are always struggling to recruit and retain quality nurses. The Rural Nursing Education Consortium (RNEC) which includes WT, Frank Phillips Junior College, Amarillo College, and five rural hospitals was started in the summer of 2020. The purpose of the RNEC is to work together to increase the number of BSNs in the top twenty six counties of the Texas Panhandle.

The primary goal of the project is to move junior and senior nursing classes to the Harrington Academic Hall in downtown Amarillo to better serve students and the community. Moving the nursing program to the Amarillo Center will (1) Increase the number of prepared nurses with a goal of 100 students graduating annually from the nursing baccalaureate program within five years of construction completion (currently around 70 students graduate annually from the nursing baccalaureate program); (2) Create opportunities and attract faculty who will enhance regional research; (3) Attract top caliber students to a program with state of the art, hi-fidelity skills and simulation labs taught by outstanding faculty; (4) Enhance interdisciplinary simulation education and collaborations with BSA Health System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, and Texas Tech Health Science Center (TTUHSC) by relocating closer to the medical district; and (5) Provide administrative space and convenient location for medical outreach programs such as the Inner City Health Fair and Healthy Texas Panhandle.

Renovation of the second floor of Harrington Academic Hall began in November of 2020. Oversight for the project is provided by the West Texas A&M University Department of Facilities. Funding is requested to cover the costs of one state-of-the-art nursing simulation room on the second floor of the Harrington Academic Hall (WTAMU Amarillo Center) in Amarillo to provide exceptional training for nursing students.

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$1,055,956 / 4 = $263,989

*Please note that the equipment line item does not include shipping or warranty costs. WTAMU would be honored to name a simulation room after the Mary E. Bivins Foundation if funded. If this funding request is denied by the Mary E. Bivins Foundation, WTAMU will have to borrow the funds to complete the Nursing floor in the Harrington Academic Hall in Amarillo, Texas. Care and maintenance of the simulation room will be covered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at West Texas A&M University.

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