This fund was established in 2004 for the purpose of supporting performances, teaching, programs and research at the Curtis M. Phillips University of Florida Performing Arts.

The University of Florida Cultural Plaza is composed of the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art and the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The “Party on the Plaza” gala held on September 19, 2003, was the focus of the endowment fundraising effort to benefit the Cultural Plaza entities and was UF’s official 150th anniversary celebration.