The formula below provides an overview of how member priority points are calculated:
| Current Year Annual Fund Commitment | x .08 |
| Total Lifetime Gifts Paid to VAF (since 1971 when giving histories were recorded) | x .02 |
| Consecutive Years of Paid Giving | x 10 |
| # of Consecutive Years Purchasing Season Tickets (football and basketball since 1993; all other sports with season tickets since 2007) | x 5 |
| Face Value of Bowl Ticket Purchases (starting with 2008 Gator Bowl) | x .02 |
| Facility Gift Points: | |
| John Paul Jones Arena (paid by 2005) | x .02 |
| John Paul Jones Arena (paid in 2006) | x .01 |
| Indoor Practice Facility (paid by 2012) | x .04 |
| Indoor Practice Facility (paid in 2013) | x .03 |
| Milestone Giving Points for Years of Consecutive Giving: | |
| 15 Years | 50 |
| 25 Years | 100 |
| 40 Years | 150 |
Members hoping to maximize points in any given year should be aware of some opportunities to increase priority points:
| I Give 110% – Donors who increase their 2017 Annual Fund gift by 10% over their 2016 Annual Fund gift receive extra priority points | 2017 gift x .05 |
| Early Pay Bonus Points – Donors who pay all or a portion of their gift early in the year receive extra priority points | |
| 1st Quarter (paid by March 31, 2017) | x .05 |
| 2nd Quarter (paid by June 30, 2017) | x .03 |
| 3rd Quarter (paid by September 30, 2017) | x .01 |
| Cavalier Legacy Reward – Donors who make or have a planned gift of $25,000 or more to benefit VAF receive additional points | 250 |
| Young Alumni Program – Donors who earned a UVA undergraduate degree in 2014, 2015, 2016 or 2017 or graduate degree in 2016 or 2017 receive a 100% match for their current year commitment | Gift Match up to $5,000 |
| Hoo Crew Sabre Points – Beginning with the Class of 2017, once a minimum $50 donation is made by December 31 of the graduation year, 20% of a graduate’s Sabre Points are converted to lifetime VAF priority points | Sabre points x 20% |
Members* of the VAF earn priority points that are used to determine their overall ranking among all members.
VAF uses a member’s priority points when assigning both ticket and parking locations. Priority points are recalculated each year and are activated when a current year Annual Fund pledge is made.
*Any individual that makes a donation to VAF becomes a VAF Member.