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U of L Foundation approves its first line-item budget

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By Kyeland Jackson —

The University of Louisville Foundation approved its first line-item budget Tuesday, a common financial practice unseen in former president James Ramsey’s tenure.

The line-item budget, a move towards transparency, details what assets and liabilities influence ULF’s spending. Foundation Chair Diane Medley said ULF’s history of not using line-item budgets was “incredibly unusual.”

“I think the way the foundation’s been run in the past, though, it was a lack of accountability – it was a lack of planning.