Anthony LoCascio
Title: Director for Development - Major Gifts
Email:
a.locascio@tcu.edu
Phone: 630-956-0247
Joined TCU Athletics Staff: February 2023
Responsibilities: Anthony manages a portfolio of major gifts, prospects and donors. He also identifies, cultivates, and solicits major gifts that support TCU priorities. Anthony is a manager of the Investors Society, TCU Athletics major giving society.
Prior to TCU: Anthony spent four years with the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, most recently as the Associate Director of Development for the Annual Fund. While in Oxford, Anthony's responsibilities included the development of gifts to the Annual Fund through fundraising initiatives such as Pledge Per Win, the Young Alumni Program, Champions. Now. Brick campaign and more. In addition to these responsibilities, Anthony also played a large role in the development of major gifts to the Vaught Society, a key component to the $200M Forward Together and $175M Champions.Now. facilities upgrade campaigns for Ole Miss Athletics.
During his time at Ole Miss, Anthony served in a total of four different roles. He joined the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation as an intern in January of 2019. Within a four-month timeframe, Anthony was able to generate over $185K of new revenue for the department. After the completion of his internship, he joined the team full-time as the Sales Manager for the Outbound Sales and Development team. Through his leadership, Anthony and his team were able to raise just short of $1M in revenue for Ole Miss Athletics in 2019. Following his success in 2019, he was elevated once again to the Assistant Director of Development role on the Annual Fund where his champion fundraising initiative was the Pledge Per Win campaigns for Football, Men's and Women's Basketball and Baseball. Over a three-year period, the Pledge Per Win campaign has generated over $300K in sport specific giving to those programs. In March of 2022, Anthony was then elevated to his final role at Ole Miss as the Associate Director of Development for Annual Giving where he focused on the cultivation and stewardship of major gift donations to the Vaught Society. In 2022, Anthony raised just under $1M in major gifts for the Vaught Society.
Education: University of Mississippi (B.A Sport and Recreation Management) 2019
Personal: A native of Downers Grove, IL, Anthony is an avid golfer and enjoys to spend his free time outdoors with friends and family.
