This is the University of Iowa Foundation, and it would appear they are doing some sort of fund-raising campaign. I tried calling back, but I am on the west coast so it is too late when I call to connect with anybody. I can only speculate about what they are trying to raise money for, but I know they still have a lot of rebuilding projects for places damaged in the floods in the last few years. Just a guess. The calls are annoying, to be sure.
Yes, it is the University of Iowa Foundation. I don't know how they obtain my phone number. They kept calling me, even after I told them I will not be donating any money at this time! Very annoying. I hope they stop calling.
To the folks who are getting called by the UIF foundation, they are sneaky and will not remove your phone number from their call list even if you ask them to! You have to ask them explicitly to remove them from their call list and to never contact you, otherwise they will list you as "uninterested in donating THIS cycle" and wait to call you again next year. Just in case you've changed your mind.
My parents are UI alumni and I worked at the Foundation making these calls for all of a week before I had to quit -- so sick are their tactics and their interpretations of the word "No." My parents have been called by the UIF daily in the last few weeks, usually right around dinner, all because my dad insinuated he MAY be donating... at some point in the future. It takes money to run a school, and alumni donations drive a good chunk of the programs the UI offers, but surely there's a less annoying way of getting them?
I just got a missed call from this number and decided to check here. I went to Iowa too and can't believe they found my cell phone number! I have had no contact with the university since '96 and yet they have tracked me down. They even found my P.O. box mailing address that I only use for very limited bills and banking stuff. Even if I had money to donate, with these tactics I definitely wouldn't give them one cent.