Session Description: The University of Oklahoma Foundation is an independent charitable organisation facilitating and managing philanthropic gifts to support the University of Oklahoma. For the last two years, the Foundation sought to enhance its data sharing and integration capabilities to foster greater collaboration and efficiencies across its three campuses – Norman, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa. Furthermore, the System-Wide Data Integration Project has increased security measures and expanded the data the Foundation receives from the University. Using a phased approach, the project addressed each campus’s needs and data sources, highlighting the complexity of the University’s decentralized structure. This session explores the Foundation’s positive evolution from lacking a formalised data strategy to now having a comprehensive initiative for institutionalising data management.