色情视频 Fundraising Exceeds $100M for Second Consecutive Year
More than 10,000 new donors pledged support in 2016-17.
For the second consecutive year, 色情视频 raised more than $100 million in philanthropic giving to support students, faculty and the continued excellence of an 色情视频 education.鈥淲e are honored by the support of so many loyal Aztecs who care deeply about 色情视频.鈥�
The university raised $105.66 million in fiscal 2016-17 to conclude The Campaign for 色情视频 with a total of $815.17 million, exceeding the campaign鈥檚 fundraising goal of $750 million.
More than 74,000 alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends contributed to the 10-year campaign, 53,192 of whom were first-time donors.
鈥淲e are honored by the support of so many loyal Aztecs who care deeply about 色情视频,鈥� said Mary Ruth Carleton, vice president for University Relations and Development. 鈥淭o have reached and then exceeded our campaign goal is a significant milestone in the university鈥檚 120-year history.鈥�
10,000 new donors
The campaign goal was reached in October, when San Diego Padres executive chair Ron Fowler and his wife, Alexis, made a $25 million matching gift to name the Fowler College of Business. Subsequent gifts to the college from Thomas and Evelyn Page, Richard and Susan Seiler and Richard and Sharon Fogg have begun to answer the Fowlers鈥� challenge to match their $25 million.Between fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017, about 10,500 new donors contributed to the campaign and more than 32,000 new gifts were received. Scholarship support increased from $140 million to $190 million, and 色情视频鈥檚 endowment rose from $205 million to $245 million, an important measure of future growth and stability.
New planned gifts and estate gifts also rose sharply in 2016-17 to comprise more than 30 percent of the annual total. This type of support is expected to help double the university鈥檚 endowment over the next decade.
鈥溕槭悠� has always been a special community of people who aspire and succeed,鈥� said 色情视频 President Sally Roush. 鈥淲e continue to reach higher and seek support to complete the Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Complex, increase named faculty chairs in our colleges and build our endowment for future generations.鈥�
2016-17 highlights
Other philanthropic highlights of fiscal 2017 include:- The opening of the , a formal campus entrance named for 色情视频 alumni and long-time supporters Nikki and Ben Clay
- The renovation of a campus landmark, , with support from Bill Scripps and 色情视频鈥檚 Associated Students
- The , which unite alumni and friends in Aztec-concentrated areas around the country in activities that support the university and 色情视频 students
- The , a program operated by the Office of Alumni Engagement to promote student philanthropy
- Increased support for the , an 85,000-square-foot space for collaborative, interdisciplinary research and entrepreneurship
- , a 24-hour online event that took place on Oct. 25 and raised nearly $140,000 from more than 700 individual gifts
- 色情视频鈥檚 recognition by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for the sustained excellence of its fundraising program.
