MANHATTAN — Donations to Kansas State University reached an all-time high in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, with more than $212 million in private gifts through the Kansas State University Foundation.
“This was the most successful fundraising year in K-State history,” said Greg Willems, president and CEO of the KSU Foundation.
Of the $212 million raised in fiscal year 2019, donors gave 53% of those dollars through endowed gifts, pledges and deferred gifts. Giving to the university’s endowment was the highest in five years, and the value of K-State’s long-term investment pool grew to $613.4 million. Endowment growth is key to K-State’s goal of becoming a Top 50 public research university by the year 2025, as it directly correlates to the university’s capacity to serve future generations of K-Staters.
“It is an honor to thank all of our donors — alumni, friends, corporate partners, faculty, staff and students — who expressed their support of K-State so generously this year,” K-State President Richard B. Myers said. “This new milestone in fundraising will have a great impact on students, faculty and facilities at K-State. There’s no question that this level of support from the K-State family will help advance the university this year and for many years to come.”
Other key philanthropic achievements for the 2019 fiscal year included:
• Donors established 208 new scholarships, up from 170 the previous year. A total of $47.7 million was raised for scholarships and student success overall, up from $37 million from the previous year.
• A record 39 gifts and commitments of $1 million or more were made, totaling more than $129 million.
• More than $156 million was raised for academic purposes.
• Gift commitments through estate planning, including wills, trusts and annuities, reached $72 million.
• Fundraising for the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign exceeded the fundraising target of $1.4 billion. The campaign, which surpassed its original $1 billion goal in April 2017, will continue to raise funds for K-State priorities until its scheduled end on June 30, 2020.
Giving totals for Kansas counties fiscal year 2019, including county, number of donors and amount:
Allen, 72, $95,584.00
Anderson, 64, $18,369.50
Atchison, 129, $95,029.50
Barber, 51, $16,977.00
Barton, 365, $2,025,329.82
Bourbon, 43, $13,750.00
Brown, 179, $235,887.54
Butler, 522, $572,344.14
Chase, 41, $17,677.00
Chautauqua, 12, $870.00
Cherokee, 38, $58,102.36
Cheyenne, 23, $8,750.00
Clark, 40, $229,949.00
Clay, 249, $147,046.49
Cloud, 162, $183,167.80
Coffey, 101, $111,887.00
Comanche, 16, $7,475.00
Cowley, 174, $70,071.67
Crawford, 114, $162,916.00
Decatur, 40, $20,679.35
Dickinson, 390, $469,792.99
Doniphan, 85, $68,839.97
Douglas, 585, $5,841,417.33
Edwards, 46, $154,000.00
Elk,12, $4,984.00
Ellis, 237, $109,862.81
Ellsworth, 90, $260,267.00
Finney, 331, $683,089.03
Ford, 245, $226,184.00
Franklin, 184, $318,840.00
Geary, 332, $226,808.84
Gove, 37, $38,122.00
Graham, 19, $14,932.00
Grant, 50, $8,225.00
Gray, 87, $112,786.00
Greeley, 25, $15,272.00
Greenwood, 78, $23,513.00
Hamilton, 27, $9,922.50
Harper, 36, $16,844.00
Harvey, 324, $2,858,595.01
Haskell, 47, $20,765.00
Hodgeman, 27, $9,700.00
Jackson, 160, $49,083.29
Jefferson, 190, $56,916.13
Jewell, 58, $24,757.98
Johnson, 6,661, $9,712,382.53
Kearny, 37, $63,504.25
Kingman, 75, $35,191.68
Kiowa, 42, $17,308.00
Labette, 61, $161,897.00
Lane, 44, $21,711.00
Leavenworth, 375, $119,521.50
Lincoln, 52, $22,372.00
Linn, 30, $7,564.00
Logan, 35, $8,224.00
Lyon, 207, $115,461.57
Marion, 133, $28,155.00
Marshall, 234, $556,353.75
McPherson, 434, $225,800.00
Meade, 37, $4,338.00
Miami, 272, $128,053.48
Mitchell, 173, $197,041.25
Montgomery, 140, $40,214.00
Morris, 142, $1,173,440.00
Morton, 15, $870.00
Nemaha, 221, $983,232.15
Neosho, 71, $1,086,202.00
Ness, 53, $70,070.00
Norton, 50, $188,174.00
Osage, 127, $39,063.00
Osborne, 56, $528,967.40
Ottawa, 108, $40,827.93
Pawnee, 84, $397,926.00
Phillips, 112, $952,973.04
Pottawatomie, 1,119, $605,053.41
Pratt, 152, $217,522.25
Rawlins, 40, $6,794.00
Reno, 557, $513,524.41
Republic, 132, $110,158.00
Rice, 105, $117,041.00
Riley, 6,443, $14,146,227.07
Rooks, 52, $16,692.51
Rush, 40, $134,618.07
Russell, 75, $76,445.30
Saline, 941, $16,365,024.30
Scott, 108, $181,557.12
Sedgwick, 3,108, $6,312,134.87
Seward, 55, $24,398.00
Shawnee, 2,081, $4,536,737.56
Sheridan, 27, $14,444.50
Sherman, 56, $27,035.00
Smith, 46, $10,701.00
Stafford, 100, $22,456.50
Stanton, 23, $3,931.00
Stevens, 32, $3,893.00
Sumner, 141, $69,082.00
Thomas, 124, $130,336.04
Trego, 24, $8,215.00
Wabaunsee, 190, $50,155.54
Wallace, 33, $5,765.00
Washington, 158, $153,293.00
Wichita, 33, $4,944.00
Wilson, 44, $28,520.00
Woodson, 17, $4,335.00
Wyandotte, 396, $92,168.43
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