University Fundraising & Endowments

[Muck]

Stanford University is 1st college to raise $1,000,000,000

Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday.

For the eighth straight year, Stanford ranked first in the Council for Aid to Education's annual college fundraising survey, which shows that elite institutions continue to grab a disproportionate share of donor dollars.

In the 2012 fiscal year, roughly 3,500 U.S. colleges and universities raised $31 billion, 2.3 percent more than the previous year. The record was set in 2008 when schools took in $31.6 billion before fundraising dropped during the height of the financial crisis.

"We're climbing out of the doldrums," said survey director Ann Kaplan. "We haven't returned to the high point of 2008, but we're approaching it. I think you can say that about a lot of industries."

Topping the list was Stanford at $1.035 billion, followed by Harvard University at $650 million, Yale University at $544 million, the University of Southern California at $492 million and Columbia University at $490 million.

The top 10 fundraising colleges collected $5.3 billion, or 17 percent, of the $31 billion, even though they represent only 0.3 percent of the 3,500 accredited, nonprofit schools included in the survey.

The 10-campus University of California system raised $1.56 billion. That sum includes $405 million collected by UC Berkeley, which was the leading fundraiser among all public universities. UCLA took in $344 million and UC San Francisco raised $329 million.

Stanford benefited from a surge in donations at the end of its multi-year Stanford Challenge fundraising campaign, which netted $6.2 billion. It also benefited from the successful launch of a $1 billion campaign for its medical school and hospitals.

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[ORD_Buckeye]

Here's the top 10.

Top 10 fundraising universities
1. Stanford University, $1.035bn

2. Harvard University, $650m

3. Yale University, $544m

4. University of Southern California, $492m

5. Columbia University, $490m

6. Johns Hopkins University, $480m

7. University of Pennsylvania, $441m

8. University of California, Berkeley, $405m

9. New York University, $396m

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $379m

Here's the full list broken down by state. It looks like, at $335MM, we just missed the top 10. We were number one in the Big Ten, and to put things in perspective within Ohio, we raised more money than Case and the next 4 publics combined. It's good to be the King.

 

[BB73]

Here's the top 10.




Here's the full list broken down by state. It looks like, at $335MM, we just missed the top 10. We were number one in the Big Ten, and to put things in perspective within Ohio, we raised more money than Case and the next 4 publics combined. It's good to be the King.

Sorry, but Indiana had just under $348MM.

But it is great to see tOSU ahead of places like Princeton, NW'ern, and TSUN.

 

[Muck]

B1G Members:

Indiana 347,927,410
Ohio State 334,508,971
Wisconsin 315,277,525
TSUN 291,335,271
Minnesota
Chicago 255,764,212
Northwestern 233,746,397
Illinois 203,657,729
Penn St 181,538,201
Nebraska 171,416,457
Purdue 170,448,871
MSU 122,883,133
Iowa 104,392,302
Maryland 93,735,720
Rutgers 81,456,439

For some reason Minnesota was omitted but looking at previous years it looks like they typically bring in between $270 & $300 Million.

Some of the various schools who are mentioned as potential B1G targets:
John Hopkins 479,654,409
Duke 350,944,320
North Carolina 286,709,822
Virginia 237,220,863
Notre Dame 203,249,855
Kansas 151,482,300
Missouri 143,892,987
Pitt 118,700,224
GT 118,428,942
Boston College 100,450,132
Syracuse 69,930,824
FSU 54,942,326

And largest fund raisers for the BXII & SEC:
Texas 258,307,842
Texas A&M 180,886,344