Annual Report 2007-08

Record contributions
Donors to KU Endowment gave a record amount of $94 million during FY08. This is a 21 percent increase over last year. We also received gifts from a record number of donors — more than 45,000.

gift revenue

Two-year Comparison (in millions)
The increase in giving was largely driven by outright gifts and pledges in 2008. In addition, KU Endowment documented commitments of $11.1 million in planned gifts, such as bequest expectancies (not included in the chart below). These commitments will benefit KU in the future.

two-year comparison

Annual Giving
Our annual telephone and mailing campaigns raised $4.59 million from 38,980 gifts in FY08. Both numbers set new all time records. This year’s total was 14 percent higher than last year’s, and the number of gifts was 7 percent higher. The Jaytalkers telephone campaign alone raised $1.14 million.

Over the past three years, the total amount raised by annual giving campaigns has risen by 28 percent, the total number of gifts has risen by 15 percent and the average gift size has increased by 11 percent.

annual giving