Annual Report 2008-09
Thousands of KU students can reach for their horizons only because they receive scholarship support. In FY09, the university provided about 8,500 scholarships to more than 6,500 students (some students receive multiple scholarships). The total provided was nearly $27 million. Fellowships, student awards, prizes and loans brought our total support for students to $34.5 million, an increase of 7 percent over the previous year.
Private gifts during the year created 88 new endowed scholarship funds and 12 new award and prize funds.
Private contributions to KU Endowment provide virtually all scholarships, fellowships and student awards at KU. In both dollar amount and number of students supported, KU Endowment is the largest source of funding that students don’t need to repay.
