University is among 15 in the nation to be honored for overall performance.
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 1, 2015) — San Diego State University is one of 15 universities nationwide to be recognized this year for the comprehensive excellence of its fundraising program.
The award is from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the premier professional association serving educational institutions worldwide and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development and marketing.
CASE recognized The Campaign for SDSU for superior overall performance in 2015 and for sustained excellence based on the judges’ analysis of the last three years of fundraising data.
Launched in 2007, the campaign has raised more than $625 million to support students, faculty and academic programs and initiatives. The university raised a record $96.3 million in fiscal 2015 and grew its endowment to $192 million.
“This honor recognizes three consecutive years of fundraising excellence and professionalism—placing the university in the company of schools like Harvard and USC—and brings national distinction to San Diego State University,” said SDSU President Elliot Hirshman.
More than 53,000 donors have contributed to The Campaign for SDSU, including 113 who gave more than $1 million, and 1,500 newly minted donors from the Class of 2015. Recent graduates were asked to contribute at least $10 to SDSU’s general scholarship fund when they picked up their caps and gowns, and sixteen percent of them did so.
Through the campaign SDSU has endowed the Susan and Stephen Weber Honors College, and will support construction of a new Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Complex, where researchers and entrepreneurs will work collaboratively to develop real-world applications for research discoveries that address the complex interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
