Your Impact Through Giving In 2016/17
Annual Philanthropy Report Facts
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Another Successful Year in Fundraising
$254.6 Million in Cash, Pledges, and Planned Gifts
Each year, thousands of alumni and friends support Michigan State University by contributing their time, talents, and treasure to a wide range of academic, athletic, and cultural programs. We are thankful for our supporters who continue to set records in giving to MSU.
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Types of Gifts
Endowed Funds: $99 Million
Expendable Funds: $107.1 Million
Facilities Funds: $48.6 MillionPrivate gifts are a powerful investment in MSU’s future. Wherever gifts are directed, the generosity of our donors makes a difference in the success of extraordinary students, empowers faculty to be leaders in their fields, and provides the flexibility to direct funding where it is needed most.
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Assets Given
Outright Gifts and Pledges: $174.1 Million
Gifts In-Kind: $9.8 Million
Planned Gifts: $70.8 MillionGifts of all sizes strengthen MSU. In turn, giving helps our donors to reach charitable objectives and meet personal financial goals. From supporting the MSU Formula Racing Team to creating new scholarships to funding innovative research, private gifts inspire Spartans today and endure for generations to come.
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Spartans Who Give
96,749 Donors
5,991 MSU Faculty, Staff, and Retiree DonorsWhat sets MSU donors apart is not so much what they do, but why they do it. They support current and future Spartans because they know all Spartans are part of something essential, something larger than themselves. Spartans boldly live their values, push the boundaries of discovery, and help each other realize their potential; all while working together to enrich lives everywhere.
Gift Summary
Private gifts to MSU come from many sources. Below is a graphic summary of the MSU’s 2017 fiscal year in philanthropy. The charts reveal what it takes financially for MSU to compete and also show how important philanthropic gifts are to the overall operation of the university.
Sources: Unaudited financials, MSU Statements of Revenues, Expenses, Changes in Net Position; and Voluntary Support of Education survey by the Council for Aid to Education.
Fiscal Stewardship
The Common Investment Fund (CIF) is Michigan State’s investment portfolio into which endowed funds established at the university are invested. This pools nearly all of MSU’s endowment funds so they can be managed much like a mutual fund. Donors’ gifts “buy” shares (or “units” as they are called at MSU) in the CIF. As the market value of the CIF increases (or decreases), the value of the individual CIF shares increases (or decreases)—and so the value of each specific endowed fund goes up or down.
MSU’s long-term investment performance continues to perform ahead of peer institutions’ returns for the 10 year period ended June 30, 2017. MSU’s CIF performed at 16.2 percent during the past fiscal year.