The mission of the OSU Foundation is to unite donor and University passions and priorities to achieve excellence. The Foundation supports OSU in its mission to provide students with exceptional academic experiences, to conduct scholarly research and other creative activities that advance fundamental knowledge, and to disseminate knowledge to the people of Oklahoma and the world.

Mission:
Unite donor and university passions and priorities to achieve excellence

Dollars Raised Annually:
2006 - $104.7M              2005 - $56M                  2004 - $36.8M

Investment Performance:
2006 - 21.7%                 2005 - 14.3%                 2004 - 16.1%

The investment return on the Foundation’s Pooled Investment Fund for fiscal year 2006 reported 21.7 percent, an unprecedented total among both public and private universities. Oklahoma State University's investment return rate of 14.3 percent on its endowment for fiscal year 2005 ranked the university in the top six percent of all U.S. colleges and universities (41st out of nearly 700 institutions), according to information released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The median investment return of institutions surveyed was 9.3 percent.

Endowment:
2006 - $235.6M              2005 - $193.2M              2004 - $169.1M

The most critical need of the university in the years ahead is to build an endowment sufficient to strengthen academic programs while making the OSU experience accessible to the best and brightest young people, regardless of their financial capability. Our endowment continues to grow at a consistent rate, but OSU remains in the lower quartile among Big 12 university endowments.

To read more about the OSU Foundation, please visit www.osugiving.com.

The OSU Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized under the General Corporation Act of the State of Oklahoma. The Foundation has qualified as a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. Gifts made to the Foundation are deductible as charitable contributions under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. The OSU Foundation is the entity recommended to solicit, receive and administer all private gifts on behalf of OSU. And, although it is a separate corporation, the OSU Foundation maintains a close and cooperative working relationship with the University.