External Funding 2005-2006

The CSU received more than $285 million in philanthropic support in 2005-06. This voluntary support includes gifts and pledges from alumni, parents, corporations, foundations and other organizations and individuals.

The CSU is raising about one dollar from external funding for every four dollars of state support. The $1.3 billion raised by the campuses also exceeds the total the CSU collected from student fees in 2005-06.

In the early 1990s, the CSU Trustees encouraged campuses to increase their efforts in fundraising. As a result, voluntary support has grown steadily in the last decade, alumni association membership has reached 119,000, and campus endowments have risen to total $746 million.