External Funding 2006-2007

The CSU received nearly $326 million in philanthropic support in 2006-07. This voluntary support includes gifts and pledges from alumni, parents, corporations, foundations and other organizations and individuals. CSU campuses also raised additional funds through operating grants and contracts totaling more than $1 billion. The total external funding for the CSU in 2006-07 was $1.5 billion.

The CSU is raising about one dollar from external funding for every four dollars of state support. The $1.5 billion raised by the campuses also exceeds the total the CSU collected from student fees in 2006-07.

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 123,000, and campus endowments have risen to total $874 million.