2/24/2010: From the Greg Bolt story today in the RG:
According to the latest figures released by the university, the UO brought in $75.6 million in the first seven months of its fiscal year, a pace that would easily surpass the goal of $90 million to $100 million a year if it can be sustained.…Almost two-thirds of the gifts promised so far this year are directed to academic programs and about one-third are for athletics, Lariviere said.
From June 30 2008 – June 30 2009: $470,515,000 to $386,509,000 -17.9%
How to reconcile? The RG is reporting pledges, not money received. This is standard practice. The swings in the endowment also look pretty standard for recent years. Here is some stuff from the most recent Foundation report, from which the Chronicle numbers are taken:
The “other” category includes pledges of the sort that the RG is reporting. You should subtract 10% or so for shrinkage – while these are legally binding pledges, they don’t all come through – and another $35 million or so for liabilities tied to gifts. Again, all standard stuff.
Where does the money go? That’s harder, because state law gives the Foundation an exemption from the public records law – which they exploit pretty much to the hilt, releasing only summary data like this:
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