12/28/2010: For the 09-10 fiscal year the UO Foundation brought in $31.7 million in outright gifts (as opposed to deferred gifts or gifts for buildings.) $18.1 million of that was for athletics. More on this later, still crunching the data.
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12/1/2010: The Senate meets today, agenda here. A report from President Lariviere/Provost Bean on the Riverfront Research Park should be interesting, given recent revelations about UO’s apparent failure to follow the development procedures. I suspect the statement will be limited, given the potential for a lawsuit from the developer. France…
8/25/2010: From Carla River in the LA Times. The Oregon DOJ has recently ruled that the UO Foundation is similarly exempt. Searching through the UO Foundation’s reports to the IRS, you come across tidbits like that below. And people think PERS is a benefits scam. This is from 2005, salaries…
Richard Sundt emailed us a bit more background on his RG letter, regarding the full page ad from the UO Foundation Trustees on the Knight donations: What I wanted to say in the ad, but dropped it (and a few other things) in order to observe the 250-word limit, is…
8/21/2010: Richard Sundt from Art History has a letter in the RG on the recent advertisement the UO Foundation put in the RG. I didn’t see it but apparently they thanked Phil Knight for his contributions to UO Academics, while studiously ignoring his much larger contributions to athletics. Board members…
7/17/2010: In the 2007-2008 FY the UO Foundation reports disbursing $13 million to UO for athletic scholarships. This money presumably comes from Duck Athletic Foundation donations fans must make to be eligible for season tickets. The $13 million figure comes from the public annual report the foundation must file under…
5/10/2010: Pablo Eisenberg of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute writes about problems with university foundations. The UO Foundation suffers from many of the issues he raises, particularly excessive secrecy. Their IRS 990 form is due next week – we’ll be sure and post a copy. Here’s last year’s. The first…
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…
1/29/2010: From the Chronicle: From June 30 2008 – June 30 2009: $470,515,000 to $386,509,000 -17.9%From June 30 2007 – June 30 2008: $455,583,000 to $470,515,000 3.3%From June 30 2006 – June 30 2007: $365,859,000 to $455,583,000 24.5% These lump together investment gains/losses and spending/new gifts. Really bad…
6/10/2009: Update on Frohnmayer’s Foundation slush fund: Apparently he has been in a mad rush to spend $1 million in leftover money as quick as possible. Anyone with details, post a comment. We’re guessing this money is not going to Faculty!Provost Bean has now selected UO’s next “Big Ideas” which…
The UO Foundation is a non-profit established to raise and manage money for UO. Non-profit status means it must report some information to the IRS. Here are copies of the UO Foundation’s IRS 990 forms. These explain assets, administrative salaries, and give some hints about how the Foundation spends money.…