YOUR GIFT. YOUR IMPACT.
FY 17 Giving
SOU benefitted from numerous private philanthropic contributions during FY 2016-17. Gifts and pledges to the SOU Foundation totaled $5.1 million, a 60% increase over the previous fiscal year. Donors made more than 6,000 individual gifts ranging from athletics to Chamber Music Concerts.
Gifts to SOU
A $2 million gift from Lithia Motors represented the largest philanthropic gift to SOU in the last five years. Lithia and its founding DeBoer family pledged $1 million to the pavilion project and $1 million to fund scholarships for many of the student-athletes who will compete in the new facility.
SOU Foundation
The SOU Foundation is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization affiliated with SOU. A Board of Trustees manages current-use funds as well as an endowment valued at $28 million. Last year, the foundation distributed more than $5.2 million to SOU through endowment earnings and program support.
