YOUR GIFT. YOUR IMPACT.
FY19 Giving
SOU benefited from numerous private philanthropic contributions during FY 2018-19. Gifts and pledges to the SOU Foundation totaled $3.3 million. Donors made 4,200 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 nearly $30 million. Last year, the foundation distributed more than $3.9 million to SOU through endowment earnings and program support.
