Office of University Communications 

Missouri State University Foundation sets new gift record

SPRINGFIELD — With more than two months remaining in its fiscal year, the Missouri State University Foundation has already set a new record of $11,852,059 in gifts received. The previous record was $11,826,286 in 2005-06.

“We are obviously very pleased we have already surpassed our record set a few years ago and we still have two more months to go in this fiscal year,” said Brent Dunn, vice president for university advancement. “Investing in higher education is important to the future and is changing lives. We are very appreciative of our donors making this fiscal year the best ever in the history of the Foundation.”

Some of the significant gifts over the year include: the Guy Mace Endowed Professorship in Engineering, gifts from the Darr Family Foundation and Journagan Construction for the Darr Agricultural Center, the Bill Berry Endowed Scholarship and the Dr. Robert W. Martin Research Fellowship. In addition, more than $3.4 million has been given in support of JQH Arena this year.

The Missouri State University Foundation was established in 1981 as the fund-raising arm of the university. Since 1981, the Foundation has received $142 million in outright gifts and another $31 million in deferred gifts has been committed. 

To date this year, the Foundation has received more than 27,000 gifts and is averaging more than $1 million in gifts per month.

The Foundation’s endowment now stands at more than $55 million.