Wright State University retiree donations in fiscal year 2015 have set an all time high in the number of donations, the amount of donations, and the average donation. The past year (2015) has been the most successful in the past fifteen years, with 200 individual retirees donating over a quarter million dollars ($256,000)—an average gift of $1,281.
In the past four years, retirees have donated three-quarters of a million dollars ($756,270). The average annual total donations of the past four years have been $189,000. Total giving since 2001 stands at $885,000, with the expectation that the one million dollar mark will be exceeded in the coming year.
Donations are distributed to programs campus wide including the WSURAs Nick Davis Scholarship Endowment, which now stands at $67,000. In the past two years, the endowment has grown by $11,000 annually. The board has set a goal of reaching $90,000 in the next two years to permit the funding of three $1500 scholarships.
The Board of Directors expresses its gratitude to the generosity of its membership.
