60 % Of Donors Gave $1,000 or Less
24 % Of Donors Gave Multiple Times
1,622 Donations Come from First-Time Donors
You Opened doors for first-generation students
This year, more than 6,000 students graduated from PSU, many of them the first in their families to attend college. Thanks to you, PSU was able to distribute nearly $4 million in donor-funded scholarships, allowing 1,453 students the support they needed to find their own bright futures.
A Lifeline to Students
In the wake of COVID-19, PSU students demonstrated exceptional strength and resilience. At a moment when educational access is more important than ever, donors stepped up to provide more than $530,000 in FY20 in immediate support, enabling Portland State to invest early in remote learning tools while providing emergency grants to students to help them cover urgent expenses. Read more about how public and private support combined in FY20 to help students stay on track.
Grassroots giving
Two PSU Days of Giving galvanized friends, family and colleagues for a philanthropic bonanza in support of diverse campus causes. Last year's social-media powered campaigns inspired nearly 1,500 faculty, students, staff and alumni to contribute $145,457 in support of more than 80 PSU passion projects and singular giving opportunities—from hardship grants to travel stipends to special support for student organizations.
Serving Neighbors
Together you found new ways to join PSU in serving our city—supporting research projects focused on investigations of particular civic importance, such as quantifying food and housing insecurity in Oregon and at PSU, and helping to ensure that all people are counted in the state's critical 2020 census. Across the city and far beyond, you have also found new and much-appreciated ways to identify and support alumni affiliated businesses during a period of economic hardship for our community.
You strengthened a campaign to let knowledge serve
Your generous contributions this fiscal year helped PSU close in on its $300 million, multi-year campaign to support students, faculty, campus and programs.
$ 281 M Raised
69,434 Gifts
21,149 TOTAL DONORS
Thank you
Your generous contributions this fiscal year helped PSU close in on its $300 million, multi-year campaign to support students, faculty, campus and programs.
We are grateful to the many volunteers and donors working to support PSU's mission. The below trustees served during the FY20 reporting period: July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.
Executive Committee
Don Vollum '94
Keren Brown Wilson '83
Al Barkouli '83, '87
Barre Stoll '89, '92
Wally Van Valkenburg
Richard B. Solomon '69
Ross Lienhart
Paul Schlesinger
Mary Dick '80
Steve Petruzelli '68
Linda Williams
Trustees
Herman Colas, Jr. '77
Gary Cumpston '90
Michael De Voe
Jeff Eulberg '04, J.D. CFP
Tom Fink '71
Jared A. Holum
Cary Jackson
Kristen Kern
Paula M. Kinney, Ed.D.
Scott Langley
Marcia J. Mason '74
Mark Miller
Christine A. Nickerson
Jon Owens '86
Terry Pinnell '01
Kathryn Rebagliati MBA '99
Mike Richardson '77
Charlene Zidell
Ex-Officio Trustees
Stephen Percy
Eric S. Brown
Bill Boldt