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development &
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Giving at WKU....................................................................198
Alumni by State.................................................................200
Alumni by Kentucky County...............................................202
Leadership.........................................................................205
Development & Alumni Relations
giving at wku
Giving at WKU
$20
$18
$19.0
$16
$15.2
$14
$12
$10
FY2011
FY2012
betcha
didn’t
know...
Although the number of Major
gifts (gifts over $10,000)
accounted for less than 1% of
total gifts given in FY 14, they
accounted
for almost
or $8.2
million of the total amount given.
54%
665 faculty and staff gave gifts
amounting to $667,484.
Other Academic Areas (such
as scholarships, Gatton Academy,
Library, Museum, Research,
SKyTeach, and Student Publications) represented
of total gifts
given, equal to $6.1 million.
40%
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FY2013
FY2014
Giving spiked in fiscal
year 2010 with nearly
$19 million gifted to
WKU.
Private Giving by College/Division and Purpose
Giving by College/Division
FY2010
FY2013
FY2014
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
$904,136
$1,101,807
College of Health and Human Services
$407,256
$707,290
Gordon Ford College of Business
$565,948
$522,894
Honors College
$33,467
Ogden College of Science and Engineering
$597,204
$819,363
Potter College of Arts & Letters
$620,197
$424,492
University College
$152,805
$41,129
Other Academic Areas
$9,129,346
$6,051,725
Athletics
$3,279,637
$3,094,243
Other Non-Academic Areas and Unrestricted
$2,400,257
$2,402,429
$18,056,785
$15,198,839
$2,862,449
$1,572,627
$339,575
$237,909
Capital Property, Plant, Equipment
$1,583,534
$1,337,679
Faculty and Staff Support
$1,147,119
$1,021,184
$52,293
$77,617
$3,215
$2,010,215
$758,666
$780,220
Total
Giving by Purpose (Non-Endowments and Endowments)
(in millions)
at a
glance...
Fiscal Year 2010 – Fiscal Year 2014
Academics
Athletics
Library
Operations/Maintenance
Other Restricted
$1,404,285
$41,140
Public Service & Extension
Physical Plant
$966,984
$1,411,135
Research
$106,773
$78,624
$8,703,439
$6,437,600
$128,453
$192,889
$18,056,785
$15,198,839
Student Finanical Aid
Unrestricted
Total
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Development & Alumni Relations
Total Giving to WKU
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
WKU Foundation
$8,267,208
$7,646,995
$8,545,568
$8,036,324
$8,675,666
WKU Direct Gifts
$3,193,949
$1,898,265
$1,967,770
$1,380,285
$212,152
Hilltopper Athletic Foundation
$1,494,332
$1,337,695
$1,519,511
$2,119,663
$1,945,116
College Heights Foundation
$5,014,656
$4,446,293
$4,875,888
$6,520,514
$4,140,904
$646,134
$242,928
$461,639
$0
$0
Sponsored Programs
WKU Real Estate Corporation
$340,416
$24,500
$483,633
$0
$225,000
$18,956,695
$15,596,676
$17,854,010
$18,056,785
$15,198,839
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
Alumni
$5,496,497
$3,801,476
$5,634,341
$4,708,235
$3,891,472
Friends
$2,220,911
$2,604,434
$2,386,559
$2,643,109
$3,905,627
Corporations
$9,625,528
$7,228,313
$7,740,697
$8,143,682
$4,774,446
Foundations
$901,530
$1,385,745
$1,434,092
$1,819,338
$1,870,119
Groups & Societies
$712,229
$576,708
$658,321
$742,420
$757,175
$18,956,695
$15,596,676
$17,854,010
$18,056,785
$15,198,839
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
$13,036,069
$13,011,017
$13,628,842
$16,076,974
$14,385,713
$5,896,973
$2,483,081
$4,095,364
$1,859,579
$708,991
$23,653
$102,578
$129,804
$120,233
$104,134
$18,956,695
$15,596,676
$17,854,010
$18,056,785
$15,198,839
Total Giving
Private Giving by Category
Total Gifts by Source
Private Gifts-Cash/Non-Cash
Cash & Securities
Non-Cash
Matching Gifts
Total
Annual Giving (Gifts under $10,000)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
Number of Annual Gift Donors
17,214
16,751
16,495
16,112
14,864
Number of Annual Gifts
27,462
27,728
29,780
32,476
30,666
$6,375,286
$6,713,049
$7,404,386
$7,554,902
$6,917,786
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
Number of Major Gift Donors
193
209
243
226
216
Number of Major Gifts
189
200
230
220
193
$12,581,409
$8,873,627
$10,400,830
$10,507,855
$8,224,252
Total Giving
Major Giving (Gifts over $10,000)
Total Giving
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alumni by state
Alumni by State
at a
glance...
2014/15
Of Alumni residing outof-state, our neighbor
to the south is the most
popular, with 10% of
WKU Alumni living in
Tennessee.
Nearly two thirds, or 63%, of
WKU Alumni live within the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Alumni by State, 2013/14
State
#
#
8
Alumni
#
3 Indiana
3,932
State
Alumni
#
2 Tennessee
10,638
158
New Hampshire
48
#
6 Texas
1,846
Kansas
237
New Jersey
473
Utah
86
1 Kentucky
66,958
New Mexico
108
Vermont
32
New York
806
Alaska
58
Iowa
Arizona
396
Arkansas
234
California
1,279
Colorado
235
467
Maine
60
Connecticut
97
Maryland
464
Delaware
46
Massachusetts
236
D.C.
75
Michigan
568
Florida
3,379
Minnesota
5 Georgia
2,104
9 North Carolina
#
10 Virginia
1,231
1,267
Washington
350
29
West Virginia
130
1,582
Wisconsin
242
Oklahoma
181
Wyoming
35
187
Oregon
197
Armed Forces
122
Mississippi
272
Pennsylvania
503
U.S. Territories
15
9
#
North Dakota
#
7 Ohio
Hawaii
82
Missouri
660
Rhode Island
34
Unknown
Idaho
50
Montana
60
South Carolina
738
Total
Illinois
1,153
Nebraska
84
South Dakota
32
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Alumni
158
909
#
State
Nevada
Alabama
Louisiana
4
#
State
Alumni
105,609
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
66,958
Tennessee
10,638
Indiana
3,932
Florida
3,379
Georgia
2,104
Texas
1,846
Ohio
1,582
California
1,279
North Carolina
1,267
Virginia
1,231
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Over 1,000
500 to 999
Fewer than 100
100 to 499
California
1,279
Nevada
158
Arizona
396
Utah
86
Kentucky
Idaho
50
New Mexico
108
Colorado
467
Wyoming
35
2014/15
Texas
1,846
Oklahoma
181
Kansas
237
Nebraska
84
South Dakota
32
ten...
Alaska 58
Hawaii 82
Louisiana
235
Ohio
1,582
West Virginia
130
Virginia
1,231
Pennsylvania
503
Tennessee 10,638
Florida
3,379
2,104
Connecticut 97
New Jersey 473
Delaware 46
Rhode Island 34
Massachusetts 236
Maine
60
Washington D.C. 75
Maryland 464
New York 806
New Hampshire
48
Vermont
32
North Carolina
1,267
South
Carolina
Georgia 738
Kentucky
66,958
Indiana
3,932
Michigan
568
Mississippi
272 Alabama
909
Arkansas
234
Illinois
1,153
Wisconsin
242
Missouri
660
Iowa
158
Minnesota
187
alumni by
state
Oregon
197
States of Alumni
Represented
North Dakota
29
top
Montana
60
2014/15
Washington
350
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alumni by kentucky county
Kentucky Alumni
at a
glance...
2014/15
Warren
County
Service
Area
Other KY
Counties
Over one of every five Alumni residing in Kentucky live in
Warren County, with another two of five residing within
WKU’s Area of Geographic Responsibility1 (
).
Alumni by Kentucky County, 2013/14
#
#
9
5
County
Alumni
County
Alumni
Adair
599
Bullitt
695
Allen
1,200
Butler
701
County
Cumberland
#
3
Daviess
Alumni
350
4,698
Anderson
174
Caldwell
335
Edmonson
Ballard
26
Calloway
111
Elliott
3
Barren
3,234
Campbell
203
Estill
6
6
476
Fayette
1,797
54
Fleming
15
Carter
14
Floyd
16
63
Casey
106
Franklin
529
Boyd
53
Christian
689
Fulton
14
Boyle
255
Clark
110
Gallatin
23
Bracken
11
Clay
9
Garrard
43
Breathitt
17
Clinton
312
Grant
44
Breckinridge
575
Crittenden
70
Graves
140
Bath
8
Carlisle
4
Bell
32
Carroll
Boone
409
Bourbon
1
#
Designated by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Includes Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Green,
Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Logan, McLean, Meade, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, and Warren.
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#
10
#
4
#
2
County
Alumni
Grayson
1,134
County
Alumni
County
Alumni
33
Perry
48
Logan
1,711
Pike
44
Livingston
7
Green
381
Greenup
37
Lyon
101
Powell
8
Hancock
369
McCracken
503
Pulaski
486
Hardin
3,772
McCreary
25
Robertson
2
Harlan
25
McLean
413
Rockcastle
23
Harrison
36
Madison
208
Rowan
44
Hart
748
Magoffin
4
Russell
495
Henderson
847
Marion
231
Scott
257
Henry
114
Marshall
141
Shelby
434
Hickman
11
Martin
0
Hopkins
910
Mason
Jackson
9
Jefferson
#
8
Simpson
1,237
41
Spencer
141
Meade
541
Taylor
606
8,928
Menifee
3
Todd
235
Jessamine
263
Mercer
119
Trigg
154
Johnson
28
Metcalfe
585
Trimble
51
Kenton
406
Monroe
838
Union
290
Knott
5
Montgomery
55
Warren
15,507
Knox
16
Morgan
4
Larue
513
Muhlenberg
Laurel
111
Lawrence
#
#
1
Washington
102
794
Wayne
159
Nelson
767
Webster
201
8
Nicholas
4
Whitley
97
Lee
7
Ohio
878
Wolfe
5
Leslie
3
Oldham
769
Woodford
291
Letcher
14
Owen
18
Unknown
226
Lewis
9
Owsley
3
Total
Lincoln
79
Pendleton
20
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Kentucky Counties of
Alumni Represented
2014/15
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Warren
15,507
Jefferson
8,928
Daviess
4,698
Hardin
3,772
Barren
3,234
Fayette
1,797
Logan
1,711
Simpson
1,237
Allen
1,200
Grayson
1,134
Owen
18
Bracken 11
1 to 9
10 to 99
100 to 249
250 to 499
500 or More
Mason
Lewis
Greenup
Robertson 41
9
2
37
Harrison
Fleming
36
Boyd
Carter
Nicholas
15
53
Scott
14
4
Franklin 257
Shelby
Bourbon
Jefferson
Rowan
Bath
529
434
63
8,928
44
Elliott
8
Woodford
3
Montgomery
Lawrence
Hancock 369
291 Fayette
Spencer
55
8
Clark
1,797
Anderson
Bullitt
141
Meade
Menifee Morgan
110
174
695
541
4
3
Jessamine
Johnson
Powell
Mercer
263
Martin
28
Nelson
8
Breckinridge
119
Henderson
Wolfe
0
Madison
Washington
767
Daviess
Magoffin
Union
575
Estill
847
5
Hardin
208
102
Garrard
4,698
4
290
6
Boyle
3,772
Lee
43
Floyd
255
7
Marion
Breathitt
16
Larue
McLean
Ohio
Webster
231
Pike
Grayson
17
Lincoln
513
413
878
201
Owsley
Jackson
44
1,134
79
Crittenden
3
9
Knott
Taylor
Rockcastle
Hart
70
Casey
5
606
Hopkins
Perry
23
748
Green
106
Living910
Butler
48
Edmonson
381
Muhlenberg
Clay
ston
701
Caldwell
476
Letcher
794
Pulaski
Laurel
Leslie
9
33
Adair
335
14
486
111
3
Ballard McCracken
599
Lyon
Barren Metcalfe
Warren
Russell
26
503
101
3,234
585
15,507
495
Knox
Christian
Harlan
Marshall
Carlisle
Logan
16
Todd
689
Trigg
25
Wayne
141
4
1,711
235
Cumberland
154
Allen
Whitley
Graves
Simpson
Monroe
Bell
350
Clinton 159 McCreary
1,200
97
Hickman
140
1,237
838
32
312
25
Calloway
11
111
Fulton 14
ten...
Grant Pendleton
20
44
Boone
409
alumni by
kentucky
county
Carroll
Trimble 54
51
Henry
114
Oldham
769
Gallatin
23
2014/15
Campbell 203
Kenton 406
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leadership
WKU Foundation Board of Trustees
Chuck Anderson, Bowling Green
Freddie Higdon, Lebanon
Randy Schumaker, Russellville
Mark Antonini, Nashville, TN
Julie Hinson, Louisville
Steve Shirley, Bowling Green
Dale Augenstein, Hilton Head, SC
Jim Martens, Bowling Green
Donald Smith, Bowling Green
Craig Browning, Bowling Green
Kim Menke, Georgetown
Dave Tatman, Bowling Green
Paul Calico, Cincinnati, OH
Tony Pelaski, Bowling Green
Garry Watkins, Leitchfield
Randy Capps, Bowling Green
Tom Pennington, Bowling Green
David Wiseman, Bowling Green
Jennifer Greulich, Louisville
Robert Ramsey, Bowling Green
Bob Young, Bowling Green
Tom Hart, Bowling Green
Dan Renshaw, Bowling Green
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Matthew Ayers, (‘98)
Julie Hinson, (‘90 - President Elect)
Bryan Baysinger, (‘93)
Brad Hughes, (‘75)
Roger Casalengo, (‘91 - President)
Rick Johnstone, (‘72)
Matt Coleman, (‘01, ‘03)
Debi Wade Jordan, (‘82, ‘88)
Scott Crutcher, (‘94)
Jenna Lehkamp, (‘15)
Brandon Davis, (‘04)
Debra Maggart, (‘82)
Elizabeth Downing, (‘82)
Ron Miller, (‘66)
Steve Fogle, (‘76)
Amy Milliken, (‘93)
Henri Etta Gray, (‘77)
Deanna Mills, (‘94)
Marshall Gray, (‘92)
Ashley Mitchell, (‘09, ‘14)
Bill Hance, (‘80)
Steve Moore, (‘80)
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J Moseley, (‘78 - Immediate Past
President)
William Music, (‘05)
Ruth Osburn, (‘80)
Kathleen Overton, (‘95)
Greg Pryor, (‘09)
Lee Thomason, (‘86)
Sally Tisdale, (‘84)
Al Tucker, (‘73, ‘79)
Dan Watterson, (‘90, ‘92)
Keith Williams, (‘85)
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leadership
WKU Alumni Chapter Presidents
Kentucky Chapters
Bryan Baysinger (‘93), Barren County
Julie Hinson (‘90), Greater Louisville
Brent Ditto (‘02), Heartland
Bev Furnish Humphrey (‘72, ‘74), N KY/Cincinnati
Deb Fillman (‘82, ‘85), Owensboro
Out-of-State Chapters
TENNESSEE:
Matt Coleman (‘01, ‘03), Music City (Nashville Area)
WKU Alumni Ambassadors
Ed Bracken (‘87), Washington, D.C.
William Brown (‘02), Fairbanks, Alaska
Robert Davis (‘12), Seattle, Washington
Terry Fizer (‘99), Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Charles Hood (‘55), San Antonio, Texas
Brad Hughes (‘75), Louisville, Kentucky
Mark Miller (‘95), Flower Mound, Texas
Deanna Mills (‘94), Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth Moss, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Alex Via (‘11), Charlotte, North Carolina
Zach Wedding (‘12), Louisville, Kentucky
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