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Annual Report The Northwest Foundation Inc. and the Office of University Advancement
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stablished in 1971, the Northwest Foundation is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit corporation responsible for encouraging, receiving, investing, stewarding and disbursing private support on behalf of the donors of Northwest, for the benefit of the University, its students, faculty, staff and alumni. In Fiscal Year 2010, the 30-member
Foundation Board of Directors was led by President Mike Faust, Vice President Dan Runde and Immediate Past President Jim Blackford. The Foundation is staffed by members of the development and alumni relations units of Northwest’s Office of University Advancement. ■
Development
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2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
SPRING 2011
NORTHWEST ALUMNI MAGAZINE
$7 $6 $5 MILLIONS
8,000
Total Private Support to the University
$4 $3 $2 $1 $0
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Total Planned Giving Expectancies
$30
MILLIONS
10,000
hile a struggling economy impacted giving trends to colleges and universities nationwide in 2009, fundraising efforts showed signs of improvement in FY10. Northwest experienced so much improvement that the Northwest Foundation Number of Donors recorded the second best year in the organization’s 39-year history. The continued success of the cultivation of private support to benefit Northwest is due to the tremendous support of thousands of alumni and friends, the Northwest Leadership Team and faculty and staff. FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 The fundraising efforts of the Northwest Foundation and the University Advancement development staff translate into significant Donor Visits University support in a variety of areas. Scholarship support has remained a central mission of Northwest’s development efforts. During the year, $4.6 million of gifts to benefit a variety of scholarship programs accounted for 76 percent of total support
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$10
$0
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10