2017 - 2018
ANNUAL REPORT LEADING AND INSPIRING LIFELONG INVOLVEMENT FOR K-STATE
No. 1
Affinity license plate in Kansas. The program has raised more than $4 million for student scholarships and recognition programs since 1997
K-State Alumni Association is
No. 1 9,701
active license plates in Kansas, Texas and Maryland
in the Big 12 based on percentage of graduates who are members
K-STATE GRADUATES & FRIENDS IN KANSAS 147,690 Decatur
Rawlins
Cheyenne
148
154
143
Norton
233
Phillips
298
Smith
237
Washington Marshall Nemaha Brown Doniphan
Republic
Jewell
212
Wallace
127
Greeley
69
Thomas
Sheridan
498
119
Gove
Logan
169
173
Wichita
122
Scott
338
Lane
124
102
149
110
Morton
62
Grant
Haskell
207
118
Ness
180
121
285
Ford
908
194
Stevens
185
Trego
Hodgeman
1,321
Gray Stanton
112
Seward
379
Rooks
Osborne
235
274
Ellis
Russell
1,042 Rush
140
327
Barton
1,338
280
Edwards
164
Kiowa
131
Meade
175
Clark
146
Comanche
88
688
Mitchell
627
Ottawa
Lincoln
570
Ellsworth
4,707
Rice
McPherson
246
Saline
406
497
Pawnee
Finney Hamilton Kearny
Graham
Stafford
297
Pratt
490
Barber
250
Clay
Pottawatomie Jackson
1,869
Marion
691
Osage Lyon
Chase
15,628
in 2017
594
Butler
417
283
2,529
Elk
635
832
125
Wilson
Cowley
3,603 35,793
Franklin Miami
886
Coffey Anderson
Greenwood Woodson
335
Sumner
730
976
194
1,504
207
138,399
807 Jefferson Leavenworth 2,438 925 Wyandotte
846
Morris
625
Sedgwick
Harper
in 2018
2,598 Shawnee Geary Dickinson 2,762 Wabaunsee 9,683 Douglas Johnson
Harvey
2,457 Kingman
Riley
1,118 18,584 4,479
1, 936
Reno
297
Atchison
Cloud Sherman
1,261
1,215
761
490
195
646
90
Chautauqua
75
239
304
Allen
366
Neosho
417
Montgomery Labette
695
355
1,315 Linn
241
Bourbon
298
Crawford
499
Cherokee
127
Students fill their plates with food at the International Grad Celebration.
2,305
attendees at five international student events
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Bill Snyder greets guests at the Wichita Catbackers event.
106,497
Traveling Wildcats form the K-S-U on a trip to Egypt.
Traveling Wildcats
attendees at
1,008
473 participants 28 Alumni Association sponsored trips
Alumni Association events and programs
$20,668
The K-State Alumni Association has received more than $19 million in donations, representing 85 percent of our Innovation and Inspiration campaign goal.
1,510 47,043 members of the Student Alumni Association
attendees at 537 events in the K-State Alumni Center
saved by Association members through Wildcat Discounts
33
$474,850
alumni and friends recognized with KSUAA awards
Awarded in scholarships to 474 students
K-STATE GRADUATES & FRIENDS IN U.S. TERRITORIES 2,686
2,218
128
597
603
499
1,455
2,408 4,294
670
9,614
147,672
1,455
16,098 1,542
4,201
982
1,812 553 162
2,959 2,261
1,482
1,222
3,512
232
2,022
1,828
761
8,020
225
1,439
5,983 779
1,000-1,999 1,000 and under
316
522
1,521
4,000+ 2,000-3,999
151 1,171
191
1,510
326
961 324 644
14,010
764
2,221
262,733 in 2018
4,410
328
377
249,368 in 2017
(Others not represented on the map) Army/Air Force PO - Europe 255 Army/Air Force PO - Pacific 115 Guam 11 Northern Mariana Islands 1 Puerto Rico 207 Virgin Islands 22 American Samoa 1
INTERNATIONAL K-STATE GRADUATES/FRIENDS Afghanistan Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burundi Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic of the Chile China Colombia Congo, The Democratic Republic of Costa Rica Cote D’Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Gaza Strip Georgia Germany Ghana
19 4 2 25 3 104 7 3 3 6 11 3 11 3 2 4 25 1 26 60 2 2 2 4 429 1 1 7 550 49 5 86 10 3 10 20 9 1 6 1 214 63 2 1 15 8 81 2 1 171 8
Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kenya Korea, Republic of Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Macao Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritius Mexico Moldova, Republic of Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway
22 1 15 3 1 41 41 11 2 379 64 49 39 13 27 13 3 198 61 8 40 251 1 62 3 2 17 3 5 10 2 1 8 114 1 11 1 68 1 14 4 1 3 14 25 2 29 6 9 277 20
Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tanzania, United, Republic of Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
5,718
in 2018
7 90 2 18 97 18 76 4 7 16 2 12 3 3 1 188 9 4 5 44 4 36 24 30 28 4 23 50 5 234 26 141 1 6 8 62 11 6 58 185 5 2 42 7 16 11 5
5,471
in 2017
WHO BELONGS TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION? MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATION Graduates 36,659 Students 1,453 Friends 4,043 Total member affiliation 42,155 MEMBERS BY LOCATION Kansas 25,656 Out-of-state 16,021 International 262 Lost 216 MEMBERS BY DECADE (of first graduation) 1920s 5 1930s 6 1940s 348 1950s 1,988 1960s 4,090 1970s 6,946 1980s 5,532 1990s 5,362 2000s 4,327 2010s 8,055 Friends 4,043 Students 1,453
ALL LIVING K-STATE GRADUATES Kansas 90,537 Out-of-state 89,671 International 5,255 No address Total living graduates
4,227 189,690
42,155 members of the K-State Alumni Association
3,697
217
760
donors support our annual fund, Tradition Founders, contributing $622,823
Born to be a Wildcat members
Junior Wildcats Club members
82%
of Alumni Association members donate to university
Wabash CannonBalls happen four times a year in different locations: Kansas City, Houston, North Texas and Colorado.
1,390 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW current assets $1,823,952 investments $8,703,124 building & land $8,358,902 other assets $288,217
current liabilities $522,439 other liabilities $592,097
KENDAL FRAZIER '73 Centennial, Col.
17%
Management & general
11%
total unrestricted reserves $3,115,170
Communications & data services
17% 18%
CANDY HART DUNCAN '75 Bethesda, Md. SKYE HANG NGUYEN '97 Olathe, Kan. JAY HEIDRICK '99 Olathe, Kan. FRANK HERNANDEZ III '92 Houston, Texas NABEEHA KAZI HUTCHINS '96 Washington, D.C. BILL KELLER '72 Pratt, Kan. DEBBIE LECKRON MILLER '75 Council Grove, Kan.
27%
10%
JEFF LUTY '89 Abilene, Kan.
Membership development & fundraising
Constituent programs & services
Revenues Contributions, unrestricted
Sales, commissions & events
15% 22% 9%
Contributions, restricted
DEBBIE DOWNING BALL '81 Eureka, Kan.
scholarships totalling $277,500
total liabilities $1,114,536 total net assets $18,059,659
SYLVIA WHITE ROBINSON '71– Chair-Elect Kansas City, Kan.
STEVE DUNNING '86 Hutchinson, Kan.
Alumni center occupancy & depreciation
total assets $19,174,195
DAN YUNK '71, '75, '87 – Chair Manhattan, Kan.
attendees at FOUR Wabash CannonBalls fund 90 student
Operating Expenses
Scholarship programs & awards
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
17%
Investment revenue (net)
Royalties
University partnerships
JOHN MORGAN '74, '76 Spicewood, Texas BILL MUIR '77 Manhattan, Kan. CMDR TIM OSWALT '93 Washington, D.C. KATE PERKINS '91, '93 Howard, Kan. LAURA PROPP '06 San Antonio, Texas PHIL STROUPE '76, '77 Waukesha, Wis.
15% 10%
CALVIN MAYFIELD '92 Kansas City, Kan.
12%
LORI SWART SPORER '85 Oakley, Kan. CAROLYN WITTORFF JACKSON '75, '81 Arlington,Va.
Membership dues
STANDING DIRECTORS JACK AYRES '18 2017-18 Student body president AMY BUTTON RENZ '76, '86 K-State Alumni Association, President and CEO Secretary CURT FRASIER '73 Treasurer MATT GROSDIDIER '18 2017-18 Student Alumni Board president STEVE LACY '76 KSU Foundation, board of directors chairman RICHARD B. MYERS '65 Kansas State University president GREG WILLEMS KSU Foundation, president and CEO Ex-officio member