Ohio
University Wins National Award for
Foundation Report
Ohio
University has received national honors
for its 1998 Foundation Report by the
Ohio
University
Foundation.
The Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE) awarded the
university a silver medal in the
Individual Fund-Raising Pieces category.
There were 266 entries.
The
56-page Foundation Report details the
impact of private support at Ohio
University and showcases some of the
university's most generous benefactors,
using black-and-white and color
photographs. The university received more
than $18 million in contributions in
fiscal year 1998, nearly $5 million more
than in 1997. Leonard Raley, executive
director of the foundation and vice
president for alumni
relations
and development
at Ohio University, says the award honors
the many alumni and friends who have made
gifts to the foundation.
As
the fundraising arm of the university, the
Ohio University Foundation is the
repository for all private gifts through
annual giving programs, capital and
special campaigns and planned or deferred
gifts. During fiscal year 1998, more than
$18.1 million was raised in total private
contributions from more than 28,000
donors.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this press
release.
|
