Report to Contributors

Thank you for your generous support of the University of Washington and the public we serve. During our 2018–19 fiscal year, you and more than 141,000 donors supported the causes you care about — proving that when we join together, our impact is boundless.

In deep appreciation, we’re excited to share this formal report on your contributions over the past year. Read on to see how your philanthropy is making a difference — for Washington, for the world.

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Endowment and Gift Highlights

FY19 private support

July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

$684M

in total contributions

141,621

donors contributed in support of students, faculty, programs and facilities

Be Boundless campaign progress

As of Nov. 1, 2019

$5.8B

in total commitments

454,800

donors contributed in support of students, faculty, programs and facilities

Endowment distributions by purpose

As of June 30, 2019

*A portion of the University's operating funds are invested in the CEF.

Distributions benefit campus-wide programs.

Total endowment

As of June 30, 2019

$3.6B

Since the first $400 cash endowed gift in 1905

FY19 endowment distributions

$130M

Learn more about the Consolidated Endowment Fund’s performance and impact.

6,800+

students supported by scholarships
and fellowships in FY19

5,074

total endowments in the
Consolidated Endowment Fund

172

new endowed funds added in FY19

FY19 gift purpose

	CURRENT USE	ENDOWMENT	TOTAL
Student support	$15,648,477	$40,017,101	$55,665,578
Faculty support	$280,003,579	$24,065,932	$304,069,511
Program support	$155,591,678	$27,856,737	$183,448,415
Capital	$40,546,274	$5,140,779	$45,687,053
Excellence funds	$47,157,784	$47,698,954	$94,856,738
GRAND TOTAL	$538,947,792	$144,779,503	$683,727,295

FY19 support by area

	DONORS	TOTAL
Academic & Student Affairs	6,224	$16,105,604
Broadcast Services	67,822	$18,094,003
College of Arts & Sciences	11,886	$95,170,570
College of Built Environments	1,468	$3,249,600
College of Education	1,714	$9,991,506
College of Engineering	4,161	$74,303,569
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering	812	$58,966,013
College of the Environment	2,404	$30,299,526
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance	933	$3,678,943
Foster School of Business	3,988	$16,673,913
Information School	541	$2,170,148
Intercollegiate Athletics	14,142	$33,410,397
Libraries	1,979	$3,227,985
Other University Support	1,212	$8,591,740
President’s Funds	1,429	$2,538,884
School of Dentistry	898	$4,926,774
School of Law	1,357	$7,103,247
School of Nursing	1,001	$3,768,890
School of Pharmacy	902	$7,086,832
School of Public Health	882	$19,576,162
School of Social Work	1,454	$5,411,718
UW Alumni Association	16,991	$1,000,620
UW Bothell	1,330	$4,766,144
UW Medicine	16,537	$307,348,457
UW Tacoma	1,031	$5,232,061
GRAND TOTAL	141,621	$683,727,295

STORIES OF IMPACT

Setting the pace

Scholarships help students like Hallie Jensen get the most of their Husky Experience. Before coming to the UW, Jensen had never rowed — and now she’s competing on the UW’s Division I crew team, thanks to the Hometown Huskies program.

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Caring for every child

When their young son showed signs of delayed development, the Sunderland family turned to the UW’s Haring Center for Inclusive Education. Now they give back so that all families with children on the autism spectrum can access life-changing care.

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Fueled by floods

The waters of the mighty Mekong River are essential to the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people in Cambodia. Thanks to support from donors, UW researchers are working with government partners in Phnom Penh to discover how changes to the Mekong will impact the future of fish and rice — and ultimately people — in Cambodia.

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