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The future of our community is right here on our campus.
You can see it in the medical education building, in the plans for the
new Centre for Engineering Innovation, in research labs, classrooms
and study halls, and you can feel it in the enthusiasm, optimism and
achievements of our students. Our alumni and friends share in these
students’ successes through their generosity listed on the pages that
follow and on our website.
Each year, the University hosts celebrations to recognize the many
alumni, partners and friends whose donations make such an important
contribution to the success of our students. Donors enjoy meeting
each other, hearing first-hand from students about the impact of their
gifts, and the opportunity to see their contributions at work such as the
July 2009 reception celebrating donor recognition in the Medical
Education Building. The construction of the new Centre for Engineering
Innovation at Wyandotte and California Ave. is progressing well, and
we look forward to inviting supporters to gather there and celebrate
with us after Phase I of the facility opens in March 2011.
This annual Stewardship Report is another part of our efforts to
recognize donors and to demonstrate the appreciation of students
and our campus community.
We present this year’s report against a backdrop of news that is
particularly gratifying.
The recent economic downturn affected returns on the University’s
endowments, and we reported last year how a reserve fund was being
used to maintain our student support programs. University of Windsor
supporters rallied and gifts to raise the University’s endowment fund
increased in the past year, in both number and total dollars.
The University’s total endowment has also bounced back above
$59 million, where it was before the economic downturn. This year,
the portion of the endowment earmarked for scholarships is actually
at its highest ever.
Contributing to this was both the generosity of supporters, and the
diligent and steady management of the fund through the Investment
Committee of the Board of Governors.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
2009-10
STEWARDSHIP
REPORT
Gifts for needs-based scholarships, eligible for the dollar-for-dollar
match from the Ontario Trust for Student Support exceeded the
government ceiling for the first time in many years. Response to the
University’s annual phonathon provided a 29 percent increase in funds
donated and a 12 percent increase in the number of supporters who
made donations.
Donations and matching dollars through the OTSS totalling more
than $2.4 million boosted the University’s scholarships endowment in
2009-10. Donors established 30 new endowed scholarships as well,
28 of which were eligible for government matching.
In the year ahead, we expect more donors to utilize our new
on-line donor card (
which now offers
payment by credit card.
Also new is our US foundation, chaired by alum Frank Ewasyshyn a
former executive vice president of the Chrylser Group. The foundation
will allow our American alumni and friends to take full advantage of
tax benefits available for such actions as donations of stocks.
The University of Windsor has also opened a business office in
Toronto for the convenience of alumni and friends in the GTA, thanks
to a donation from Shibley Righton. Expect to see greater activity in
Toronto with this new office. Couple with this is an increased financial
commitment from the Alumni Association to fund greater outreach.
please note: this report includes only those gifts received between
january 1, 2009 and april 30, 2010.
*donations of less than $100 appear in the online edition of view.
