University of Illinois Donations Dip, but Still Top $250M

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Donations coming in to the University of Illinois dipped slightly in fiscal 2015, but still totaled more than $250 million.

According to the UI Foundation, cash gifts, pledge payments, annuities and estate distributions totaled $251.5 million.

The figures for the fiscal year that ended June 30 were released Friday night.

The previous year’s total was $259.5 million.

Chad Ruback is the foundation’s vice president for marketing and donor engagement.

The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that he could not address whether recent controversies at the university affected fundraising.

That turbulence included criticism over administrator use of private email accounts and allegations that coaches mistreated athletes. The university also faced a lawsuit over a decision to rescind a job offer to a professor who had written Twitter messages critical of Israel.

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