CSU donations hit record $172.3 million for fiscal year

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University announced on Tuesday that private donations to the Fort Collins campus from alumni and other sources hit $172.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, breaking a record for the fourth year in a row.

At a time when private donations to the school continue to exceed support from the state, CSU saw its best-ever alumni participation at 10.34 percent. The latest total exceeded the previous year’s record mark of $143.3 million by nearly $30 million.

The largest donation was a $42.5 million gift from John and Leslie Malone to create a new center for…