Now, the annual budget is almost $1 million, most of it raised through donations from its 35,000 members.
All funds needed to be raised through public and private donations.
The estimated cost of this project is $2.6 million, which will be raised through donations.
Another $4 million is expected to be raised through public donations.
Construction began in the fall of 1975; by then $700,000 had been raised through private donations.
Over four years, $82 million was raised through private donations.
He said it had an annual budget of $4 million, raised through donations.
He raised $750 million, about a third through small online donations.
An additional $11 million is raised through donations, he said.
University officials hope to raise the rest of the money through private donations.