The official Twitter account of Wright State University Advancement and the Wright State University Foundation. Official Facebook page for Wright State University Advancement and the Wright State Foundation. We are the successors of a group of far-sighted community leaders who, in 1966, formed a separately incorporated not-for-profit foundation to encourage private donations to Wright State University. Today as then, the WSU Foundation's sole mission is to raise, manage and distribute private support to help the University accomplish its strategic goals. Our most recent campaign, "Rise. Shine. The Campaign for Wright State University." successfully raised over $167 million in private support. We manage over $130 million in assets so generously provided by our alumni and other community partners, and annually distribute millions of dollars to the University in support of its students, faculty and programs.