MSU President Mark E. Keenum, front center, is pictured with the 2022 Mississippi State University Foundation board of directors. The MSU Foundation was chartered in 1962 with a mission to build relationships between the institution, its donors and prospective donors. Under the guidance of the board of directors and the university's vice president for development and alumni, the foundation now administers most of the 144-year-old land-grant institution’s fundraising activities and endowment funds which total nearly $450 million.