Kingland announces $1.5M gift to Iowa State University

Kingland, based in Clear Lake, and David and Deb Kingland, recently gifted $1.5 million to benefit students and faculty in three colleges at Iowa State University, it was announced Tuesday.

Kingland is a leading provider of enterprise-class data and compliance software for audit, finance, insurance and retail companies with offices in Clear Lake and Ames, Iowa. David Kingland, CEO and chairman of Kingland, and his wife, Deb, are longtime supporters of Iowa State University. David Kingland has served on the College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council since 2009.

“Deb and I are both proud Iowa State alumni and to this day continue to be positively impacted by this great university,” said Da

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vid Kingland. “Iowa State has been a tremendous collaborator with Kingland, and this is our way to say thank you and to continue to partner in the next generation of software, data and innovation.”

  Kingland and David and Deb Kingland’s most recent gift supports the university’s $1.1 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign, Forever True, For Iowa State.

  “We have been able to achieve company success due in part to our relationship with Iowa State.  Over the past decade we have employed well over 1,500 Iowa State student interns and grown our full-time employee base with Iowa State University talent,” said Todd Rognes, president, Kingland. “We look forward to growing this relationship with the faculty and students who have an interest in the areas we support.”

  The gift is designated to support one of Iowa State’s top campaign priorities, data analytics, across the College of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering by providing student scholarships, named faculty positions and support for student organizations.  Scholarship funds have been created for use by each college.

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