Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Nowhere to go but up!

As many of you have seen or heard, the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year for Wabash College is underway as of July 1st, 2011. Before we get started on that here is a recap of the Class of 2005’s efforts for’10-’11:

Class of 2005’s 2010-2011 Annual Fund Giving:
Total # of Donors:            41 (19.8% of the class)
Total $$’s Donated:         $1,965 ($47.93 per donor)

Some quick statistics that stand out:

  • Of all the alumni classes over the past 57 years, only 4 had a fewer number of donors in ’10-‘11. HOWEVER, those 4 alumni classes – each with fewer donors than 41 - donated total $$’s of , $7,010 (’02), $17,922 (’95), $14,515 (’90), $91,695 (’75), and $1.12M (’55). Compare those to our $1,965
  • There have been 6 graduating classes since 2005 - all 6 of those younger classes have a higher number of donors and higher amounts of dollar per donor…
  • You have to go all the way back to the class of 1947 to find a lower amount of total giving by an alumni class – 3 men of ‘47 donated a total of $475. Compare that $158 per donor to our $47.93…

Whatever our collective reasoning may be our hope is to raise the Class of 2005 out of the alumni-giving-doldrums. You can do your part early on at https://www.wabash.edu/alumni/egift

As responsible Wabash men we are better than what is seemingly last place.

WAF,
Ruff

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