Table 360.

Voluntary support for degree-granting institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2007-08

[In millions of current dollars]
Year	Total voluntary support	Sources						Purpose		Voluntary support as a percent of total expen-ditures1
		Alumni	Nonalumni individuals	Corporations	Foundations	Religious organizations	Other	Current operations	Capital purposes
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1959-60	$815	$191	$194	$130	$163	$80	$57	$385	$430	14.6
1965-66	1,440	310	350	230	357	108	85	675	765	11.5
1970-71	1,860	458	495	259	418	104	126	1,050	810	8.0
1975-76	2,410	588	569	379	549	130	195	1,480	930	6.2
1980-81	4,230	1,049	1,007	778	922	140	334	2,590	1,640	6.6
1985-86	7,400	1,825	1,781	1,702	1,363	211	518	4,022	3,378	7.6
1990-91	10,200	2,680	2,310	2,230	2,030	240	710	5,830	4,370	7.0
1994-95	12,750	3,600	2,940	2,560	2,460	250	940	7,230	5,520	7.0
1995-96	14,250	4,040	3,400	2,800	2,815	255	940	7,850	6,400	7.5
1996-97	16,000	4,650	3,850	3,050	3,200	250	1,000	8,500	7,500	8.0
1997-98	18,400	5,500	4,500	3,250	3,800	300	1,050	9,000	9,400	8.8
1998-99	20,400	5,930	4,810	3,610	4,530	330	1,190	9,900	10,500	9.3
1999-2000	23,200	6,800	5,420	4,150	5,080	370	1,380	11,270	11,930	9.8
2000-01	24,200	6,830	5,200	4,350	6,000	370	1,450	12,200	12,000	9.3
2001-02	23,900	5,900	5,400	4,370	6,300	360	1,570	12,400	11,500	8.5
2002-03	23,600	6,570	4,280	4,250	6,600	360	1,540	12,900	10,700	7.8
2003-04	24,400	6,700	5,200	4,400	6,200	350	1,550	13,600	10,800	7.7
2004-05	25,600	7,100	5,000	4,400	7,000	370	1,730	14,200	11,400	7.6
2005-06	28,000	8,400	5,700	4,600	7,100	375	1,825	15,000	13,000	7.9
2006-07	29,750	8,270	5,650	4,800	8,500	380	2,150	16,100	13,650	7.9
2007-08	31,600	8,700	6,120	4,900	9,100	380	2,400	17,070	14,530	7.7

1 Total expenditures include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value through 1995-96.

NOTE: Data rounding is consistent with the original source material. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education, Voluntary Support of Education, selected years, 1959-60 through 2007-08. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1965-66 through 1985-86; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1959-60; and 1986-87 through 2006-07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008. (This table was prepared September 2009.)