Table 375.

Voluntary support for degree-granting institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2009-10

[In millions of current dollars]
Year	Total voluntary support	Sources						Purpose		Voluntary support as a percent of total expenditures1
		Alumni	Nonalumni individ- uals	Corpora- tions	Foun- dations	Religious organi- zations	Other	Current opera- tions	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
2008-09	27,850	7,130	4,995	4,620	8,235	325	2,545	16,955	10,895	6.5
2009-10	28,000	7,100	4,920	4,730	8,400	305	2,545	17,000	11,000	6.1

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. Voluntary support data are from the Council for Aid to Education, while the percentage of total expenditures is based on total expenditures reported through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education, Voluntary Support of Education, selected years, 1959-60 through 2009-10. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-09); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Finance component. (This table was prepared August 2011.)