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Table 358. | Voluntary support for degree-granting institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1959–60 through 2006–07 |
[In millions of current dollars] |
Year | Total voluntary support1 | Sources | Purpose | Voluntary support as a percent of total expenditures2 | ||||||
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 | 8.1 |
1 Data are based on sample surveys of colleges and universities. 2 Total expenditures include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value through 1995–96. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education, "Voluntary Support of Education," selected years, 1959–60 through 2006–07. 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 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |