Table 333.80.

Voluntary support for degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2014-15

Year	Total voluntary support, in millions of constant 2015- 16 dollars1	In millions of current dollars									Voluntary support as a percent of total expen- ditures2
		Total voluntary support	Sources						Purpose
			Alumni	Nonalumni individ- uals	Corpora- tions	Foun- dations	Religious organi- zations	Other organi- zations	Current opera- tions	Capital purposes
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1949-50	$2,415	$240	$60	$60	$28	$60	$16	$16	$101	$139	10.7
1959-60	6,609	815	191	194	130	163	80	57	385	430	14.6
1965-66	10,753	1,440	310	350	230	357	108	85	675	765	11.5
1970-71	11,156	1,860	458	495	259	418	104	126	1,050	810	8.0
1975-76	10,355	2,410	588	569	379	549	130	195	1,480	930	6.2
1980-81	11,635	4,230	1,049	1,007	778	922	140	334	2,590	1,640	6.6
1985-86	16,204	7,400	1,825	1,781	1,702	1,363	211	518	4,022	3,378	7.6
1989-90	18,390	9,800	2,540	2,230	2,170	1,920	240	700	5,440	4,360	7.3
1990-91	18,149	10,200	2,680	2,310	2,230	2,030	240	710	5,830	4,370	7.0
1993-94	20,126	12,350	3,410	2,800	2,510	2,540	240	850	6,710	5,640	7.1
1994-95	20,198	12,750	3,600	2,940	2,560	2,460	250	940	7,230	5,520	7.0
1995-96	21,977	14,250	4,040	3,400	2,800	2,815	255	940	7,850	6,400	7.5
1996-97	23,991	16,000	4,650	3,850	3,050	3,200	250	1,000	8,500	7,500	8.0
1997-98	27,107	18,400	5,500	4,500	3,250	3,800	300	1,050	9,000	9,400	8.8
1998-99	29,541	20,400	5,930	4,810	3,610	4,530	330	1,190	9,900	10,500	9.3
1999-2000	32,654	23,200	6,800	5,420	4,150	5,080	370	1,380	11,270	11,930	9.8
2000-01	32,933	24,200	6,830	5,200	4,350	6,000	370	1,450	12,200	12,000	9.3
2001-02	31,959	23,900	5,900	5,400	4,370	6,300	360	1,570	12,400	11,500	8.5
2002-03	30,879	23,600	6,570	4,280	4,250	6,600	360	1,540	12,900	10,700	7.8
2003-04	31,242	24,400	6,700	5,200	4,400	6,200	350	1,550	13,600	10,800	7.7
2004-05	31,821	25,600	7,100	5,000	4,400	7,000	370	1,730	14,200	11,400	7.6
2005-06	33,527	28,000	8,400	5,700	4,600	7,100	375	1,825	15,000	13,000	7.9
2006-07	34,725	29,750	8,270	5,650	4,800	8,500	380	2,150	16,100	13,650	7.9
2007-08	35,566	31,600	8,700	6,120	4,900	9,100	380	2,400	17,070	14,530	7.7
2008-09	30,914	27,850	7,130	4,995	4,620	8,235	325	2,545	16,955	10,895	6.5
2009-10	30,783	28,000	7,100	4,920	4,730	8,400	305	2,545	17,000	11,000	6.3
2010-11	32,656	30,300	7,800	5,650	5,020	8,675	305	2,850	17,800	12,500	6.4
2011-12	32,459	31,000	7,700	5,825	5,250	9,150	275	2,800	18,900	12,100	6.4
2012-13	34,811	33,800	9,000	6,200	5,100	10,000	300	3,200	20,200	13,600	6.8
2013-14	37,978	37,450	9,850	6,500	5,750	11,200	(3)	4,150	21,800	15,650	7.2
2014-15	40,572	40,300	10,850	8,000	5,750	11,600	(3)	4,100	24,650	15,650	7.5

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

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

3 For 2013-14 and 2014-15, voluntary support from religious organizations is included in the "Other organizations" column.

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.

SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education, Voluntary Support of Education, selected years, 1949-50 through 2014-15. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), selected years, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1949-50 and 1959-60; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)