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Table 333.80. Voluntary support for degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2016-17
Year Total
voluntary
support, in
millions of
constant 2017-
18 dollars1
In millions of current dollars Voluntary
support as
a percent
of total
expen-
ditures2
Total
voluntary
support
Source 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 $2,514 $240 $60 $60 $28 $60 $16 $16 $101 $139 10.7
1959-60 6,882 815 191 194 130 163 80 57 385 430 14.6
1965-66 11,198 1,440 310 350 230 357 108 85 675 765 11.5
1970-71 11,618 1,860 458 495 259 418 104 126 1,050 810 8.0
1975-76 10,783 2,410 588 569 379 549 130 195 1,480 930 6.2
                       
1980-81 12,116 4,230 1,049 1,007 778 922 140 334 2,590 1,640 6.6
1985-86 16,874 7,400 1,825 1,781 1,702 1,363 211 518 4,022 3,378 7.6
1989-90 19,151 9,800 2,540 2,230 2,170 1,920 240 700 5,440 4,360 7.3
1990-91 18,899 10,200 2,680 2,310 2,230 2,030 240 710 5,830 4,370 7.0
1993-94 20,958 12,350 3,410 2,800 2,510 2,540 240 850 6,710 5,640 7.1
                       
1994-95 21,033 12,750 3,600 2,940 2,560 2,460 250 940 7,230 5,520 7.0
1995-96 22,885 14,250 4,040 3,400 2,800 2,815 255 940 7,850 6,400 7.5
1996-97 24,983 16,000 4,650 3,850 3,050 3,200 250 1,000 8,500 7,500 8.0
1997-98 28,227 18,400 5,500 4,500 3,250 3,800 300 1,050 9,000 9,400 8.8
1998-99 30,763 20,400 5,930 4,810 3,610 4,530 330 1,190 9,900 10,500 9.3
                       
1999-2000 34,004 23,200 6,800 5,420 4,150 5,080 370 1,380 11,270 11,930 9.8
2000-01 34,294 24,200 6,830 5,200 4,350 6,000 370 1,450 12,200 12,000 9.3
2001-02 33,280 23,900 5,900 5,400 4,370 6,300 360 1,570 12,400 11,500 8.5
2002-03 32,155 23,600 6,570 4,280 4,250 6,600 360 1,540 12,900 10,700 7.8
2003-04 32,534 24,400 6,700 5,200 4,400 6,200 350 1,550 13,600 10,800 7.7
                       
2004-05 33,137 25,600 7,100 5,000 4,400 7,000 370 1,730 14,200 11,400 7.6
2005-06 34,914 28,000 8,400 5,700 4,600 7,100 375 1,825 15,000 13,000 7.9
2006-07 36,161 29,750 8,270 5,650 4,800 8,500 380 2,150 16,100 13,650 7.9
2007-08 37,037 31,600 8,700 6,120 4,900 9,100 380 2,400 17,070 14,530 7.7
2008-09 32,192 27,850 7,130 4,995 4,620 8,235 325 2,545 16,955 10,895 6.5
                       
2009-10 32,055 28,000 7,100 4,920 4,730 8,400 305 2,545 17,000 11,000 6.3
2010-11 34,006 30,300 7,800 5,650 5,020 8,675 305 2,850 17,800 12,500 6.4
2011-12 33,801 31,000 7,700 5,825 5,250 9,150 275 2,800 18,900 12,100 6.4
2012-13 36,251 33,800 9,000 6,200 5,100 10,000 300 3,200 20,200 13,600 6.8
2013-14 39,548 37,450 9,850 6,500 5,750 11,200 (3) 4,150 21,800 15,650 7.2
                       
2014-15 41,966 40,300 10,850 8,000 5,750 11,600 (3) 4,100 24,650 15,650 7.5
2015-16 41,924 41,000 9,930 7,520 6,600 12,450 (3) 4,500 25,150 15,850 7.3
2016-17 43,600 43,600 11,370 7,860 6,600 13,130 (3) 4,640 25,800 17,800 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 for private institutions and through 2000-01 for public institutions. Later data are based on reported total institutional activity concepts as outlined under Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) guidelines for public institutions and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidelines for private institutions.
3 From 2013-14 onward, 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 2016-17. 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 2018, Finance component. (This table was prepared May 2019.)

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