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I've donated once or twice (probably only once), but I think it was around $20. There is a list of the donors and the range of $$ they have given. There is one girl who has donated at least 5K every year since she has graduated. EVERY year?!?! You're telling me that straight out of college, this girl decided to donate 5K to the university she JUST left?!?
I give money to homeless shelters, cancer research, Meals on Wheels... but would never give to my local college. Their tuition has gone from about $2300 per year in the mid-1990s to nearly $8000 per year today. Books have gone from about $30 per book to $160 per book. I just don't feel they need or deserve any more.
There is one girl who has donated at least 5K every year since she has graduated. EVERY year?!?! You're telling me that straight out of college, this girl decided to donate 5K to the university she JUST left?!?
Apparently she valued her education enough to do so!
I've donated once or twice (probably only once), but I think it was around $20. There is a list of the donors and the range of $$ they have given. There is one girl who has donated at least 5K every year since she has graduated. EVERY year?!?! You're telling me that straight out of college, this girl decided to donate 5K to the university she JUST left?!?
I agree with Pitt Chick that that girls obviously felt the education she got was worth it. Also we don't know her financial situation, to her that may not be a lot, there may be an employer's matching gift in there we don't know about, or maybe she went to the school on a scholarship and now wants to help make sure there is money available for others. Personally, I donated once in the amount of my graduation year but that is about it...once we are settled I would like to regularly donate more but probably around $100 a year and I would target it specifically to the college within the university or something that relates to perpetuating what I personally got out of having gone there.
I didn't go to a university but rather a small, private liberal arts college. My high school was also small and private. You know, the kinds of places whose alumni regularly appear on the list of Forbes' richest people--usually because of family connections. (I am NOT among that crowd, having come from different circumstances and chosen a career in nonprofit work.)
Both institutions ask me for money regularly, it seems a couple of times a year. I used to give small amounts when I could but since having children my income is very much spoken for. And for pete's sake, if the top five alums from each school were to each give our alma mater 1% of their net worth, both schools would be set for generations to come.
I give money to homeless shelters, cancer research, Meals on Wheels... but would never give to my local college. Their tuition has gone from about $2300 per year in the mid-1990s to nearly $8000 per year today. Books have gone from about $30 per book to $160 per book. I just don't feel they need or deserve any more.
With tuition as cheap as it is these days... It amazes me that people complain.
DH and I give money to a college we have NO connection to, because we love their history and how they do things.
They get more than our alma maters combined.... way more.
I'm honestly so inspired by those of you who give. Thank you so much for all you do. It means the world to the modern day student and it will mean even more so to the next generation of college students.
Be it through scholarships, research, professorships, department donations, dedications, fundraising goals for buildings or other forms of giving such as athletic support.. it really does mean a LOT. ESPECIALLY for public American flagship universities.
No, and I won't unless I get a lot of money (think lottery)
If I had money to donate, there are other organizations that I personally feel could better use a donation. If I had enough money to give to other charities that mean a lot to me, then I would consider making a sizable donation to my Alma Mater, specifically endowed for my old department. It would be kinda cool to have a computer lab room named after me (I was a CS Major) or a meteorology lab named after my husband.
I'm honestly so inspired by those of you who give. Thank you so much for all you do. It means the world to the modern day student and it will mean even more so to the next generation of college students.
Be it through scholarships, research, professorships, department donations, dedications, fundraising goals for buildings or other forms of giving such as athletic support.. it really does mean a LOT. ESPECIALLY for public American flagship universities.
Y'all are the best.
I don't give to either of my alma maters - one a private elite institution and the other a private quasi-elite institution - for very obvious reasons (at least to me). Both of these schools have endowments in the > $1 billion category, yet charge over $60k per year (with room & board) and - seemingly - give very little back to the community.
I would be much more inclined to give money to my state university, with which I have no relationship, than to either of the schools with which I'm affiliated, mainly because I believe in the role of public education.
The one exception to not giving to my alma maters that I might entertain would be to give to a very targeted cause/facility that directly benefits students (such as a student center). But, giving to a general fund is out of the question for me (however much both schools benefited me). They simply don't provide me with a justification of need.
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