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Thank You for a Great Year

Thanks to your generosity, the Dartmouth College Fund raised a record $39.1 million in unrestricted gifts, a 27 percent increase over the $30.7 million raised last year. Thank you.

By the Numbers

Number of alumni participating: 24,778

This is the highest number of participants since the DCF was founded in 1914. See who gave in your class.

Percentage of donors in the 1769 Society: 7.7%

Gifts over $2,500 (with tiered recognition levels for the more recent classes) qualify for 1769 Society membership.

Percentage of donors not in the 1769 Society: 92.3%

Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference.

Total raised: $39,154,733

Congratulations!

Where the Money Goes

It provides financial aid for students who otherwise couldn't afford a Dartmouth education.

FACT: Admission to Dartmouth is need-blind. In 2006-07, 57 percent of Dartmouth undergraduate students received some form of financial aid. (source: http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/about/facts.html#undergrad)

It supports the Hop, the Hood, and Dartmouth's nine libraries, providing a culturally enriched environment for student learning and interaction.

FACT: Dartmouth's "open stack" libraries provide local access to 2.5 million volumes, 21,000 periodicals, 6 million manuscript pages, 2.3 million microforms, 67,000 audiovisual titles, and 164,000 maps. The Digital Library at Dartmouth is the gateway to more than 30,000 e-journals, 100,000 e-books, and 800 research databases. (source: http://library.dartmouth.edu/)

It fosters the unique relationship between faculty and students. Twenty-five percent of DCF funds support faculty salaries and small class sizes.

FACT: 98 percent of students are satisfied with the out-of-class availability of faculty. (source: http://ask.dartmouth.edu/categories/stulife/09.html)

It supports campus safety.

FACT: Last year Safety and Security answered over 96,000 calls. Dartmouth has an emergency management committee, which meets regularly to discuss campus preparedness. Safety and Security has emergency protocols in place, as do specific departments, in the event of a campus emergency. (source: Tuck Report and http://ask.dartmouth.edu/categories/stulife/12.html)

And so much more.

FACT: 1 out of 10 dollars in Dartmouth's annual budget comes directly from alumni gifts like yours. Annual giving supports every aspect of College life, from the close faculty-student interaction in and out of the classroom to the bonding of first-year students on top of Moosilauke. Your gift makes a difference. (source: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~alfund/whygive/bythe_numbers.html)