Historical Annual Giving Data

The Class of 2002 has set historic records every year since graduation.  As such, we have helped redfine the nature of Annual Giving for the youngest classes.

Dollars Raised:

The chart above represents our cumulative giving history & statistics.  As you can see, we have set the record for dollars raised at every reunion since graduation excluding our 7th reunion (indicated by a lower case “r” at off-year reunions, and a capital “R” at major reunions).  Some of those records still stand (2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th reunion) whereas others have been ably surpassed by recent graduating classes (indicated by parentheses below).

On December 29th, 2008, the Class of 2002 reached another impressive milestone by reaching $1,000,000 cumulatively raised since graduation.  To put this in perspective, most recently, classes have reached the $1,000,000 mark during their 10th reunion campaign.  The Class of 1997 reached the mark during their 9th reunion campaign.  2002 accomplished it in just under six and a half years.  Please see our historic announcement.

Participation:

With respect to participation, we are the first class ever to have a running average of ~70% participation since graduation for greater than 5 years.  As you can see above, we have set the all-time (a) or modern (m) records every year since our 2nd reunion.

As classes have grown in size over time, it is critical that younger classes lead the way with participation numbers given our relative size with respect to the alumni population as a whole. With the youngest classes now averaging over 70% participation, the AG campaign as a whole is much closer to hitting its annual goal of 60% overall participation during the campaign.  The longer we are able to maintain this momentum into our alumni timeline, the higher the overall participation for the campaign will be.

5th Reunion Campaign:

2002 staged a historic run at the all-time records for dollars raised and participation at a 5th reunion.  2002 raised $294,054 for our 5th reunion, shattering the previous record held by the class of 1997 by over 52%.  More importantly, our participation rate of 75.9% broke the all-time record of 74.2% for the 5th reunion, originally set 51 years earlier by the class of 1951.

Overall Campaign Impact:

If you look at trends in participation before and after 2002′s graduation, you see a direct correlation between our involvement and the average participation of the youngest classes.

After only 6 years of graduation, the average participation rate of the youngest 6 classes has risen over 10 percentage points.  While 2002 can only claim indirect responsibility for this, our collective efforts have redefined the standard for successive younger classes, many of whom have risen to the task of meeting and exceeding our own accomplishments.