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Alumni Giving

• With 2,562 alumni donors in Fiscal Year 2006, Whitworth's 25.8-percent alumni participation rate exceeded the previous year's high. The alumni-participation rate reflects the percentage of undergraduate degreed alumni who make a gift to Whitworth in any given year. This figure is an important measure of satisfaction that is carefully considered by outside ranking and granting organizations. With 400-plus new graduates each year, more than 100 alumni must be added to the annual donor rolls to maintain or improve the alumni-giving rate.
  
  
• In Fiscal Year 2006, 1,637 alumni, parents and friends made their first gift to Whitworth. New and continuing donors contributed $1,359,026 to The Whitworth Fund, which supports student scholarships, campus maintenance and other operational needs of the university. This is the second-highest total ever for The Whitworth Fund, and the highest in the last seven years. Thank you!
  
  
• Of Whitworth's 7,617 donors, nearly 46 percent belong to The 1890 Society, a giving club that recognizes donors who give consecutively for three or more years.