March 19, 2004

Giving to Colleges Reaches a Plateau

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

Donations from alumni rebound after a sharp one-year decline, but other gifts fall

Chart: Trends in Giving

Table: Gifts to Higher Education, 2002-3

Table: Top Fund Raisers, 2002-3By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

Giving to colleges and universities was flat in the 2003 fiscal year, the kind of news that only recently would have been cause for despair. Today, though, fund raisers are relieved just to know that no additional ground was lost.

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