William & Mary has reached a record-breaking milestone: 15,134 undergraduate alumni contributed to the university during the fiscal year that ended June 30. That number represents a 5.3 percent increase over last year’s record and marks the first time that more than 15,000 undergraduate alumni donors have contributed to the university during a single fiscal year – from July 1 to June 30.
“It’s wonderful and inspiring to see so many undergraduate alumni investing in an institution that is so near and dear to our hearts,” said John D. Windt ’89 of Vienna, Va., chair of the William & Mary Annual Giving Board of Directors. “Annual giving has become the lifeblood of the College, and increasing the number of donors year over year will ensure that William & Mary will continue to flourish.”
While the commonwealth provided more than 42 percent of William & Mary’s annual operating budget in 1980, state support has dipped as low as 12 percent in recent years.