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The Report on Philanthropy 2014-15 The Report on Philanthropy 2014-15 36 » THE REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY DYNAMIC PHILANTHROPY SUPPORTS AN EXPANSIVE FUTURE Philanthropy is a cornerstone of Spelman’s legacy. All forms of generous giving and support—from alumnae, foundations, corporations, faculty, staff, students and friends of the College— nurture Spelman’s ability to merge our proud traditions with expansive future possibilities. To continue providing an education that prepares women to solve the challenges of the 21st century, this year’s total cash and in-kind gifts of $19,518,668 were invested in critical scholarships, innovative academic programming, and sustainable infrastructure, all aligned with the goals that serve as milestones for students. Scholars were afforded more opportunities to engage in meaningful global experiences, undergraduate research and career-related internships. Seventy-one percent of the 2015 graduates experienced global travel and 73 percent completed internships. Spelman students also bonded with alumnae, developed their leadership potential and PROGRESS TOWARDS paired coursework with hands-on community service engagement. OUR GOAL FOR A Every gift mattered and had an impact in 2015. Programming for the HEALTHIER SPELMAN new Wellness Center at Read Hall was enhanced by a $95,750 grant from CONTINUED WITH THE OPENING OF Kaiser Permanente to add vital data processing and analytical capabilities to THE MULTI-FACETED benefit the health of our campus community, more than two-thirds of which WELLNESS CENTER registered for membership during the fall semester. A pair of sibling alumnae AT READ HALL. gave new meaning to the power of sisterhood with a $250,000 gift that funds curricular and co-curricular programming for Spelman students. And the Class of 2015 left a gift of more than $8,000, supporting their sisters behind them as they persist to graduate themselves. Each gift last year enriched the boundless potential of the Spelman sisterhood, family and community, ensuring a strong foundation for our 10th president, Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, whose burgeoning leadership via a 21st century application of the Spelman mission is certain to result in new vistas of possibility, promise and progress. 2014-2015 » 37 ALUMNAE PARTICIPATION ALUMNAE PARTICIPATION 80% 72% 70% 63% 60% 60% 56% 55% 53% 50% 50% 54% 48% 49% 49% 47% 47% 42% 46% 46% 45% 45% 45% 44% 44% 44% 43% 43% 38% 42% 43% 43% 42% 41% 41% 38% 40% 40% 38% 38% 40% 38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 33% 36% 36% 36% 34% 34% 35% 35% 33% 33% 34% 34% 33% 34% 32% 32% 32% 32% 31% 32% 30% 30% 31% 31% 30% 29% 28% 26% 27% 27% 27% 25% 26% 25% 33% 20% 20% 17% 14% 10% 0% 0% 0% ‘35 ‘36 ‘37 ‘38 ‘39 ‘40 ‘41 ‘42 ‘43 ‘44 ‘45 ‘46 ‘47 ‘48 ‘49 ‘50 ‘51 ‘52 ‘53 ‘54 ‘55 ‘56 ‘57 ‘58 ‘59 ‘60 ‘61 ‘62 ‘63 ‘64 ‘65 ‘66 ‘67 ‘68 ‘69 ‘70 ‘71 ‘72 ‘73 ‘74 ‘75 ‘76 ‘77 ‘78 ‘79 ‘80 ‘81 ‘82 ‘83 ‘84 ‘85 ‘86 ‘87 ‘88 ‘89 ‘90 ‘91 ‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 $0 $0 $250 $163 $700 $1,500 $1,320 $3,400 $2,467 $4,776 $2,044 $8,736 $8,736 $1,250 $1,250 $9,981 $9,981 $3,481 $3,481 $9,245 $9,245 $9,629 $8,684 $9,946 $5,750 $5,389 $4,245 $4,092 $9,629 $8,684 $9,946 $5,750 $5,389 $4,245 $4,092 $13,218 $13,218 $10,177 $10,177 $12,098 $12,098 $18,947 $18,947 $10,554 $10,554 $23,495 $23,495 $14,043 $14,043 $19,788 $19,788 $37,250 $37,250 $19,211 $19,211 $41,194 $41,194 $19,626 $19,626 $83,065 $83,065 $20,243 $20,243 $97,150 $97,150 $15,716 $15,716 $33,279 $33,279 $25,483 $25,483 $57,693 $57,693 $36,789 $36,789 $17,749 $17,749 $30,288 $30,288 $34,048 $34,048 $49,166 $49,166 $19,135 $19,135 $22,640 $22,640 $37,624 $37,624 $57,278 $57,278 $71,128 $71,128 $23,721 $23,721 $23,633 $23,633 $59,506 $59,506 $51,497 $51,497 $33,055 $33,055 $34,389 $34,389 $91,609 $91,609 $34,001 $34,001 $46,584 $46,584 $47,760 $47,760 $52,585 $52,585 $38,254 $38,254 $83,063 $83,063 $97,762 $97,762 $39,782 $30,505 $54,697 $21,982 $49,398 $30,949 $15,818 $10,845 $39,782 $30,505 $54,697 $21,982 $49,398 $30,949 $15,818 $10,845 $158,283 $158,283 $130,030 $130,030 $269,132 $269,132 $103,490 $122,522 $103,490 $122,522 $1,038,875 $1,038,875 Faculty, Staff, Parents, Students 1% Alumnae 13% DONORS BY Trustees 37% Corporations 15% CATEGORY Foundations 26% Organizations 5% Friends 3% TOP TEN WOMEN’S COLLEGES PARTICIPATION Average of 2013 and 2014 alumnae participation, U.S. News & World Report (most recent available) Wellesley CollegeAgnes 51% Scott 39%Bennett CollegeSpelman 38% CollegeBryn 37% Mawr CollegeScripps 37% College Smith37% College 34%St. Mary's College,Hollins IN 30%UniversityMount 30% Holyoke College 29% 38 » THE REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY ALUMNAE PARTICIPATION 80% 72% 70% 63% 60% 60% 56% 55% 53% 50% 50% 54% 48% 49% 49% 47% 47% 42% 46% 46% 45% 45% 45% 44% 44% 44% 43% 43% 38% 42% 43% 43% 42% 41% 41% 38% 40% 40% 38% 38% 40% 38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 33% 36% 36% 36% 34% 34% 35% 35% 33% 33% 34% 34% 33% 34% 32% 32% 32% 32% 31% 32% 30% 30% 31% 31% 30% 29% 28% 26% 27% 27% 27% 25% 26% 25% 33% 20% 20% 17% 14% 10% 0% 0% 0% ‘35 ‘36 ‘37 ‘38 ‘39 ‘40 ‘41 ‘42 ‘43 ‘44 ‘45 ‘46 ‘47 ‘48 ‘49 ‘50 ‘51 ‘52 ‘53 ‘54 ‘55 ‘56 ‘57 ‘58 ‘59 ‘60 ‘61 ‘62 ‘63 ‘64 ‘65 ‘66 ‘67 ‘68 ‘69 ‘70 ‘71 ‘72 ‘73 ‘74 ‘75 ‘76 ‘77 ‘78 ‘79 ‘80 ‘81 ‘82 ‘83 ‘84 ‘85 ‘86 ‘87 ‘88 ‘89 ‘90 ‘91 ‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 $0 $0 $250 $163 $700 $1,500 $1,320 $3,400 $2,467 $4,776 $2,044 $8,736 $1,250 $9,981 $3,481 $9,245 $9,629 $9,629 $8,684 $8,684 $9,946 $9,946 $5,750 $5,750 $5,389 $5,389 $4,245 $4,245 $4,092 $4,092 $13,218 $10,177 $12,098 $18,947 $10,554 $23,495 $14,043 $19,788 $37,250 $19,211 $41,194 $19,626 $83,065 $20,243 $97,150 $15,716 $33,279 $25,483 $57,693 $36,789 $17,749 $30,288 $34,048 $49,166 $19,135 $22,640 $37,624 $57,278 $71,128 $23,721 $23,633 $59,506 $51,497 $33,055 $34,389 $91,609 $34,001 $46,584 $47,760 $52,585 $38,254 $83,063 $97,762 $39,782 $30,505 $54,697 $21,982 $49,398 $30,949 $15,818 $10,845 $39,782 $30,505 $54,697 $21,982 $49,398 $30,949 $15,818 $10,845 $158,283 $130,030 $269,132 $103,490 $122,522 $103,490 $122,522 $1,038,875 $1,038,875 GIVING OVER TEN YEARS TOTAL GIVING ALUMNAE GIVING 20 M 19 M 18 M 16 M 14 M 12 M 10 M 8 M 6 M 4 M 2 M 1.8 M 1.6 M 1.4 M 1.2 M FISCAL 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 YEAR 2014-2015 » 39 LEGEND * Century Club ^ Nellie Brewer Render $100–$249 Society $10,000–$49,999 › Second Century Club GIFT SOCIETIES $250–$499 ~ Trustee Leadership Circle $50,000 and up % Founders Club $500–$999 True Blue Society Names in blue have given for five # President’s Society or more consecutive years. $1,000–$9,999 Lifetime Societies Annual Gift Societies Wyndolyn Crutchfield Bell, C’74 Marian Pitts Coles, C’60 Erika L. Ford-Preval, C’98 Janis Jeanette Benton, C’83 recognize cumulative giving in the recognize giving in the amount of Kimberley Mangrum Collier, C’91 Wilma A. Foreman, C’81 Keva Wright Berry, C’79 Alice Gaston Combs, C’53 Gwendolyn Iles Foster, C’63 amount of $100,000 or more. $100 or more within the fiscal year Kathleen Jackson Bertrand, C’73 Melanie Beatrice Cook, C’87 Jean Larue Foster Foster Scott, C’53 (July 1–June 30). Shirley Denise Bias, C’79 Sylvia Fields Cook, C’58 Marvealavette D. Jackson Francis, C’85 BENEFACTORS SOCIETY Andrea A. Birch, C’81 Lillian McKinney Cooley, C’55 Keilana Marie Frank, C’2005 $1 Million and above TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Judia Elmore Black, C’84 Ruby Rucker Cooper, C’95 Nicole Martin Franks, C’95 Anonymous Anne Ashmore-Hudson, C’63 Jacqueline Rushin Blackwell, C’73 Martha Brock Crews, C’43 Rozalynn Suzanne Frazier, C’2000 Theodore R. 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