Fundraising Results 2008

Congratulations!

Bruce Hasenkamp, Head Agent

The numbers are in, and it's official. '60 broke more records than any other class in the DCF again.

• We aimed to raise $542,000. We raised $559,474.
• We aimed to get 75% of our classmates to give. We went over the top with an amazing 83.9%.
• We set Dartmouth College Fund records for.
  • Total giving by a class 48 years out and total giving by a non-reunion class
  • Percentage of classmates giving in a class 48 years out
  • We also broke our own non-reunion revenue record
  • We also broke our own non-reunion participation record
• We won the Dartmouth College Fund Committee Award for Excellence again, and placed first of all classes in the Green Derby.
• We also had the best troop of agents of any class, 64 men who made the critical difference in setting all those records.

The long list of agents and donors were sent in postal mail and are not on the web for privacy reasons.

Full college results

In all, the DCF raised $42.2 million in unrestrictred gifts. That's one out of ten dollars in Dartmouth's annual budget. As when we were students, these gifts are used to support athletics, acedemics, small classes, and need-blind admissions.

Thank you for your participation!