Class Fundraising

June, 2011

Dear Classmates,

On behalf of the College and the great Class of ‘79, I would like to thank all of you who contributed this past year to the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF).  Our class continues to amaze!

We raised $1,223,523.52 from 699 donors, with a participation rate of 74.44%.

We had 73 1769 Society Members who donated $2,500+, with a participation rate of 7.77%.

We had 10 Bartlett Tower Society Members (named Dartmouth as a beneficiary in a will, revocable trust, life insurance policy, retirement plan, or a life income plan), with a participation rate of 1.06%.

We were one of only four classes to set both a new year-out [32 years] participation record and a new year-out dollar record [NR].

The ONLY class to set both of those records while also breaking our own class records for participation and NR dollars [the Grand Slam of DCF fundraising].

The Class of 1979 won the RAYMOND J. RASENBERGER ‘49 AWARD for the greatest non-reunion number of donors of any class.

We had the 2nd highest total of 1769 Society members (missing 1st by only TWO!) of all non-reunion classes, and the 5th highest overall.

Our 699 donors from the Class of ’79 is not only the most in Dartmouth history, breaking our own all-time record of 695 donors that we set last year, it is:

 
• At LEAST the 13th year in a row that we have had more donors than any other class, 113 more than the next closest class, and 121 more than the reunion class with the most donors
 
• The 8th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 600 donors, and no other class has ever come close to 600
 
• The 12th year out of the last  13 that we’ve had OVER 500 donors (we missed by just 9 donors in 2002)
 
• The 4th year out of the last 5  that we’ve had OVER 70% participation
 
• The 9th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 60% participation
 
• The 15th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 50% participation
 
• We exceeded the participation % of all post-1961 classes, and all classes except  ’34 (80%, FOUR donors), ’54 (90.4%, 394 donors), ’60 (82.6%, 539 donors), and ’61 (88.4%, 501 donors for their 40th Reunion)
 
• We exceeded the participation % of all classes except four, and all classes post-1961:

 
1. We exceeded the participation % of ALL REUNION classes, except the Class of 1961 (88%)
 
2. We exceeded the participation % of all classes except ’34 (80%, FOUR donors), ’54 (90.4%, 394 donors), ’60 (82.6%, 539 donors), and ’61 (88.4%, 501 donors for their 40th Reunion)we exceeded the number of donors of ALL REUNION classes (naturally)

 
• We RAISED MORE MONEY for the DCF than all but 6 other classes overall:

   
1. We RAISED MORE MONEY for the DCF than the REUNION classes of ’41, ’46, ’51, ’56, ’66, ’71, ’76, ‘00/’01/’02, and ’06, more than all except three reunion classes: ’61, 81, and ‘86
   
2. We RAISED MORE MONEY than all non-reunion classes except three: ’77, ‘78 & ’80  [the ‘80s clipped us by just $4K, the ‘77s by $22K]   **we should beat everyone except ‘78**

I would like to thank others in the class whose efforts surely contribute to our class giving records.  These efforts have proven vital in reconnecting with classmates, which has greatly contributed to our DCF participation efforts.

Thanks again to all of you who contribute to the ability of today’s students to live the Dartmouth experience.

Best personal regards,

Jim Feuille (Head Agent)

To put a gift on a credit card, please call the Dartmouth College Fund (1-800-228-1769), or go to Dartmouth’s website, https://www.dartmouthcollegefund.org/ALUM_give.htm . Payment by check should be made payable to Dartmouth College Fund and mailed to:

Dartmouth College Fund
c/o Gift Recording Office
6066 Development Office
Hanover, NH 03755-3555

For a stock transfer, call the College Investment Office toll-free at 877-650-6956.

Thank you!

Jim Feuille (Head Agent)
Peggy Epstein Tanner (Participation Co-Chair & Major Gifts)
Dave Wolff (Participation Co-Chair)
Dave Philhower (Participation Co-Chair)

Fundraising History

The '79 Class Non-reunion total $ record is $1,223,524 (in 2011).

The '79 Class Non-reunion Participation record is 74.4% (in 2011).

* In 1994 and the years following, Dartmouth decided that unpaid pledges should not be included in participation figures.

Fundraising Tools

President Wright Q+A 2005 (PDF)
Dartmouth Financial Summary (PDF)
Class of 1979 Toolbox (PDF)

For More Fundraising Information

Jim Feuille - Head Agent
(415) 673-6057 (h)
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Peggy Epstein Tanner - Participation Co-Chair & Major Gifts
(212) 426-3130 (h)
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Dave Wolff - Participation Co-Chair                      
(860) 432-1212 (h)
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Dave Philhower - Participation Co-Chair
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