2007-08 Annual Fund Results
In 2008, the Haas Annual Fund in partnership with the Development Council raised $3,072,184 from 4,349 donors, meeting our goal for an overall participation of 14% and exceeding our $3 Mil goal for dollars and the 4,000 goal for donors. This is the 6th straight year the Annual Fund has broken the records set in the previous fiscal year.
We came very close to meeting the Annual Fund component goals of the 10-10-20 Campaign, achieving a 9% participation rate for undergraduate alumni giving and a 19% participation rate for graduate alumni giving, our best effort yet. Overall alumni participation was 13%, a 0.5% increase as measured against an increase in our alumni ranks of nearly 1,000 2007 graduates.
The importance of Haas Leadership Society donors cannot be over-stated:
• 15% of Haas donors contributing at the leadership level gave 78% of the record totals raised.
• Donor retention remained steady at 58%, but the average gift size rose to $704.
The winning Class Giving Committees (CGCs), whose achievements are memorialized on a placque displayed at Haas and acknowledged during the 2008 Haas Gala Celebration, include BS 2006, MBA 1999 and Evening MBA 1996 for most dollars raised, and BS 2003, tied with BS 2006; MBA 2005; and Evening MBA 1999, tied with Evening MBA 2003, for highest participation.
| Class | Class Total | Number of Donors | Participation | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MBA '92 | 320 | 58 | 18% | $36,069 |
| MBA '93 | 264 | 40 | 15% | $26,789 |
| MBA '94 | 337 | 58 | 17% | $28,497 |
| MBA '95 | 285 | 51 | 18% | $19,795 |
| MBA '96 | 287 | 61 | 21% | $54,550 |
| MBA '97 | 329 | 69 | 21% | $30,653 |
| MBA '98 | 331 | 66 | 20% | $27,146 |
| MBA '99 | 356 | 128 | 36% | $181,570 |
| MBA '00 | 354 | 113 | 32% | $36,077 |
| MBA '01 | 363 | 86 | 24% | $33,392 |
| MBA '02 | 327 | 88 | 27% | $36,245 |
| MBA '03 | 295 | 63 | 21% | $21,800 |
| MBA '04 | 359 | 111 | 31% | $24,521 |
| MBA '05 | 420 | 134 | 32% | $40,372 |
| MBA '06 | 395 | 109 | 28% | $41,853 |
| MBA '07 | 454 | 86 | 19% | $23,913 |
| BS '02 | 258 | 29 | 11% | $4,353 |
| BS '03 | 247 | 29 | 12% | $4,138 |
| BS '04 | 369 | 36 | 10% | $4,725 |
| BS '05 | 365 | 28 | 8% | $3,784 |
| BS '06 | 341 | 40 | 12% | $6,182 |
| BS '07 | 340 | 26 | 8% | $1,628 |
The Student Campaigns: Life-long Connections (LLC) and Feed the Bear (FTB)
The MBA Class of 2008 attained 98% participation in the Life-long Connections Campaign, pledging $54,000 to be fulfilled by the end of this fiscal year. The undergraduate Class of 2008 attained an all-time record of 30% participation in the Feed the Bear Campaign and pledged $17,500, including a generous match from a favorite professor and FTB co-founder, Steve Etter, BS 83 & MBA 89 . The Evening & Weekend MBA Program students made gifts and pledges totaling nearly $3,000 in the launch of a new LLC campaign expressly for Evening & Weekend students (all years). Their campaign is distinguished from the Full-time MBA LLC and Undergraduate student FTB campaigns because those students from all 3 years of the EWMBA program are asked to make pledges or gifts of cash.
