Duke University received $380,059,931 in charitable gifts during the 2006-07 fiscal year, making it the strongest fund-raising year in Duke history -- approximately 11 percent above last year’s record.

Philanthropic support by fiscal year

(The cash totals above represent philanthropic dollars received, not pledges.)

About 98,000 donors, including nearly 41,000 alumni, made contributions to Duke in 2006-07. The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, the charitable trust created by university founder James B. Duke, was the largest single donor, with gifts totaling $74.7 million for a variety of purposes. Gifts made by and on behalf of alumni, parents, and other individuals accounted for more than half of the year’s cash total.

Gifts by source

Contributions supported people, programs, and projects throughout the university. The Duke Annual Fund raised $26.5 million in unrestricted operating support. New gifts to the endowment totaled $149.8 million in 2006-07, representing more than a third of the year’s cash total.

Of particular importance during the year was fund-raising for financial aid endowment. In order to support Duke’s commitment to need-blind undergraduate admissions, to meet the financial need of all eligible undergraduate students, and to provide substantial financial assistance to its graduate and professional degree students, Duke is engaged in a campus-wide effort to raise $300 million in new endowment for financial aid by the end of 2008: $245 million for undergraduate aid and $55 million for graduate and professional school students. Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative began in January 2005 and was publicly announced 11 months later with news of a $100-million challenge, which will match many new gifts of $100,000 to $1 million -- dollar for dollar. By June 30, 2007, the Financial Aid Initiative had gifts and pledges totaling about three-quarters of its $300-million goal.

To learn more about giving to Duke, visit development.duke.edu.