Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 09/20/04

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Karin Dienst, Eric Qui–ones, Danielle Scruggs
Photographer: Denise Applewhite
Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor, Margaret Westergaard
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

Princeton NJ -- Alumni and friends have generously supported the University through their wills and other estate plans since Princeton was founded in 1746.

In the past 10 years, the University received more than $200 million in bequests from 705 alumni, spouses, parents and friends. Nearly 50 percent of these bequests provided unrestricted support to the University, and these funds have been used to meet some of the University's most pressing needs, including scholarship support, campus improvement and faculty recruitment. Some donors prefer to designate their bequests for specific purposes.

Here is a snapshot of the top 10 areas that received support from bequests to Princeton from 1994 through 2004.

*Percentages equal 95.4 percent. Additional 4.6 percent of total represents other areas of support.

Source: ''The Resourceful Gift Planner'' (September 2004) published by the Office of Planned Giving


Area of support	Number of gifts	Dollar amount	Percentage of total*

Endowed scholarships	281	$29,786,670	37.2%
Endowed professorships	31	$12,571,959	15.7%
Facilities	23	$9,710,165	12.1%
Other undergraduate student aid	13	$9,136,047	11.4%
Natural sciences	21	$4,396,229	5.5%
Humanities	33	$3,524,641	4.4%
Endowed graduate fellowships	35	$2,915,504	3.6%
Library	79	$1,736,717	2.2%
Annual giving endowment	63	$1,401,179	1.7%
Social sciences	9	$1,261,137	1.6%