GOALS, CLASS STANDINGS & HISTORY

Alumni Fund 2024-2025 Goals:

Raise $14.5 million from 12,775 donors (44% participation)

Class Standings

(AF25 Coming Soon)

Listing of classes with their dollar and participation results YTD as compared with their goals

Class Goals

(AF25 Coming Soon)

Listing of classes with their dollar and participation results YTD as compared with their goals

Trophy Race

(AF25 Coming Soon)

Listing of all Alumni Fund trophies and the three classes closest to winning each. See historical trophy data here (click on your class year tab)

Dollar History

End of fiscal year results by years out, as of 6/30/24

Years Out 24 DOLLAR History by Class

Participation History

End of fiscal year results by years out, as of 6/30/24

Years Out 24 PARTICIPATION History by Class

Cost of Williams, Revenue Sources and the POWER OF PHILANTHROPY

Provost and Class of 1955 Professor of History Eiko Siniawer is committed to providing information about the college's financial model. See how her and Mike Wagner, VP for Finance & Operations, talk about it by clicking on the video and/or presentation above. Several other reports and presentations that she has given are publicly available here.

Top-notch college education is expensive. This academic year, we invested $145,000 in each of our students. 62% of that spending went toward compensating our employees. Williams has the lowest student-to-faculty ratio in the country (7:1), which enables us to mount a rich curriculum and offer highly personalized instruction in the form of tutorials, lab work, honors theses, and small seminars.

There are three primary revenue sources that supply the funds required to educate our students: 1) ~5% endowment withdrawal (56%), 2) tuition (28%) and 3) annual giving. During 2023 fiscal year, the Alumni Fund alone brought in $13.5 million in revenue - the equivalent of an additional $270 million endowment.

The Power of Philanthropy

The difference between the $145,000 that we spend on each student and the $83,818 that we charge for tuition and fees reflects a $61,182 annual subsidy for every full-pay student. Plus, Williams is committed to need-based aid and has one of the most generous and comprehensive financial aid programs in the country, providing 52% of our students with an average aid package of over $50,000. All of this leaves a $183 million annual gap (over 6% of our endowment). To maintain the real purchasing power of our endowment in perpetuity, we limit our annual spending of the endowment to 5% and annual giving fills the gap. Without the financial support of current and past alumni, Williams could not fulfill its commitment to deliver the best undergraduate education in the world.

Williams & Alumni Fast Facts

A top-notch liberal arts education supported by amazing alumni

Williams

7:1 faculty to student ratio, the lowest in the country

83 percent of the class of 2020 who completed one or more internships during their time at Williams

79 tutorials offered during the 2020 academic year

41 percent of students conduct research with faculty

100 percent of demonstrated financial aid met and provides all textbooks and course materials to all receiving aid

Top rankings - Williams does not publicize or promote these rankings in the belief that "the best college" is the one that fits the unique talents, accomplishments, passions, and dreams of each particular student. The algorithms used by publications to determine their rankings can also change over time. We share this conviction with peer colleges and universities, who've all agreed not to refer to ordinal rankings in promotional materials.

Alumni

200+ years of support from Williams Society of Alumni, the oldest continuing college alumni organization in the country. The unbroken support and dedication of succeeding generations of alumni are principal elements in Williams’ position as one of the pre-eminent undergraduate institutions in the world.

31,000 living alumni

6,133 network members (BIGLATA, WAAAAN, WBAN, WFAN, WLAN)

6,000 alumni volunteers

1,400 Alumni Fund volunteers

85 percent of alumni have made a gift in their lifetime

46.51 percent of alumni made a gift last year

$14.8M in Alumni Fund gifts last year; gifts ranged from 2 cents to $250,000.

~10,000 1793 circle members (5+ years consecutive years giving) - 1 in 3 alumni

~400 Continuous Ongoing Williams Supporters (COWS). Mooo!

4,000 alumni mentoring students with their careers through Ephlink

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Still need more support, or have more questions than answers? Email alumni-fund@williams.edu or call 413-597-4153.

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