Table 351.	Voluntary support for degree-granting institutions, by source and purpose of support: Selected years, 1959–60 through 2004–05
[In millions of current dollars]

Year	Total voluntary support1	Sources						Purpose		Voluntary support as a percent of total expenditures2
		Alumni	Nonalumni individuals	Corporations	Foundations	Religious organizations	Other	Current operations	Capital purposes
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1959–60	$815	$191	$194	$130	$163	$80	$57	$385	$430	14.6
1965–66	1,440	310	350	230	357	108	85	675	765	11.5
1970–71	1,860	458	495	259	418	104	126	1,050	810	8.0
1975–76	2,410	588	569	379	549	130	195	1,480	930	6.2
1980–81	4,230	1,049	1,007	778	922	140	334	2,590	1,640	6.6
1985–86	7,400	1,825	1,781	1,702	1,363	211	518	4,022	3,378	7.6
1990–91	10,200	2,680	2,310	2,230	2,030	240	710	5,830	4,370	7.0
1994–95	12,750	3,600	2,940	2,560	2,460	250	940	7,230	5,520	7.0
1995–96	14,250	4,040	3,400	2,800	2,815	255	940	7,850	6,400	7.5
1996–97	16,000	4,650	3,850	3,050	3,200	250	1,000	8,500	7,500	8.0
1997–98	18,400	5,500	4,500	3,250	3,800	300	1,050	9,000	9,400	8.8
1998–99	20,400	5,930	4,810	3,610	4,530	330	1,190	9,900	10,500	9.3
1999–2000	23,200	6,800	5,420	4,150	5,080	370	1,380	11,270	11,930	9.8
2000–01	24,200	6,830	5,200	4,350	6,000	370	1,450	12,200	12,000	9.3
2001–02	23,900	5,900	5,400	4,370	6,300	360	1,570	12,400	11,500	8.5
2002–03	23,600	6,570	4,280	4,250	6,600	360	1,540	12,900	10,700	7.8
2003–04	24,400	6,700	5,200	4,400	6,200	350	1,550	13,600	10,800	7.7
2004–05	25,600	7,100	5,000	4,400	7,000	370	1,730	14,200	11,400	7.5

1 Data are based on sample surveys of colleges and universities. 2 Total expenditures include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value through 1995–96. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education, "Voluntary Support of Education," selected years, 1959–60 through 2004–05. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1965–66 through 1985–86; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1959–60; 1986–87 through 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2005; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2006.)