Why Your Gift is So Important

1	Annual Fund	6%
2	Restricted Gifts & Grants	6%
3	Endowment Income	27%
4	Business Services & Other	6%
5	Tuition, Room & Board (net of Financial Aid)	55%

During fiscal year 2006–07, gifts for current use, including gifts to Vassar through the Annual Fund as well as through restricted gifts, accounted for one in every eight dollars available for the College to meet its immediate needs. The importance of giving is further underscored by the fact that the income from the College’s endowment, which is supported over time by gifts, constituted more than a quarter of the revenue available for Vassar’s current use. In any given year, tuition, room and board account for barely more than half of all revenue for Vassar’s operating budget.