This resulted in a 44.5 percent participation rate. The participation rate of a college's alumni is often used to indicate alumni satisfaction. In fact, organizations that rank colleges and universities, and many foundations that support them, consider alumni giving as the sole indicator of the satisfaction of former students with their education. Below are 1999-2000 comparative fund raising figures. You can see for yourself how Pomona stacked up.
Every gift counts toward increasing our participation rate.
By making a gift, the donor is choosing to take an active role in the life of the College. Each gift has immediate impact. Alumni giving serves as an important measure by which foundations gauge alumni involvement and satisfaction. Foundations often consider alumni participation rates when making major gifts to colleges and universities.