Annual giving is critical to providing the university with budget-relieving resources. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, more than 30,000 donors made annual gifts via the Yale College Alumni Fund, the alumni and annual funds of the graduate and professional schools, and the Parents Annual Fund. Ranging in size from under $25 to over $100,000, these contributions provided more than $45 million to support the needs of Yale faculty and students. Founded in 1890 as an alumni organization independent of Yale, the Alumni Fund is one of the oldest and most successful annual giving programs in the country.
Yale University’s Office of Development has managed the Alumni Fund since 1992 and relies on over 2,200 chairs and agents who volunteer for Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the professional schools, and the Parents Annual Fund.