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...We’ve all agreed not to approach this in terms of [asking] who’s got money,” says Celia R. Maccoby ’07, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Harvard College Fund, who is in charge of managing the Senior Gift. “We’re really thinking about people we know who had a really positive experience here and would want to give at a higher level...
Associates-level donors represent a small percentage of the total number of donors. Maccoby estimated that of the roughly 1,100 students who donated last year, approximately 60 gave Associates-level gifts. Moreover, while most of the money raised for most alumni classes comes from Associates’ gifts, Associates’ donations constitute a smaller proportion of the total Senior Gift...
Alexander J. Lavoie ’10, Participation Chair of Quincy House, notes that their efforts cannot be about simple dollar amounts, as most students will not be able to donate a lot at this point of their lives. “Participating in Senior Gift is a display of your thankfulness about what Harvard has done for you,” he says...
...chairs were also quick to emphasize the importance of participation-level gifts. “An Associates-level gift doesn’t count any more than a gift of a smaller amount,” Cox says...
While there is a party for all people who contributed to the Senior Gift, those who give at the Associates level are invited to a reception at the end of the year, where they will hear from the Vice President of Alumni Affairs and Development...