Alumni and development

Alumni & Development Programs are dedicated to serving the needs of all Washington University graduates and strengthening their connections to the University community.

All alumni are members of the Alumni Association, represented by the Alumni Board of Governors. The chair and executive vice chair are ex officio members of the University’s Board of Trustees. Alumni are found worldwide:

• 112,092 alumni addresses were on record in July 2007;
• 34,141—just under 32 percent—live and work in the St. Louis area.
• 78,619 reside elsewhere in Missouri, in the other 49 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories;
• 5,271 reside in 134 countries outside the U.S., including 8 provinces in Canada and 6 in Australia;

Washington University Clubs are active in 44 cities around the world. All programs are available without alumni dues—some may require an event fee—and nearly every activity is open to parents and friends as well.

For more information, contact Alumni Relations, Washington University, Campus Box 1210, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899. Telephone (314) 935-5212. Fax (314) 935-4483. E mail: alumnirelations@wustl.edu. Or visit alumni.wustl.edu on the Web.

Development results

The generosity of individuals and organizations makes it possible for Washington University to fulfill its mission of teaching, research, and service with distinction. Each year, private gifts provide vital resources to help the University.

Voluntary gifts are essential to the University’s success. They help:

• recruit exceptional talented and diverse students and provide them with the highest quality educational experiences in and out of the classroom;
• attract and retain the outstanding faculty who advance learning and address society’s challenges in the 21st century;
• promote the University’s distinguished scientific and scholarly, and realize their extraordinary potential for the good of future generations;
• maintain superb facilities and resources essential to a superior learning environment.

Alumni, parents, and friends support Washington University because they value its extraordinary contributions to the region, the nation, and the world.

2006-2007 voluntary gift support

Top-ranked again for fiscal management

A four-star rating from Charity Navigator—America's largest and most-utilized independent evaluator of charities–is the highest possible designation an organization can receive for sound fiscal management.

For the sixth consecutive year in 2007, Charity Navigator recognized Washington University as one of its top-rated, four-star institutions. The University is one of only 45 charities among the more than 5,000 evaluated—and one of just 18 institutions of higher education—to have been accorded a four-star rating each year since Charity Navigator's inception in 2001. Charity Navigator evaluates two broad areas of an organization's financial health: organizational effectiveness and organizational capacity. The first measures an organization's fund-raising results against fund-raising, program, and administrative expenses. The latter measures how well the organization has sustained its programs and services over time and whether it can continue to do so. Washington University's consistent four-star rating underscores its commitment to fiscal responsibility and sound management practices in stewarding the resources given to it.