Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:23 a.m.

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Divinity School donations drop

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, March 26, 2009

In the grips of the deepest recession since 1930, the Yale Divinity School is asking alumni — themselves feeling the pinch — to buck up the school’s lagging fundraising targets and sustain dreams of broader financial aid.

Contributions to the Divinity School’s Annual Fund — which is earmarked directly for financial aid — are down nearly 20 percent through March compared to the 2008 fiscal year, Divinity School Dean Harold Attridge said. The slow pace could leave the Divinity School with a shortfall as it seeks to extend its financial aid coverage despite University-wide budget...

#1 By lana alum 1:48p.m. on March 26, 2009

Don't you think this is because of the great Obama's new law eliminating tax deductions for charity? duh?
It will only get worse!
Maybe the government will take care of it!

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