Fundraising ahead of goal
Despite a 26 percent decline in donations to the University last fiscal year, Yale is running ahead of schedule to fulfill its $3.5 billion capital fundraising goal by June 2011.
Nearly four years into its current capital campaign, the University has raised about $2.76 billion and has less than $800 million left, Vice President for Development Inge Reichenbach said. Giving has also decreased at peer institutions, though not enough to keep most from meeting their fundraising goals. But Yale is one of the few to shift its development priorities in response to the drop-off, scaling back...
