While small and modest, it has persisted for over a decade through new membership and alumni contributions.

Students from classes ten, twenty and thirty years ago received an education that was rounded out by alumni contributions.

Complete funding for Tathva came from corporate sponsorship and alumni contribution.

Yale has a large program focused on international experience, introduced last year and financed in part through alumni contributions.

In 2003, arts students graduated with a total student debt of just under $9.4 million, while annual alumni contributions totaled $22,000.

Proponents often argue that a football revival would increase alumni contributions, exceeding potential program losses.

In the past, alumni contributions to the association have been used frequently to pay for Academy projects that Congress has refused to finance.

If applications slip, or alumni contributions dry up, there could be more pressure to reconsider the issue.

The project was largely funded through alumni contributions and outside donations.

Thanks to recent alumni contributions, the school is steadily increasing its college preparatory program.