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Financials

Thank you, loyal members! The dues you pay as annual, Life, or Super Members enable WAA to create programs and publications that serve you and all UW-Madison alumni. We appreciate and honor your support.

WAA Balance Sheet

WAA recorded spectacular financial growth in 2006–07, with gross assets climbing by 14.3 percent, from $8.1 million to $9.2 million. Over the past five years, net assets have increased by nearly 32 percent, from under $4.8 million in 2002 to nearly $6.3 million in 2007.

Revenue

Alumni are purchasing more Life Memberships, spurring WAA's revenue growth in 2006–07. As always, membership dues — whether annual, Super, or Life — remain the association's primary source of income.

Expenses

WAA spends the bulk of its expenses — nearly two-thirds — on alumni, both through programming and member benefits. Another 21 percent goes to programming directed at campus and students.

Mission Statement

Founded in 1861 to promote the welfare of the University of Wisconsin and serve the interests of its alumni, the Wisconsin Alumni Association carries out this mission today through marketing, communications, services, and programs that link alumni back to the university, the university with alumni, and alumni with each other.

2007 Profile

Living Alumni:

362,577

Membership:

36,525 Total Members
2,081 Super Members
15,109 Life Members

Involvement:

65,633 Involved

(at least one interaction with WAA as consumer, respondent, or requester of e-mail account in the past five years)

78,643 Engaged

(one or more interactions with WAA in the past five years)

9,599 Highly Engaged

(three or more interactions with WAA in the past five years)

Endowment:

$2,408,496.35

(includes pledges and deferred gifts)

Scholarships Distributed:

$505,802

(includes total from Matching Dollar Scholarship Fund)

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