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j-school gradsCongratulations, CC grads: you forked over $11.8 million for the Columbia College Fund this year. That's more than any year yet, according to an e-mail sent to '07ers yesterday.

It didn't take tipsters long to point out the Fund's fumble. The thank you e-mail sent to donors included this photo from Commencement 2007. Oops.

Full text of the lovely message to "all 11,501" J-school (er... CC) donors after the jump.


Thank you, proud Columbia College donors - all 11,501 of you!

Your generosity and dedication to advancing Columbia College has resulted in raising $11.8 million, the most successful year in the history of the College Fund. Our success is a direct result of our collaboration and partnership with alumni and parent volunteers.

Your gifts benefit every aspect of a student's experience at Columbia, including the professors and activities in the Core, the opportunities for internships, student activities on campus and the financial aid that makes a Columbia education possible.

On behalf of Columbia College and its students, we offer you our sincere gratitude.

Posted by 07 grad: #1 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 9:35 AM
happy to see I wasn't the only one who noticed and replied to the CCF about their gaffe.
Posted by CML Imposter: #2 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 11:42 AM
$11.8 million?! Unbelievable. This is fantastic news. Hopefully this indicates a positive trend in which Columbia will soon catch up to its peers in endowment size.

Watch out Princeton!
Posted by just wondering: #3 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 12:25 PM
what was the average donation?
Posted by jds: #4 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 12:30 PM
duh...11.8 million divided by 11,501...
Posted by and the: #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 12:37 PM
average donation was?
Posted by huh?: #6 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 12:45 PM
so was the 11.8m sum for the j-school also? or will we never know?
Posted by Paul South: #7 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 12:46 PM
My endowment size is already bigger than anything at Princeton. I know this for a fact, having won the Annual Princeton Rub Competition.
Posted by Sprinkles: #8 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 1:09 PM
I don't get it. They got both the number of donors and the total amount incorrect?
Posted by mlp: #9 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 1:42 PM
No, they sent an email to the CC class congratulating them on donating to the CC Fund and included a picture of J School graduates. Apparently they weren't thankful enough to bother finding a picture of the people they were thanking.
Posted by ...and...: #10 (in reply to #9) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 1:57 PM
the number of donors was wrong too. We do not have 11,500 CC students.
Posted by ok so: #11 (in reply to #10) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 2:21 PM
i have a feeling the contribution amount, number of contributing students, and photo are all wrong. seems to me like the stats (students and dough collected) reflects the entire CU graduation class of '07, the picture the J-school. Will we ever know how much CC raised? Also what about SEAS/Barnard/GS funds? And then we can figure out the average contribution per student in each school and see who wins there like we do with everything else!
Posted by i thought: #12 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 2:31 PM
it was the sum total of all CC Alums donations. this is the college fund. and at a thousand dollars per person, thats more of an alumni rate.
Posted by CC 07: #13 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 2:46 PM
What email? I did not get one...
Posted by mlp: #14 (in reply to #12) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 4:38 PM
That's what I thought as well. If the email only went out to CC 07s they probably would have said CC Senior Fund. And #13, did you donate? If not, that's probably why you didn't get an email.
Posted by Alum: #15 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 5:13 PM
The Annual Fund is used for current expenses, primarily financial aid. It does not go into the endowment.
Posted by clearly: #16 (in reply to #10) · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 5:29 PM
it's 11,501 which, of course, is an entirely believable number since 11,500 seems rounded and unscientific. Clearly, that extra one proves this number's legitimacy.
Posted by alums: #17 · reply · track
August 2, 2007 at 10:15 PM
We CC alums received the e-mail...and I doubt very many of us (even those who graduated just a couple of years ago) noticed that the photograph was of journalism students. Members of the senior class who gave to the class gift received it since they're probably on some sort of thank you e-mail list.
Posted by GS raised more: #18 · reply · track
August 3, 2007 at 2:33 PM
GS raised more. I know it for a fax is trew. $12.0, read 'em and weep
Posted by Alum: #19 (in reply to #17) · reply · track
August 3, 2007 at 2:55 PM
No, the "members of the senior class" (which the article identifies as '07) got the email because, having just graduated, they are now alumni like everyone else who got it.
Posted by i am proud: #20 · reply · track
August 5, 2007 at 4:37 AM
use the money well
Posted by mr calculator: #21 · reply · track
August 7, 2007 at 12:37 PM
So...umm, I just divided 11.8 million by 11,501. It's $1025. Is there any way that it's really that high? Most people I know gave $1 or the min amount to get a beer mug. I guess it's possible that one person gave a very large donation..
Posted by good lord: #22 · reply · track
August 7, 2007 at 2:14 PM
why are you people so retarded? how did you even get into this school?

Columbia College does its own fund raising. These funds go into the "Columbia College Fund" [external link to www.college.columbia.edu]

The senior class gift is rolled into this fund, i.e. contributed to the 11.8 million dollar total.
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