Annual Fund Video

The Johnson School Annual Fund

Alumni support is the most significant factor in the success of the Johnson School. It provides critical resources to:

stay ahead of economic trends
meet unanticipated and urgent needs
exploit fast-developing opportunities to build competitive value
prepare students to become leaders in the marketplace

Alumni participation rates in the Annual Fund make a statement about whether alumni value their degree. As the Johnson School works toward maintaining its prominence as a top-ranked business school, we need alumni participation rates on par with our peer schools.

Here's why:

At our competitor schools, alumni participation well exceeds our 27 percent rate. Tuck, Yale, and Stanford are well ahead of us, with rates of 63 percent, 47 percent, and 40 percent respectively.
The alumni giving participation rate is a factor when the Johnson School competes for corporate and foundation grants.
Alumni giving participation rate is a good indicator of former students' satisfaction with their degrees and their Johnson School experience, both as MBA students and alumni.

For more information on the Annual Fund, contact:: Leslie Hathaway; The Johnson School at Cornell; 130 E. Seneca Street, Suite 400; Ithaca, NY 14850; (607) 254-2264; lzh2@cornell.edu