| Alumnae Fund
For more than 120 years, the Alumnae
Fund has provided the largest amount of unrestricted
support available to the college for current and
emerging needs—nearly 9 percent of the overall
budget of $124.3 millionin fiscal year 2000.
The majority of endowments are allocated
to specific purposes; money received annually
through the Alumnae Fund provides unrestricted
income, giving the college greater flexibility
to support programs and projects that may have
no other immediate funding sources.
For more information, visit the Alumnae Fund
Parents Fund
 The
choice of a college is one of the biggest decisions
a family makes. Each year, a group of Smith parents
volunteer to provide advice, encouragement and
information for other parents of Smith women.
In recognition of the education and campus life
that their daughters experience, Smith parents
contribute more than $400,000 in unrestricted
gifts each year.
Our involvement with the Parents
Committee centers on three concerns: staying involved,
getting reinforcement, and sharing our experiences.
The parents program is an excellent way to keep
current with what Smith is offering our daughter.
We learn firsthand about changes in administration
or curriculum, housing updates, and trends on
campus. We have these links with our child, who
is becoming the independent and self-sufficient
adult we hoped she would be.
As we have learned from other parents, tearful
goodbyes and reunions, a combined sense of relief
and anxiety are common emotions. The Parents
Committee is a wonderful peer group. If you seek
out this opportunity, helpful advice is yours
for the asking.
"Our experience has made it easy for us
to contribute to the Parents Fund and ask others
to do the same. Conversations with other parents
reinforce the confidence we have in a Smith
education, so we want to ensure that other girls
like our daughter have access to the Smith experience."
- Cindy Brucato and Brian Halliday,
parents of Brooks ’04
"I support Smith College because I value
my own undergraduate education at a women’s
college which subsequently—and unfortunately—became
coeducational. I believe that single-sex
education is inherently empowering to women,
especially in combination with high academic
standards. I want my daughter to feel so strong
about her own abilities and aspirations that
she will not waver in the face of a person or
institution that tries to put limits on her.
"
- Jeanne Lemkau, professor,
Wright State University School of Medicine,
parent of Karin ‘04
For
more information, visit the Parents Fund
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