General Volunteer Information

Volunteer Impact

The purpose of The Bryn Mawr Fund has always been to provide a reliable source of revenue that offers stability for the College and its students. In the coming years, The Bryn Mawr Fund remains an important priority helping the College thrive, while having the flexibility to use this support where it is needed most throughout the year.

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The Bryn Mawr Fund’s impact as an emergency fund

Unrestricted dollars go right to work to support the everyday life of the College and our students. Its de facto role as an emergency fund remains relevant because of the ever changing and evolving nature of our current circumstances, making its immediacy so critical. The Bryn Mawr Fund enables us to provide for our students without interruption when unanticipated circumstances arise.

The Bryn Mawr Fund’s importance in the budget

The Bryn Mawr Fund is an actual line with the College’s annual operating budget. This budget line is what The Bryn Mawr Fund MUST generate in order to fully fund the annual cost of educating and providing for current students. Even for full paying students, tuition, room and board does not fully cover the cost to educate and accommodate them. The average student pays roughly half of the sticker price of their tuition. Philanthropy subsidizes the rest.

Leadership Giving

Each year, Slade Society leadership donors represent about 11% of our donors, but contribute more than 76% of the dollars that sustain Bryn Mawr.