FUND FOR REUNION/PRINCETON BTGALA
A Non-profit Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Princeton Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff
P.O. Box 1481, Princeton, New Jersey 08542
| NEWS FROM THE FUND FOR REUNION/PRINCETON BTGALA A Non-profit Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Princeton Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff P.O. Box 1481, Princeton, New Jersey 08542 |
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| Volume XIX, No. 1 | December, 2005 |
The Board of FFR hopes that this newsletter finds you happy, healthy, and as excited as we are for 2006! This newsletter is a chance for you to reflect on all that has happened in our organization this last year - establishing a post-doctorate fellowship, conducting a successful fundraising campaign, supporting students with funding for their independent research, and so on. We want to thank all of you for your generous support in 2005!
For the third year in a row, FFR has partnered with Debbie Bazarsky of Princeton University's LGBT Student Services to create a lecture series on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer topics. This fall, FFR co-sponsored the following four events on campus:
Your dues pay for all these things, plus FFR's contribution to LGBT life on campus, our social events and our outreach to other Princetonians:
Following is our annual report for our 2004/2005 business year.
| Operating Fund | |
| Opening Balance | $2,598.62 |
| Income | |
| Dues and Contributions | 14,410.00 |
| Events | 2,725.00 |
| Other | 160.00 |
| Transfer from Endowment | 104,000.00 |
| Expenses | |
| Campus Related Funding | 5,372.00 |
| LGBTQ Lecture Series | 8,000.00 |
| Grants | 9,048.00 |
| LGBT Fellowship | 90,333.00 |
| Newsletter | 946.39 |
| Reunions | 1,345.83 |
| Transfer to Endowment | 0.00 |
| Other Expenses | 203.57 |
| Closing Balance | $5,962.83 |
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Endowment | |
| Opening Balance | $1,554,089.01 |
| Transfers | (104,000.00) |
| Interest/Dividends | 28,172.54 |
| Gain/Loss | 549,519.09 |
| Closing Balance | $2,027,780.64 |
Notes:
Our business year runs from July 1 to June 30.
Expenses were substantially higher this year due to the first payment towards the new LGBT post-doctoral fellowship in LGBT studies. The fellowship, the lecture series and some of the scholarships were funded with a transfer from the endowment. Other campus related funding was down a bit this year due to fewer requests by the student groups and the Office of the LGBT Coordinator. Scholarships granted were significantly greater this year in part due to few applications in the prior year and one unusually large grant this year.
We consider our operating expenses to be those expenses not designated as endowment expenses, which currently include the fellowship and the lecture series. Our operating shortfall this year was $2,303, down from $5,545 last year, the result of a very successful dues campaign headed by Lex Kelso '71. We had a 34% return on the endowment - another outstanding year for which we thank our endowment manager Brandon Fradd '83.
We had a 34% return on the endowment - another outstanding year for which we thank our endowment manager Brandon Fradd '83
The newsletter is a chance for you to get to know members of the Fund for Reunion Board of Directors. In this edition, we are featuring Emily Wood '03, a first-year law student at University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, CA:
I was born and raised in Princeton, NJ, as part of a family with a long history with the University (Fred Schwed '24; Peter Schwed '32; Greg Schwed '73; Roger Schwed '79; Alex Wood '02; Eric Wood, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering). While at Princeton, I played women's rugby, serving as captain my senior year, and majored in Politics with a certificate in the Women and Gender Studies Program. After graduation, I moved to Orange County, CA, with my partner, and worked for a boutique litigation firm in the fields of antitrust, product distribution and intellectual property law.
I joined FFR shortly after graduation, and co-chaired the Fellowship Committee, which set up the first post-doctoral fellowship discussed in the last newsletter. Currently, I co-chair the Scholarship Committee. Outside of my Princeton activities, I am a first-year student at UC Hastings in San Francisco, and am busily applying for federal court clerkships for the summer and working on juvenile justice issues with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. In my spare time, I enjoy judo and jiu jitsu, sculpture, painting, and musicals.
As of the press date of this newsletter, FFR's roster includes 996 alumni plus another 40 faculty and staff members - 138 more than we had last year!
Interesting membership tidbits:
Note the following is a special addition for the electronic version of our newsletter edition which did not appear in the printed newsletter.
By Class
The FFR community, including alumni, students, faculty, and staff, grew 15% this year, from 947 at this time last year to 1,091. The biggest growth was in the classes from '01 to '05 which as a group grew 26% thanks to the addition of the class of '05. Close behind was the '96 to '00 group which grew 25%! With the exception of the class of '52, we cover every class since 1945.
Our oldest alum is from the class of '38. Our largest class is '85 with 42 alumni followed closely by '87 with 36. The class of '64 is a stand out, with 13 alumni - the neighboring classes of '63 and '65 have 5 alumni and one alum respectively. Hold out classes (relative to their neighboring classes) include the class of 1998 with 13 alumni and the class of 1975 with five.
| 1940 and Prior | 1 |
| 1941 - 1945 | 1 |
| 1946 - 1950 | 8 |
| 1951 - 1955 | 13 |
| 1956 - 1960 | 17 |
| 1961 - 1965 | 29 |
| 1966 - 1970 | 34 |
| 1971 - 1975 | 44 |
| 1976 - 1980 | 82 |
| 1981 - 1985 | 144 |
| 1986 - 1990 | 133 |
| 1991 - 1995 | 110 |
| 1996 - 2000 | 109 |
| 2001 - 2005 | 111 |
| Graduate Degrees | 126 |
| Current Students | 93 |
| Faculty and Staff | 36 |
We're from all over the world. We had growth in all regions except Philadelphia. Our NYC region grew by 21%. Our Other US region grew a striking 34% and our Foreign region grew 21%.
| Boston | 64 |
| Midwest | 60 |
| New York City and Environs | 452 |
| Northern California | 102 |
| Philadelphia | 34 |
| South | 85 |
| Southern California | 81 |
| Washington, DC | 73 |
| Other US | 83 |
| Foreign | 57 |
Our gender ratio improved for women this year. Women make up 27% of our population, up from 24% last year.
| Female | 291 |
| Male | 793 |
| Trans | 7 |
The number of folks who have paid dues in the past two years is 17% greater than reported last year. More than half of us have never paid dues.
| Membership through 2004 or 2005.. | 263 |
| Membership prior to 2004 | 206 |
| Never Paid Dues | 622 |
During the 2004-5 fiscal year, the Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA raised more money that it ever has before - $15,235 in dues and contributions from 210 people.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all 210 of you who helped.
Our 210 givers include 182 members of all but four undergraduate classes from 1948 to 2004, 21 graduate-school alums, two faculty members, three Princeton staff and two people whose relationship to Princeton we can't identify. Here's a graph of undergraduate alums' contributors by class:
We are very proud that we could work with the University's Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts to create what we understand to be the world's first Fellowship in LGBT Studies in a liberal arts context. In addition to taking the initiative on this, FFR has committed more than $250,000 to the University over three years to make it happen. During 2004-5 we made the first installment on this commitment.
But that's not all. Over the last year, FFR has also used your dollars to:
... not to mention our outrageous Reunions parties, FFR Goes to the Opera in New York, and parties and events in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Washington! Hey, alumni need to have fun, too!
Your contributions make this happen. Please re-up for 2005-2006. This year's contributions will help FFR fund the second installment of our commitment to the Fellowship in LGBT Studies, continue helping students with scholarships, and ensure that the LGBT lecture series keeps the campus informed of current issues. Click here at http://alumni.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/contact.html to find out more information about paying becoming a dues paying member of the Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA.
Thank you again! Your contributions make Princeton a better place for everyone.
Contacting Us: We can be reached at:
Fund for Reunion/Princeton BTGALA, P. O. Box 1481, Princeton, NJ 08542
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You can sign up for FFR/Princeton BTGALA using our mail form.
This document was last modified on January 8, 2006..