APPENDIX A.5

FUNDRAISING at the CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN

1960s

  • 1964-65 $1.1 million raised to establish the Garden

1970 – 1979

  • $500,000 per year contributed
  • 1973 – 1976 Campaign raised $5 million for the Education Center
  • Annual operating budget grew from $400,000 to $2.1 million

1980 – 1989

  • $1.9 million per year contributed
  • Annual operating budget grew from $2.4 million to $7.9 million

1990 – 1995

  • $3.55 million per year contributed
  • Capital campaign raised $25.7 million - $19.7 million private and $6 million public
  • Annual operating budget grew from $9.3 million to $12.2 million

1995 – 2000

  • $9.8 million per year contributed
  • New development programs established
  •  Annual Fund
  •  Planned giving
  •  Major gifts
  •  President’s Circle Committee
  • Three-year endowment campaign raised $12 million
  • Annual operating budget grew from $12.2 million to $18.7 million

2001 – 2005

  • $17.5 million per year contributed for Annual Fund and Capital combined
  • Six-year comprehensive campaign raised $131 million
  • Annual federal funding grew from almost nothing to more than $3 million
  • Annual operating budget grew from $18.7 million to $24.6 million

2006 – 2008

  • $17.4 million per year contributed
  • First two years of current Science Initiative raised $23 million*
  • Annual operating budget grew from $24.6 million to $27 million

2009

  • $14.6 million raised through November 30, 2009
  • Third year of current Science Initiative raised $7.4 million through November 30

 

* Approximately $7 million of funds raised in prior years were also counted towards the Science Initiative goal.