1. Alumni Donations Claremont McKenna College Lauren Buchanan, Sasi Desai, Sze Wai Yuen

2. How Much Money Will YOU Give Back? Research Question: What factors determine how much money, if any at all, a CMC alumnus will give back to the school? Objective: We would like to know if one’s gender, last dorm, sports involvement, major, and/ or graduate degree, current residence, CMC children, will affect how if and how much money they give back to the school. Hypothesis: We believe one’s major and graduate degree will affect donation likelihood the most, followed by gender, sports involvement, CMC children, current residence, and lastly, senior year dorm.

3. Summary Statistics Data obtained from “Phonenite” @ CMC. Population Size: 13747 Alumni Sample Selected: 9022 Alumni

4. Simple Regressions T-Statistics for Regressions Performed against Majors

5. Simple Regressions T-Statistics for Regressions Performed against Graduate Degrees

6. Final Regression!

7. Fun Facts! Highest Overall Average Contributor By Dorm: Wohlford Lowest Overall Average Contributor By Dorm: Marks Highest Overall Average Contributor By Quad: North Quad Lowest Overall Average Contributor By Quad: Mid Quad Highest Individual Contribution: $10,196,371.29 Lowest Individual Contribution: $1.00 *Female and male contribution was almost equivalent.

8. So What? Our conclusion reveals that an ideal donor is… – An Economics Major – Obtained an MBA – Lives in California – Has Children Who Attend CMC – From North Quad Factors that do not affect donation amount… – Major other than Economics – Graduate Degree other than MBA – Current Global Position – Graduation Year – Gender – Athlete

9. So How Much Are YOU Going to Give?