Dues
- What Are Class Dues and Why Are They Important?
- Goals for Class Dues
- Dues Payers Receive Priority for On-campus Reunions Housing Deadline: December 15
As we ramp up for our 25th, we would like to enlist your support to keep our class finances strong and fund programs & events as we head into Reunions and beyond. Our class dues participation rates have been dropping over the last few years so we wanted to take a moment to explain why we collect dues and what exactly these funds go to support. Class dues cycle on a fiscal year basis (i.e., July 1 – June 30) and fund the obligations of the class and are separate from Annual Giving, which supports the University. Each year these expenses include:
- Princeton Alumni Council (ALCO) Dues: Each class pays dues to the Alumni Council to fund its operations. ALCO is the official connector of the Alumni Community with the University and organizes all the amazing alumni events you’ve attended including Reunions, Alumni Day, and the highly-successful conferences such as She Roars and ¡Adelante Tigres!. In addition, ALCO connects regional associations and supports class operations.
- Technology, Printing and Mailing: As you might imagine, there are costs associated with maintaining the website and putting together communications to the class. While not substantial, these costs are recurring.
- Class Events and Community Service: In past years, our class has been able to support class gatherings in various cities and modestly support community service efforts. However, we’d like to be in a financial position to be able to do more on both fronts.
- Class dues are 100% tax deductible!
Dues Goals:
Our goal is to raise our dues participation rate and build class funds to support more class gatherings across the globe. We know you’re busy, and to make it easier, we’ve launched a variety of alternative dues payment plans. In addition to a simple one-time payment, we can now set up recurring annual payments, something many have asked for over the years. In addition, you can now set up a five-year advance payment option. Under this new structure, you can pay your dues with a 20% discount for this year and the next four to come so you can cross this action item off your list (at least until our 30th rolls around)! Finally, we’ve set up a one-time “lifetime” dues plan. If you’d like, you can make a one-time payment of…$2,000 and never worry about dues again! So there are now four options for paying your dues this fiscal year:
Pay your dues! (requires Tigernet login)
- Regular Dues: $50/classmate
- Annual Dues: $50/classmate/year
- Five Year Prepayment Regular Dues: $200/classmate
- Lifetime Dues: $2,000/classmate
- Catchup Dues: $50/classmate
Please consider donating at your earliest convenience and if you are unsure if you have paid your dues last year or this year, just email our treasurer.
