The University of Wisconsin-Madison received more from donors than any other university in the country last year except for Stanford.
Donors gave a record of at least $25.6 billion to American colleges and universities in 2005, an increase of 4.9 percent over the year before, thanks largely to greater generosity from alumni and foundations.
….Alumni donations, which account for 28 percent of giving to colleges, increased 6 percent, though the percentage of alumni giving fell to 12.4 percent.