VARSITY PROGRAM INFO
Endowments and fundraising
Does your rowing program and/or individual team(s) have an endowment with funds available to use throughout the year?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
11 said “yes” to the program having a single primary endowment
13 said “yes” to the program having a single primary endowment and one or more specific-use endowments (i.e. a banquet account, awards account, shell account, etc.)
2 said “yes” to the heavyweight team having a team-specific endowment that can only be used by the heavyweights
5 said “yes” to the heavyweight team having two or more of its own endowments
1 said “yes” to the lightweight team having a team-specific endowment that can only be used by the lightweights
3 said “yes” to the lightweight team having two or more of its own endowments
19 said their program does not have any endowments
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.
Yes, the rowing program has ONE PRIMARY ENDOWMENT that we are able to draw funds from throughout the year
Yes, the heavyweight team has its own endowment that can only be used by the heavyweights
Yes, the lightweight team has its own endowment that can only be used by the lightweights
No, our program does not have any endowments
Yes, the rowing program has ONE PRIMARY ENDOWMENT and one or more SPECIFIC USE endowments (i.e. a banquet account, awards account, shell account, etc.)
Yes, the heavyweight team has 2+ of its own endowments
Yes, the lightweight team has 2+ of its own endowments
In FY25, how much of your program's primary endowment do you anticipate being available for you to use?
Yes, we have a heavyweight-specific alumni group
Yes, we have a heavyweight-specific parents group
The estimated value of a program’s primary endowment ranged from $40,000 to $30,000,000, with an average estimated value of $4.2 million.
Does your team have a boathouse-wide or team specific alumni or parents association that contributes to team fundraising efforts?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
25 said they have a boathouse-wide or team specific alumni or parents association that contributes to team fundraising efforts
9 said they have a heavyweight-specific alumni group
0 said they have a lightweight-specific alumni group
5 said they have a boathouse-wide parents association
4 said they have a heavyweight-specific parents group
2 said they have a lightweight-specific parents group
10 said they don't have any boathouse-wide or team specific alumni/parent groups
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.
Yes, we have a boathouse-wide alumni association for all men's and women's team alumni
Yes, we have a boathouse-wide parents association
Yes, we have a lightweight-specific parents group
Financial aid
No, we don't have any boathouse-wide or team specific alumni/parent groups
Is your institution need blind or need aware for domestic and international applicants?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
14 indicated they were need aware for domestic applicants
19 indicated they were need aware for international applicants
30 indicated they were need blind for domestic applicants
19 indicated they were need blind for international applicants
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.
Need aware for international applicants
Need aware for domestic applicants
Need blind for domestic applicants
What is the total FY25 operations budget for for the heavyweight team?
Need blind for international applicants
Heavyweight budgets and scholarships
All 44 teams that participated in this section indicated that their institution sponsored a varsity heavyweight program.
The average FY25 heavyweight budget was ~$168,000 with an average of 38.7% coming from fundraising. Of that amount that needed to be fundraised annually…
27 teams indicated their coaching staffs were responsible for raising all of it
12 indicated they were responsible for some of it
5 indicated they were responsible for none of it
When asked who leads overall fundraising efforts (including operating budgets and special projects) for the heavyweight team…
12 teams indicated that the development office takes the lead in all fundraising efforts and the coaching staff is involved as needed1
11 indicated that the coaching staff roughly splits fundraising duties with the development office
12 teams indicated that the coaching staff takes the lead and the development office provides support as needed
32 teams indicated that they do not offer scholarships vs. 12 who do offer them. Of those that do…
7 teams have 1-5 scholarships available
1 team has 6-10 scholarships available
2 teams have 11-15 scholarships available
2 teams have 16-20 scholarships available
What percent of the total operations budget for heavyweight rowing do you anticipate coming from fundraising in FY25?
Heavyweight admissions and roster sizes
What sort of support are you able to offer heavyweight PSAs during the admissions process?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
17 indicated they can offer walk-on or "soft" support
25 indicated they can offer full support in the form of a recruiting slot, likely letter, etc.
7 indicated they are not able to offer any type of support through admissions
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.
Walk-on or "soft" support
Not able to offer any type of support through admissions
Full support in the form of a recruiting slot, likely letter, etc.
How many admissions slots is the heavyweight team allotted?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
17 indicated they can offer walk-on or "soft" support
25 indicated they can offer full support in the form of a recruiting slot, likely letter, etc.
7 indicated they are not able to offer any type of support through admissions
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.