Magdalene College Annual Campaign Report 2019

Giving to the College
The third year of the Campaign has continued with a prodigious level of support
and generosity which has resulted in, yet again, an incredible total of £5,135,000
in gifts received in cash and pledges during the financial year 2018–19.
As we reach the halfway point of the Future
Foundations Campaign we are humbled by the
overwhelming response we have received from
our Members and Friends; thank you! The support from
the Magdalene community around the world is bringing us
towards the combined goals of the Campaign and is already
making a tangible difference to both our students and the
College itself.
The new Library building
We were delighted that the three generations of the Cripps
family were present at a small groundbreaking ceremony in
September 2018. The new Library building is progressing
rapidly and we are really beginning to get a sense of how
impressive it will be when it is completed. The light and airy
building will offer much needed facilities for study, archival
storage and research, doubling the number of student work
spaces, books, and providing several more seminar rooms. The
new ‘Robert Cripps’ Art Gallery will be on the ground floor
with several floor to ceiling double doors opening directly
onto the Fellows’ Garden. All in all, the new Library building
will make a wonderful new addition to the College estate.
Support for students
The College’s commitment to needs-blind education, the
belief that no student able to study at Magdalene should be
deterred by financial reasons, has been generously
and consistently supported by our Members. The
Magdalene Enhanced Bursary scheme which provides a
generous additional top up to the Cambridge Bursary
Scheme is now in its seventh year of operation thanks
to your donations. This scheme ensures that every
undergraduate at Magdalene is not only able to meet the
day-to-day living costs but also able to participate fully in
the ‘Cambridge’ experience.
Phase II
The building work for the new Library building is due to
be completed next June. The College Library, currently
located on the ground floor of the Pepys Building, will
move into its new home over the summer and we all
look forward to the opening of the new building in
September 2020. We will then look to the second part
of the Future Foundations Campaign, Phase II, which will
focus on the restoration and reconfiguration of the iconic
Pepys Building. This important project will not only focus
on a careful and sympathetic restoration of an important
heritage building but also enable the College to make the
building and its treasures much more accessible. We are
looking to create much needed additional public rooms,
space for visitors and exhibits, and dedicated area for
researchers which is currently lacking.
Members: 31.5%
Friends: 3.4%
Legacies: 13.3%
Income by
Source of
Donation
Companies: 2.7%
Trusts and
Foundations: 49.1%
’20s 1
’40s
’50s
’60s
’70s
’80s
’90s
’00s
’10s
5
Number of donors by matriculation
decade to the New Library
25
39
46
49
54
72
69
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