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Philanthropy at RMIT
Gifts received in 2017
Awards & prizes: 36%
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Scholarships: 48%
Projects & research: %
Captiol Theatre & highest priorities: 12%
Value of the RMIT Philanthropy Fund: $50.1 million
Number of students who applied for a scholarship in 2017: 13,575
Number of philanthropic scholarships awarded in 2017: 1,920
Number of members of RMIT’s bequest society: 21
Year of first gift to RMIT (Francis Ormond’s gift to establish The Working Men’s College, matched by the people of Melbourne): 1887
Your gifts to the RMIT Capitol Theatre Appeal:
Students will use the Capitol every week once it reopens: 1,000
Seats with naming opportunities available: 58
Gift to create a collaborative student space from alumnus Ling Ang: $500,000
Percentage of gifts that will be matched by RMIT: 100%
