
This year, we’re aiming to raise $300,000 through the Alumni Challenge—enough to send 72 talented students to the 2026 Program. Every gift helps open doors for the next generation of Govies to explore, learn, and lead.
Our participation goal is 25% of our 3,200 alumni joining in! Reaching this level of engagement shows our strength and unity as a community. It also demonstrates alumni devotion to the Program to our corporate sponsors, foundation partners, members of the Commonwealth’s legislature, the PA Department of Education, the PA Department of Labor & Industry, and Governor Josh Shapiro.
We’re challenging 70% of 2024 donors to make a gift again this year! Continued giving keeps our mission strong and fuels the lasting tradition of alumni support that makes the PGSS Program thrive year after year.
Class Participation and Giving Goals
(Latest Update Tuesday, December 17 - 8:00 PM ET)
23.29% overall alumni participation; 72.38 LYBUNT Retention
(alumni participation is "counted" from January 1 - December 31)
******* Classes that have exceeded EVERY goal! *******
(25% Goal, % Class Goal, 70% LYBUNT Goal, $ Goal)
1986, 1988, 1993, 2005, 2015
Classes that have exceeded three of this year's goals!
(% Class Goal or 25%, 70% LYBUNT Goal, $ Goal)
1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1994
1996, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2017
| Goal #1 - 25% Class Participation 2002, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025 |
Goal #2 - 70% LYBUNT Retention |
Goal #3 - $ Amount |
Current Class Participation
| 1980s 1982 23.08 % 1983 19.30 % 1984 09.72 % 1985 16.09 % 1986 46.51 % 1987 20.48 % 1988 31.46 % 1989 09.41 % |
1990s 1990 10.71 % 1991 14.77 % 1992 29.55 % 1993 26.44 % 1994 31.46 % 1995 11.49 % 1996 26.74 % 1997 17.05 % 1998 19.32 % 1999 12.94 % |
2000s 2000 20.00 % 2001 27.06 % 2002 29.07 % 2003 24.72 % 2004 22.73 % 2005 27.55 % 2006 18.37 % 2007 25.53 % 2008 21.43 % |
| 2010s 2013 35.59 % 2014 16.67 % 2015 33.33 % 2016 33.33 % 2017 20.69 % 2018 25.00 % 2019 23.21 % |
2020s 2020 12.90 % 2021 16.39 % 2022 20.83 % 2023 30.99 % 2024 21.13 % 2025 48.57 % * achieved 25% goal * met individual % class goal * made both % goals |