MIT followed the national trend in declining alumni giving from 2011 to 2012. Capped donations do not count contributions past $100,000. Uncapped donations for 2011 and 2012 are not yet reliably available, as those include both commitments and pledges (future promises of giving).

The percentage of undergraduate alumni donors to the MIT Annual Fund has decreased slightly in recent years, while since 2010, the percentage of exclusively graduate alumni donors has remained relatively stable.