<p>The endowment was $650 in Jun 07 (Carleton</a> College: Vice President and Treasurer's Office: Endowment History)
I'm guessing the $208 wasn't raised in just one year, capital campaigns have a quiet period during which some key donations are solicited.</p>
<p>According to Carleton</a> College: The Campaign for Carleton: A $300 Million Investment in Carleton's Future, $166 mil had been raised through the Campaign for Carleton as of May '07, so $42 mil has been raised since then. Not too shabby, but not $208 million in a year.</p>
<p>dietcokewithlime: Check out Carleton</a> College: The Campaign for Carleton: A $300 Million Investment in Carleton's Future, which clearly states that $208 million had been raised as of August 1, 2008.</p>
<p>P.S. Also check out the date of the campaign kickoff.</p>
<p>I don't disagree that $208 million was raised through the campaign as of August 1. I'm just saying the campaign hadn't raised this amount entirely over the period since the kickoff in May 2007 (which I attended), but rather that most of the money was raised before the big public kickoff celebration.</p>