<p>And many lower income folks who end up economically successful have giving patterns that reflect their early years, not their college years, i.e. community centers, after school social service programs, church programs that provided mentors, chess clubs, etc. To me- this demonstrates the success of the “massive subsidies in tuition” (not massive in every case, by the way). These kids become successful and rather than pull up the bootstraps that got them where they are, they direct their giving to the underfunded and often under the radar local charities which helped get them to college in the first place.</p>