Messages from the Treasurer

Parameters for the 2023-24 Operating Budget

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2023-24 Operating Budget parameters in a message to the community on April 19, 2023.

Parameters for the 2022-23 Operating Budget

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2022-23 Operating Budget parameters in a message to the community on April 20, 2022.

Parameters for the 2021-22 Operating Budget

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2021-22 Operating Budget parameters in a message to the community on April 9, 2021.

2020-21 Operating Budget and Parameters

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2020-21 Operating Budget and Parameters in a message to the community on April 24, 2020.

2019-20 Operating Budget and Parameters

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2019-20 Operating Budget and Parameters in a message to the community on April 9, 2019.

2018-19 Operating Budget and Parameters

Steve McAllister, treasurer and vice president for finance, presented the community with the 2018-19 Operating Budget and Parameters in a message to the community on March 29, 2018.

Potential Impacts of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Since the House of Representatives has passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and the Senate is beginning to debate its version of this tax reform legislation, we want to provide the Washington and Lee community with information on three of the ways that this legislation, as currently formulated, could impact the university.

A Q&A on the Endowment

Outside of Lexington, questions about large university endowments resurfaced this year on Capitol Hill, with two congressional committees asking colleges and universities with endowments larger than $1 billion, including W&L, for information about how they manage their endowments and spend endowment funds.

In this series of videos, Steve McAllister, W&L's treasurer and vice president for finance, answers common questions about W&L's endowment.

Washington and Lee Responds to Congressional Endowment Inquiry

In February 2016, Washington and Lee University was one of 56 private colleges and university throughout the nation that received a joint letter from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means requesting information about endowments. This letter, sent to the institutions with endowments of $1 billion or more, requested wide ranging information about how the colleges manage their endowments and spend their endowment funds.