Results of the 1982-1983 Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are presented, including a narrative summary and detailed statistical tables. Reports of voluntary support are presented for 1,137 institutions, and support patterns over the past decade are examined, along with patterns for a core group participating in two successive surveys. Attention is also directed to national estimates of voluntary support for higher education by source and purpose, and to economic indicators and institutional expenditures. Statistics on support are presented for specific colleges and universities and private elementary and secondary schools. For each institution support in dollars is indicated for: current operations; capital purposes; six sources of support (e.g., business, alumni, foundations); bequests; annuities, life contracts, insurance; six kinds of support through the annual funds; nonalumni parent support; corporation matching gifts; and endowment market value. Summary tables of this information are also presented by type of institution. National estimates of voluntary support of higher education indicate that: total voluntary support rose $300 million in 1982-1983 to an estimated $5.16 billion; and corporate gifts reached the $1 billion level for the first time. (SW)