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Soliciting Donations from Parents

Donations made directly to an educational institution can help boost innovation, technology and leading edge approaches to teaching which...

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Case Study of a Record Breaking Donor: Charles Francis Feeney

he charities and that causes that they believe in. In 2016 alone, the two top charitable donations were for $500 million each from Phil...

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Identifying Alumni Donor Prospects: Top Industries

While in the not-so-distant past the manufacturing industry was considered one of the largest income-producing sectors to work for in the...

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Building a Travel Strategy for Development & Alumni Officers

Meeting prestigious alumni and potential donors in person is a big part of the engagement process. It allows the school to get a broader...

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Engaging Corporate Donors: A Guide for Higher Education Institutions

Over half of higher education donations made in 2016 came from non-alumni sources. [1] In a previous post, Top Tips to Solicit Non-Alumni...

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How Hobbies Can Help find Major Donors

To raise funds for institutional campaigns and causes, you will likely focus on engaging with your pool of potential alumni donors. For...

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Engaging Donors: Prospecting & Affinity

Propensity, in the fundraising world, is someone’s tendency to get involved in philanthropy. This is their likelihood to make a donation,...

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Why Community Colleges Need to Prioritise Alumni Outreach

We hear it time and time again, community colleges don’t have the manpower nor the budget to track and engage alumni. Often, the reason...

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The Importance of Preventing the Lost Alumni Problem

Finding lost alumni is a priority for many alumni departments, and understandably so. The more alumni that you identify, the greater your...