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Mississippi State University has announced that it received more than $80 million in gifts and pledges during the 2010-11 fiscal year — a 23 percent increase over the previous year. Gifts and pledges counted in 2010-11 represent the largest single-year giving total in the university’s 133-year history. John P. Rush, vice president for development and alumni at the university and CEO of the MSU Foundation, credited StatePride, an ongoing ca…
Purdue University reported activity of $227.3 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, marking the highest annual total since the $1.7 billion Campaign for Purdue ended in 2007. “Once again, our alumni, friends, corporate and foundation partners have given to support Purdue’s vision,” said President France A. Cordova. “Their generosity helps us provide our students with a world-class education and our faculty with …
Do our missions of service supersede anything else we do? Are the loyalties of our alumni, patients, and patrons so powerful that we will be forgiven for other organizational shortcomings? Perhaps on occasion donors will look past our operation, but it seems a risky proposition based on a continual flow of research on donor behavior. The clear message we are receiving from donors is - “You must be well run” and “You must have a plan.” In 200…
The Walton Family Foundation announced today that it is investing $49.5 million over three years in the national nonprofit Teach For America. Roughly half of the investment will support Teach For America’s national effort to double the size of its teaching corps, as well as support its network of alumni leaders in education. The other half will support ongoing training and professional development for more than 5,000 first- and second-year teach…
Bentz Whaley Flessner is the leading fundraising consulting firm for several major Children’s Hospital systems in the United States. Our consulting team understands the unique challenges that reside with Children’s Hospital foundations, and we have a successful track record of helping major Children’s Hospitals to develop strategic plans for ongoing fundraising success. Services we provide include: Alumni Relations / Constituen…
Bentz Whaley Flessner has maintained a long and successful history working with major medical schools and hospitals at prominent public universities. Counsel focused on those institutions wishing to change and improve their development strategies. Services we provide include: Alumni Relations / Constituency Engagement Analytics Annual Giving Counsel Benchmarking and Surveys Campaign Counsel Development Audits Development Operations Donor Relatio…
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The Boston Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $20.2 million to nonprofits serving the greater Boston area, with a particular emphasis on boosting college completion rates for graduates of the city’s public school system. Organizations working to prepare BPS alumni for college through the foundation’s Success Boston initiative were awarded more than $1.5 million, including $400,000 to the Action Center for Educational …
There is tremendous attention paid to prospect management in relation to major gifts work. An equal amount of attention should be applied when thinking about prospect management within your annual giving or direct marketing programs. Whether engaging alumni, parents, patients and their families, or members, for most non-profits the annual giving program serves as the primary relationship management tool. In that role, the program builds and main…
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