
Publications By Topic: Institutionally Related Foundations
Publications
2012
Institutionally related foundations are an important partner to all institutions of public higher education. As public colleges, universities, and systems respond to a...
Publications
2012
In the face of rising costs and a prolonged economic downturn, public colleges and universities are being challenged to increase their sources of private support and...
Reports and Surveys
2011
Based on a 2011 survey, this report is intended to provide foundation staff and boards, as well as administrators and boards of public colleges, universities, and university...
Publications
2011
The basic purpose and principles of effective board committees remain constant across higher education, regardless of institutional type, mission, or size.
The Effective...
Reports and Surveys
2011
The content of this edition of the State Governance Action Report was informed by newspaper reports, online reports, state and institutional Web sites, and conversations with...
Reports and Surveys
2011
The latest State Governance Action Report (SGAR) covering current or just recently completed legislative sessions. Among the most important issues being considered are...
Publications
2011
This publication is part of an AGB series devoted to strengthening the role of key standing committees of governing boards. While there is no optimum committee system for...
Reports and Surveys
2010
Over the past two years, adoption of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA) has fundamentally changed the regulatory context in which boards make...
Reports and Surveys
2009
In March and April of 2009, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), in partnership
with the National Association of College and University...
Publications
2008
Expectations of trustees have undergone a dramatic change in the wake of the Enron debacle, the new strictures of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and several new state policies, laws...
Publications
2005
This groundbreaking new work features the best thinking on the issues facing today's higher education foundation boards, staff, and host institution leaders.
Contents:
The...
Publications
2003
A major national study that identifies the characteristics of successful foundation boards supporting a comprehensive campaign, this booklet analyzes the components of a...
Reports and Surveys
2003
Working with a national task force, AGB and the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education developed an Illustrative
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for public...
Reports and Surveys
2002
University-related foundations considering new entrepreneurial activities should examine several questions and criteria before pursuing such opportunities. Each foundation...
Publications
2002
Written for public college and university foundation boards, this booklet serves as an overview of this important committee and reinforces that it must perform with...
Publications
2002
The "must-read" package for new foundation board directors now includes the book, Margin of Excellence: The New Work of Higher Education Foundations.
Each New...
Reports and Surveys
2002
University-affiliated foundations have difficulty locating and retaining good fund-raisers. A recent survey found that demand for fund-raisers is greater than supply; only...
Reports and Surveys
2002
This 2002 study by AGB highlights the twenty-three states that have established matching funds programs for higher education, details the nature of the dollar matches, and...
Publications
2000
How comprehensive fundraising campaigns are planned, how they work, and how trustees can ensure their success.These essays are useful in assessing institutional readiness and...
Reports and Surveys
2000
College and university foundations originally set up to provide
an added margin of excellence for their host institutions have
evolved into aggressive fund-raisers to support...
Reports and Surveys
2000
Foundations that raise funds to help state colleges and universities
risk growing too close to the institution with which they’re
affiliated and losing their legal status as...
Publications
1999
One of a foundation board's most important duties is to invest and manage the foundation's assets on behalf of its host institution.
This describes the four major asset-...
Publications
1999
Public institution foundations are the locus of major campaigns, engage in comprehensive fund-raising, and manage property, endowments, and other institutional assets. Many...
Publications
1999
Raising private funds in public higher education is increasingly essential. Doing so successfully depends on collegial, productive relationships between governing boards and...
Publications
The Especially for Foundations portfolio includes:
"College Fundraising: Is there a 'New Normal'?" (November/December 2009)
"What's a Prudent Payout from an 'Underwater'...
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