Development/Advancement

Aired: March 15, 2021 An institution’s fundraising campaign isn’t just about raising money – it’s an opportunity to focus on a strategic plan and to review and align mission and vision. Oakton Community College President Dr. Joianne Smith and Oakton Chief …

Philanthropy is vital to the long-term sustainability of U.S. colleges and universities—as other sources of annual revenue are under increasing duress. Given their growing frequency and importance, multimillion-dollar and billion-dollar fundraising campaigns require the careful attention of governing board and …

Aired: February 26, 2021 How do institutions fund and staff their fundraising campaigns? Tom Mitchell, the vice president for advancement at the University of Florida, coedited AGB’s Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Governing and Foundation Boards, and …

February 11, 2021 - The Giving Pyramid has been a trusted friend to advancement professionals for as long as any of us can remember. It’s useful for planning campaigns and providing structure to principal and leadership giving teams, but the top-down model just isn’t …

Aired: January 26, 2021 What do board members need to know about fundraising campaigns? AGB’s 2021 publication, Fundraising Campaigns in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Governing and Foundation Boards, offers board members a thorough grounding in the basic principles of …

June 01, 2020 - Colleges and universities that had barely recovered from the Great Recession find themselves blindsided again by the economic freeze meant to stamp out the spread of COVID-19. For many institutions, this is the third major blow to enrollment, and potentially …

April 27, 2020 - As a result of global efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19, stock markets are tumbling and unemployment is spiraling. Colleges and universities will face tightening revenue streams on all fronts, including charitable giving. Business as usual has been disrupted. …

September 30, 2019 - Who are today’s and tomorrow’s donors and how are they different from previous generations of philanthropists? At least $41 trillion is projected to pass to the post-baby boom generations over the first half of the 21st century and this enormous …

When Chris Tobin, the College of Charleston’s executive vice president for institutional advancement and the executive director of its foundation, approached the foundation board about a year ago to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) component to the college’s fundraising strategies, …

For public institutions, the roles played by affiliated foundations and the ways institutions and foundations work together are evolving. In August, AGB’s Board of Directors endorsed a “Statement on Institution-Foundation Partnerships” describing some of the factors shaping these important relationships, …