This document contains specific recommendations for conducting bond campaigns. It outlines the three major considerations of any bond campaign: (1) committee organization and appointment; (2) time lines; and (3) getting out the vote. The publication focuses on the need for total community involvement and outlines some of the components for…

School administrators in South Dakota and throughout the United States, in order to fund educational facility replacement and renovation projects, initiate school bond elections that they often have difficulty planning to successful conclusions. This study uses an exploratory data analysis to determine the factors within a community and within the…

A written campaign plan is seen as essential for annual fund success. It should contain details on all aspects of the campaign: strategy, leadership, organization, goals, and events, plus the schedule and deadlines for each of these. (MLW)

Supreme Court decisions about fund-raising by Political Action Committees, prayer in public schools, and disclosure of political campaign contributors are reviewed. Cases before the Court involving solicitation of funds by charities, unsolicited mailed advertisements for contraceptives, aliens, the exclusionary rule, and sex discrimination issues…

A stewardship report, a well-done report sent regularly to give a donor information on the use of a gift, assures the donor that the institution appreciates the gift and the giver. Some techniques are given for making stewardship reports as effective as possible. (MLW)

An electronic mail system used by and within a college development office provides a communication network reaching all parts of the institution's administration and colleagues nationwide. The applications include sending individual or group messages, teleconferencing, and maintenance of files. (MSE)

Tax laws' incentives and disincentives for charitable giving are outlined. Basics of charitable giving, partial property interests, gifts of future interest in tangible property, undivided interest gifts, ordinary income property, capital gain property, bargain sales, remainder interest gifts, estate tax, and valuation overstatement are discussed…

Corporate matching gift programs allow colleges to secure contributions from highly specialized corporations and corporations with geographically limited giving policies. However, colleges must stimulate their alumni to make the initial contributions and then take the extra step to secure the match. (MLW)

Financial support commensurate with ability is seen as the by-product of a comprehensive, integrated, well-organized, and effectively managed advancement program. Efforts must be directed to determine each trustee's ability to provide financial support, motivation for being a trustee, and personal agenda for institutional benefit. (Author/MLW)

Two areas of leadership responsibility that a college governing board should not delegate include the fund-raising responsibility and the responsibility for investment of the institution's assets. Cornell's fund-raising is described, including the board structure for fund-raising, the practice of trusteeship, and the special campaign. (MLW)

Describes the three sequential groupings of elements in the development of a favorable research climate: (1) elements of the foundation of the research program; (2) elements that serve to build momentum; and (3) elements that protect the program against an erosion of purpose, vitality, and creativity. (Author/SMB)

Communication is seen as the secret to getting the most out of college fund-raising volunteers. Five stages in the communication cycle are identified: establishing the environment; searching, selecting and recruiting; training; motivating and monitoring progress; and evaluating and rewarding. (MLW)

Standards of competence and ethics are seen as needed in college development. Basic characteristics of professionalism for development officers are identified: industry, resourcefulness, personal resilience and perspective, assertiveness, respect for academic principles, a deep conviction about the merit of individual institutions, a knowledge of…

Focusing on fund raising activities for local Future Farmers of America chapters, the author expounds upon seven questions the teacher should ask before taking advantage of a sale item. In addition the following five fund-raising methods are described: work days, sale of shop-constructed items, carnivals, raffles, and greenhouses. (LRA)

A marketing approach to fund raising is presented. The development officer is seen as the marketer who provides the link between the institution and its customer--the donor. Need satisfaction selling is described as having three stages: need development, need awareness, and need fulfillment. (MLW)