This report examines the process behind setting up and implementing a "capital campaign," a program for raising money for new or renovated facilities at private K-12 schools. The report briefly covers tax information regarding gifts to institutions, then offers advice for setting up a comprehensive development program, including…

This book explores various strategies for major gift solicitation by colleges, universities, and other nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is on the face-to-face interactive communication process. Section 1 presents 16 chapters that discuss various solicitation strategies, including examining organizational readiness for major gift solicitation; the…

Fund-raising mailing must be well conceived and executed in order to hold its own against competing charitable organizations as well as commercial firms offering sweepstake prizes. An appeal letter is seen as the most important piece in any direct-mail effort. (MLW)

Suggests specific ways the staff and equipment of a student publication can be used to raise money through doing printing work for others. (JL)

The Parent Teacher Association, though not primarily a fund raising organization, has helped school districts raise money in a variety of ways. (MLF)

Describes an innovative way of providing funds for the prevention of child abuse, established by law in Kansas and under consideration in several other states. Listed are proposals approved for funding as of January, 1981, for potentially replicable projects focusing on primary prevention of child and/or spouse abuse.(RH)

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund was formed in 1939 in order to enable the NAACP to secure tax-exempt funds to help finance its legal program and activities. In the 1950s, however, the tax-exempt status of the Fund was questioned; it therefore became independent of the NAACP. (Author/MC)

The most effective way to secure and promote gifts is seen as face-to-face contact. Some effective planned giving programs including visitation programs, book plate program, reunions, and use of donors as effective door-openers are described. Suggestions for how to encourage people to discuss their estates are provided. (MLW)

An informal CASE sampling of alumni activities at some of the nation's Black colleges is reported. Factors contributing to alumni involvement in fund-raising drives are described, including: close contact with alumni, increase in volunteers and matching grant incentives, heightened alumni awareness of need for outside help, and phonathons. (MLW)

Discusses the major components typically found in successful funding applications and reviews a Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFP) publication that will assist in identifying funding sources for planning, constructing, or renovating community-use facilities. (Author/MLF)

Describes a first grade class project in which the students sold pumpkins at Halloween to raise money for new playground equipment. (JMB)

Investigates the success of mass fund-raising appeals to alumni, showing the efficacy of personalized notes and targeting a specific audience. Shows that a brochure brought a higher response rate than audiotapes or audiotapes and brochures. (SR)

Provides a tabular listing of alumni-development software produced or sold by 56 companies. Each listing includes the vendor name, address, contact name, telephone number, electronic mail address, World Wide Web site, software name, price range, system requirements, standard reports, reporting tools, number of installed sites, and client type.…

A college president shares his advice on the critical elements of a capital campaign program for science facilities. (EV)

Asserts that for some in advancement, and many observers outside the profession, giving has become the primary measure of alumni satisfaction and the success of an alumni program. Two practitioners take issue with that assumption and offer ways to develop more comprehensive program assessment tools. (EV)