A community-empowered school is one in which administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, and members of the community at large feel that they have a stake in the success of that school. Despite common reservations about the involvement of parents and volunteers in the classroom, this book makes clear the long-term advantages of onsite…

Annual funds face pressures to contact all alumni to maximize participation, but these efforts are costly. This paper uses a logistic regression model to predict likely donors among alumni from the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park. Alumni were grouped according to their predicted probability of donating…

This study examined whether alumni who were resident assistants (RAs) gave more to the institution than did alumni who were not RAs. This information was deemed significant for two reasons: (1) contributions from graduates are increasingly important sources of funds for colleges and universities; (2) information on why alumni contribute is…

This handbook discusses the process of planning school grounds. It presents ideas for creating good educational landscapes and provides step-by-step procedures to achieve this goal. The steps include ground surveying and analysis, establishing community and school needs and wants, planning changes and preparing the design process, publicizing and…

Whatever the source of funding for family literacy or the form it takes, this guide provides an overview of the funding process and provides suggestions for solving the fund-raising mysteries. It notes that the good news is that there are a wide variety of sources and aid available to family literacy programs, but the bad news is that it is a…

Some basic strategies and procedures that provide a step-by-step annual fund plan are reviewed. This approach divides goals into revenue targets for each annual fund program and links program success to budget and staff requirements. (MLW)

It is proposed that nonprofit institutions having trouble raising funds often have a board that is indifferent, distracted by other commitments, or unwilling to face up to its fund-raising responsibility. Five fundamental principles of fund-raising that focus on donor attitudes are outlined, and specific problems of board participation are…

The experiences of a four-person advancement staff of a 300-student institution that had six weeks to meet a two-for-one challenge are discussed. The one-week planning process is described and the campaign strategies are reviewed. (MLW)

Some barriers to fund-raising productivity are identified. A checklist of characteristics of an ideal development program drawn up by a panel of nationally recognized experts was included in a questionnaire sent to participating campuses. (MLW)

This article outlines the careful planning involved in successful parent volunteer programs and the invaluable services such volunteers provide the schools. Included is a list of seven ways to get parents involved with the school. (MD)

Three approaches to athletic fund-raising are presented. A booster club at Florida State runs the fund raising campaign. At Georgia Institute of Technology, athletic fund-raising and athletic programing are centered in a single office. The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga's development office handles athletic fund-raising. (MLW)

Describes the 10-year history and accomplishments of the Walk to Save the County which has preserved more than 400 acres of Onondaga County, New York. Outlines organizational structure, promotional strategies, awards, and educational opportunities involved in this annual fund-raising hike by third- through eighth-grade students. (NEC)

Investigates the relationship between athletic success and alumni contributions at 58 major U.S. universities. Football and basketball records over 10 years were correlated with the average contributions from each solicited alumnus and the per capita gifts to annual funds. Team successes in both sports correlated highly with alumni generosity. (AM)

Building a board of trustees with development strength requires attention to three areas: identifying specific development purposes and potential, recruiting trustees with compatible credentials and capabilities, and developing executive leadership. An institution's board of trustees is seen as the single most important constituency for resource…

The CASE publication, "Gift Reporting Standards and Management Reports for Educational Institutions," is discussed. The report include two model formats for reporting gift revenue--one organized by sources and the other by purposes. How the standards were developed, changes in guidelines, and adaptation to the new standards are described. (MLW)