Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges

Fundraising Strategies for Community Collegesis a hands-on, step-by-step guide to building a million-dollar-a-year development office. Community colleges educate nearly half the undergraduates in America yet receive as little as two percent of all gifts to higher education. Private philanthropy is now essential to the mission of community colleges. In order to gain a fair share, community colleges can rely on this book to deploy strategies similar to 4-year college development efforts. The author, Steve Klingaman, has raised over $40 million dollars for two-year and four-year colleges over a 25-year development career. With its emphasis on planning the work and working the plan, Fund Raising Strategies for Community Collegesoffers practical advice and concrete steps on how to build a strong advancement team with robust Annual Fund, grants, major gifts, planned giving programs. Topics include: * Strategies used at one two-year college that raised $50 million over ten years * 101 boxed tips on the details that matter most * Guidance for creating an institutional commitment to advancement * Advice on how to enhance the advancement function * Advice on how to build an effective foundation board that gives * Advice on how to grow the Annual Fund with sustainable, repeatable gifts * Secrets top universities use to close major gifts * Guidance for using continuous quality improvement techniques to improve results year after year. Fund Raising Strategies for Community Collegesis the only comprehensive development guide to focus on community college fund raising. Written for development professionals, college presidents, board members, trustees, faculty leaders, and other college leadership, this book is an essential, practical guide that fills a critical gap in the market.