Development
Accomplishments and Productivity
Priorities for FY’11
Development trends
• Governments in crisis.
• A full-court press for small and medium-sized
gifts.
• Grim outlook for grants.
• Funding priorities change in hard economic
times.
• Proving that charity works.
Accomplishments & Productivity
• Focused Quad Cities fundraising efforts on the
comprehensive campaign:
– Capital needs
– Student scholarships
– Faculty support
– Information and technologies
(Goal 1, Action 2, 4c; Goal 3, 3, a and b)
Campaign results to date by category
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CAPITAL SUPPORT
Educational Opportunity
John Deere Foundation $500,000 –leased space
and equipment for the engineering program
The Moline Foundation $500,000 –leased space
and equipment for the engineering program
Caxton on Bass Street, LLC $88,560—six months
free rent at the Caxton Block Building, Moline
R.I. County Board of Supervisors $75,000 --the
community room at Riverfront Campus
Capital Support
• Modern Woodmen of America $75,000—
Riverfrot Campus
• Hunt & Diane Harris Family Foundation $75,000
—Riverfront Campus
• RSM McGladrey $32,100—Riverfront Campus
(corporate and employee support)
• Gene & Lynne Blanc $25,000—Riverfront Campus
• Missman Stanley Associates $10,000-- overall
capital support
Capital Support
• Mid America National Bank $11,500–
Furniture in the Caxton Block Building
• Mary & Roy Lagerblade--$10,000
• Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial $5,942—Cotnributed
discount on the cost of remodeling the Caxton
Building
• TOTAL: $1,408,102
Student scholarships
Educational Opportunity
• Group O Enterprises--$100,000
• Royal Neighbors of America--$30,000
• Doris & Victor Day Foundation—
– $60,000—Student assistance scholarships
– $15,000—Student teacher scholarships
• LaVern & Nola McEntire--$10,000
• Shive Hattery--$6,000
• Rock Island Community Foundation--$2,500 Grow
Your Own program participants
• TOTAL: $223,500
Information and technology
Academic Excellence
• JTM Concepts $50,000—Software and a custom project
unit.
• Riverboat Development Authority $26,000—Distance
Learning Classroom
• Riverboat Development Authority $25,000—VOIP
telephone system
• Scott County Regional Authority $25,000 -–Distance
Learning Classroom
• Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
$5,000— Materials for the Jeff Lebovitz Memorial
Holocaust Education collection
•RI Community Foundation $1,500 -- Materials
for the Jeff Lebovitz Memorial Holocaust
Education collection
•RI Arsenal Women's Club $150-- Materials for
the Jeff Lebovitz Memorial Holocaust Education
collection
TOTAL: $132,650
(Goal
5, 2 b)
Fundraising to date compared
to the goal
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Category 1
Fiscal Year Fundraising Comparison
$1,200,000
$1,000,000
$800,000
Column1
$600,000
Column2
Column3
$400,000
$200,000
$0
FY'08
FY'09
FY'10
Priorities for FY’11
PRIORITY # 1: Social Responsibility
SUSTAIN COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN EFFORTS
THROUGH:
• Identification, cultivation, and solicitation of
major gift prospects.
• Focus on Development as the top priority.
• Recruitment, orientation, training, and
engagement of a campaign leadership team
equipped to solicit prospective donors.
• Engage Leadership Team members as campaign
solicitors.
Deadline: Ongoing
Campaign (cont’d)
• Measures of success:
– Total amount raised
– Percentage of goal achieved
• Of the total
• By the area of emphasis (capital, scholarships,
information and technology, faculty support)
– Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles
– Compliance with the Association of Fundraising
Principles Code of Ethics
Priority #2—Faculty/Staff Campaign
Personal Responsibility
• Enlist volunteer leadership
– 2 faculty members
– 2 staff members
• With volunteer leadership, produce campaign materials and
establish campaign timetable
• Conduct campaign
• Do campaign follow-up work
Completion: October 31, 2010
• Measures of success:
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Percentage of participation
Average gift size
Total amount raised
Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Compliance with State of Illinois and WIU Foundation
standards for gift acceptance and gift accounting.
Priority # 3—Build a culture of philanthropy
on the WIU-Quad Cities campus
Personal responsibility
• Continued fundraising efforts with alumni, friends
of the university, corporations, and foundations.
• Incorporate faculty, staff, and students as
appropriate in Development efforts.
• Demonstrate positive outcomes of successful
fundraising by building awareness:
– Website
– Public announcements
– Campaign progress reports
Culture of philanthropy
Completion:
Ongoing
Measures of success:
– Faculty and staff participation in Development
activities
– Work with Development in initiating Development
activities—scholarships, projects
– Percentage of participation in annual and
comprehensive campaign
Cost avoidance in FY’10
• BMG Associates:
– $9,900 for FY’10 to date.
– Potential savings of $13,200 for the year
• Minimal expenditures on meals with
prospective donors.
– Savings of $100 per month; $900 year-to-date,
potential of $1200 for the year.
• Deferred attendance to International
Conference, Association of Fundraising
Professionals
– Registration, plus travel: $1,500