1st Edition

Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education Engaging Non-Traditional Donors

Edited By Noah D. Drezner Copyright 2013
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Winner of the Association of Fundraising Professionals 2014 Skystone Partners Research Prize in Philanthropy and Fundraising Traditionally, institutions have relied on wealthy White men to reach their fundraising goals. But as state investment in public higher education lessens and institutions look to philanthropy to move from excellence to eminence, advancement officers continually need to... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction

Racial Minorities

Chapter 2: Engaging and Soliciting African American Alumni – Marybeth Gasman &Nelson Bowman

Chapter 3: An approach to engaging Latina/o alumni in giving initiatives: Madrinas y padrinos – José A. Cabrales

Chapter 4: Chinese American philanthropy: Cultural contexts behind major gifts in higher education – Kozue Tsunoda

Other Alumni Constituencies

Chapter 5: Women as a Donor Group to Higher education – Sara Kaiser & Amy Wells Dolan

Chapter 6: Alumni Giving in the LGBTQ Communities: Queering Philanthropy – Jason C. Garvey & Noah D. Drezner

Chapter 7: Fundraising from doctoral alumni: Going beyond the bachelor's – Anita Mastroieni

Chapter 8: Examining Young Alumni Giving Behavior: Every Dollar Matters– Meredith Billings

On Campus Constituencies & Future Donors

Chapter 9: Faculty and Staff as Prospects and Donors: Giving on Campus – Genevieve G. Shaker

Chapter 10: Building a Culture of Student Philanthropy – Lori A. Hurvitz

Chapter 11: The Influence of Sorority and Fraternity Involvement on Future Giving – Ryan E. Merkel

Chapter 12: Fostering Student Affairs and Institutional Advancement Partnerships – Michael Puma

Chapter 13: Creating an Engagement Model of Advancement for Young Alumni – Luke Greeley

Author Biographies

Biography

Noah D. Drezner is Assistant Professor of Higher Education and a faculty member in the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

"This volume of essays provides an insightful mix of empirical studies and reviews of current research and practice across a broad range of topics, all bound together by Drezner’s overarching call for identity-based philanthropy. ... Given the demographic shifts in higher education over the past decades and the importance of equity and diversity, this is a novel and welcome perspective that may fundamentally alter institutional fundraising strategies. … Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education makes a valuable contribution and will be highly useful for institutional administrators in and outside of fundraising offices." —Teachers College Record