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Fundraising Committee
Alumni Data Validation
- Maintain Directory of all alumni (National)
- Validate that mailing addresses are correct (National)
- Validate email addresses are correct
- Validate phone numbers are correct
- Track down and Discover missing alumni (Collective effort, Tabolt)
- Update Directory when incorrect addresses/emails bounce
Strategy Team
- Create Giving buckets/areas/funds for brothers to donate to
- Decide what projects need focus
- Determine what Endowments need focus
- Identify potential top donor brothers/how many brothers are willing to donate (Feasibility Study)
- Create non-tax deductible projects
- Create separate 501(c)3 tax-deductible donation projects (educational space only)
Housing Project Design/Vision
- Recommend projects for improvement (Building Committee)
- Create Architecture drawings of Project, mockups (Building Committee)
- Separate the educational space projects vs non-educational (Building Committee)
Parent Projects Design/Vision
- Design Short Term improvement projects parents can donate to (Building Committee)
- Oversee project completed correctly (Building Committee)
Scholarships/Endowments
- Design Scholarships and Endowments (Scholarship Committee)
- Create fundraising materials detailing what the money will be used for (Scholarship Committee)
- Interview/Select Scholarship recipients (Scholarship Committee)
Alumni Solicitation (1 time Big Project)
- Silent Phase
- Recruit past Noble Rulers, Class leaders, Gather a core group
- Personal Calls, Personal group visits
- Create robust fundraising materials on costs and goals
- Get undergrads to pledge phased donations after graduation
- Public Phase
- Phone tree, calls to all alumni for donations
- Regular meetings on progress
- Matching gift solicitation at end
- Events, Donation Celebration
Alumni Solicitation (Ongoing)
- Solicitation Maintenance
- Maintain everything above
- Online Giving
- Manage Online platforms Paypal, Venmo
- Create auto-links, monthly subscription giving
- Create detailed online materials for what money will be going to
- Will Inclusion (Legacy Gifts)
- Ask alumni to include AGR within their last wills
- Personal visits
- Undergrad Relations
- Have new undergrads write Penpal letters each semester to seasoned alumni
- Undergrad call tree inviting alumni to Founder's Day/Homecoming
Parent Fundraising Solicitation
- Collect funds and Instill Confidence that Parents can donate
- Communicate with Parents what the money will go to, concerns
- Create any necessary fundraising materials
Event Planning / Alumni Relations
- Recruit New and Lost Alumni (Social Committee)
- Fundraising at AGR social events (Social Committee)
- Silent Auctions (Social Committee)
Donation Tracking
- Track Individual Alumni giving and donation amounts (Finance Committee)
- Track Overall Alumni giving and donations (Finance Committee)
- Report giving progress and thermometer levels (Finance Committee)
Fund Management
- Manage the different funds and bank accounts (Finance Committee)
- Work with National to manage/setup funds (Finance Committee)
Project Implementation
- Bid project out to contractors (Building Committee)
- Oversee construction (Building Committee)
Fundraising Thanks/Appreciation/Recognition
- Notes and Calls
- Plaques and awards, publication
- Track lifetime giving (Orders of Shield etc.) (National, Pennington)