Community colleges generate only 2% of the total charitable funds raised by higher education institutions in the United States. In an era when America needs its community colleges to be active public sector partners in economic development and workforce training, state funding has been drastically cut, and other traditional funding sources are not making up for the much-needed funds. Forward thinking community college leaders must turn to their foundations as an important revenue source to offset the impact of budget cuts and sustain educational excellence and accessibility. But with limited resources for each institution to employ a professional fund raising staff, it is unclear if state system foundations can create programs to help bridge the gap for individual community colleges. The purpose of this study, guided by the organizational theory of examining an organization's performance as part of an entire system and not individual factors, was to examine multi-year trends of public community colleges in the states of Virginia and Maryland that have participated in the Voluntary Support for Education (VSE) survey between the years of 2007-2012. The study was limited in scope, but could be the foundation for a broader framework of study to determine the fundraising significance and impact of state-level system community college foundations and the vice presidents of institutional advancement that lead them. The study consists of a review of available literature on institutional advancement in higher education and the quantitative study of data collected over a 5 year period through the VSE survey. Independent sample t-tests were used to determine if the mean difference on a particular group characteristic was statically significant for each dependent variable. The findings of the study did not affirm that having an experienced vice president of institutional advancement leading a state-level foundation leads to greater success in terms of private funds raised by community colleges of various sizes and resources within the system. However, this is the first known study to compare community college fund raising from a state-level approach, therefore the researcher concludes that increased emphasis on building a state-wide culture of philanthropy for community colleges is needed.

This book is a co-publication with CASE.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is 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 effectively used by 4-year colleges. 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, Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges offers 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* 75 boxed tips on the details that matter most* How to create an institutional commitment to advancement* How to enhance the advancement function* How to build an effective foundation board that gives* How to grow the Annual Fund with sustainable, repeatable gifts* Secrets top universities use to close major gifts* Continuous quality improvement techniques to improve results year after year.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is 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.

"Comprehensive guide to planning, carrying out, and following up fundraising campaigns for community colleges. Published by AACC in partnership with Council for Advancement and Support of Education and Council for Resource Development"--Provided by publisher.

This book is a co-publication with CASE.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is 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 effectively used by 4-year colleges. 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, Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges offers 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* 75 boxed tips on the details that matter most* How to create an institutional commitment to advancement* How to enhance the advancement function* How to build an effective foundation board that gives* How to grow the Annual Fund with sustainable, repeatable gifts* Secrets top universities use to close major gifts* Continuous quality improvement techniques to improve results year after year.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is 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.

This issue outlines essential contextual issues in institutional advancement, provides strategies from institutions that have successfully addressed fundraising over the past ten years, and outlines major issues that must be considered in communitiy college fundraising. Looking at the fundraising picture for higher education over the past ten years, one would have to argue that there have been major successes in garnering support from the private sector for educational institutions. From billion-dollar capital campaigns to individuals donating millions for medial research and other educational activities, record support for higher education is at hand. Yet in the midst of this community largesses, community colleges have not fared as well. Their traditional funding streams have begun to dry up, and they are increasingly turning to fundraising as a major method to support their vital missions to provide open-access and high quality postsecondary education. Many community colleges are relative new to fundraising and are just beginning to develop tools, techniques, and strategies that make sense for them. This is the 124th issue of the quarterly higher education journal New Directions for Community Colleges.

The creation of foundations for fund raising at public colleges and new ideas and techniques for established foundations are discussed in 13 chapters. The relationship of the foundation and the institution is described from the viewpoint of the institution and also that of the foundation. Article titles and authors include: "How the Foundation Relates to the Nonprofit Organization" (Robert B. Rennebohm); "How a University Relates to Its Foundation" (Edwin Young); "State University-related Foundations" (Timothy A. Reilley); "The Foundation Board of Directors at the Public Institution" (Michael J. Worth); "Operating Policies for Institutionally Related Foundations" (Patricia P. Purcell); "Constituency-based Fund Raising Through an Institutional Foundation" (Charles G. McCord);"Legal Aspects of Foundations" (Donald Lemish); "Formulating Investment Policies for the Institutionally Related Foundation" (Lewis W. Barron); "Financing and Budgeting a Foundation" (Darrell D. Wyrick); "Multiple Foundations: Advantages and Problems" (George E. Moore); "The Community College Foundation" (Lynn M. Degerstedt); "The Health-Related Foundation" (David C. Lawrence); and "The Special-interest Foundation" (Dwight V. Roberts). (SW)