Fundraising Supports/ Allies in a Organization

Payal Sen

We have identified few people in our organization(faculty/deans) who can and are able to help fundraisers network more with Alumni's, Companies and in general support the university fundraising efforts. We are thinking coding them as attributes or somehow identify them as allies to the department.

I would like to get some advice on this matter and if / how other universities might have handled this. It's a mixed group of staff/Faculty and administration (Regents/Deans) etc.

Thank you for your suggestion on this.

Karen Diener

In the past, I've typically seen these relationships added as Fundraisers with a specific Fundraiser Type. We used this extensively when I worked a hospital foundation during a large capital campaign, and used the type "Natural Partner" which was the common term at that time. These were members of the community and not staff though, so you may choose a different term. I would probably use something like "Staff" and leave it at that.

Sara Niemiec

I agree with @KarenDiener. If these people are acting in a fundraising capacity, then coding them as fundraisers on the Relationship tab/tile and giving them a type which you can define and document goes a long way. Doing it this way means you can also add start/end dates.

Payal Sen

Thank you this is helpful. I think am going to bounce some ideas on what they can be identified in the database.

JoAnn Strommen

You could be creative: University Allies. As @Karen Diener and @Sara Niemiec said just make type unique from other types you have.