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Pragmatic Fundraising For College Administrators And Development Officers,Used
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Pragmatic FundRaising provides just the kind of information fundraisers must have to be successful. Ralph Lowenstein has produced an essential guide, not only for university administrators and development officers, but also for fundraisers in most notforprofit organizations and institutions.'Leighton E. Cluff, former president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation'Ralph Lowenstein has written a tour de force for deans and other academic officers interested in improving their fundraising performance! It is both a wise and practical guide from someone whose own considerable fundraising success demonstrates the value of his advice. I recommend it highly.'Robert R. Lindgren, vice president for development and alumni relations, Johns Hopkins InstitutionsAs its title implies, Pragmatic FundRaising is a nutsandbolts guide for academics new to fundraising and for veteran fundraisers looking for new ways to approach their craft. Ralph Lowenstein won a reputation as one of the best fundraising deans in the United States during his eighteen years as dean of the College of Journalism at the University of Florida. He was the college's sole development officer, yet he raised more than $20 million in endowments alone. By the time he left his post in 1994, Lowenstein's efforts had established sixtyeight different endowment funds at his college, ranging in size from $10,000 to more than $5 million.Pragmatic FundRaising is neither a theoretical book nor a simple memoir. In it, Lowenstein outlines the methods that have made him such a renowned and successful fundraiser:how to recognize and approach a potential donorhow to organize a capital campaign committeehow to arrange successful meetings for advisory boardshow to approach foundationshow to write a compelling proposaland many more.Lowenstein offers practical advice and specific tools and strategies that can make college administrators more effective arms of the university development process. To this purpose, he includes at the end of his book more than twenty exhibits, including a sample letter of invitation, a letter of thanks following a meeting, a proposal cover letter, a letter confirming an agreement, and even a letter of condolence. Other exhibits show simple methods of record keeping and successful themes in alumni publications.Pragmatic FundRaising is the manual for planning and implementing the kind of successful fundraising strategy so crucial to the continued growth and development of todays institutions of higher learning.Ralph L. Lowenstein is dean emeritus of the College of Journalism at the University of Florida.
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