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Hello Fundlist Folks! I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your institution. Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few specific funds? We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general scholarship fund." We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like this? Thank you in advance! -- *Ryan Malecha* *Freed-Hardeman University* *Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement* *731-989-6022*

We did our first one last September. It was geared towards a specific fund only and we did allow new pledges. It was a massive hit and we got more donors that day than any other day this year. On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:40 AM Forrest, Aaron <aaron.forrest@rochester.edu> wrote: > We allow all and also include pledge payments. The incentive is about > urgency, timing, and participation, not programmatic focus. At least here. > My thoughts. > > > > Aaron > > > > Aaron Forrest CPA > > Senior Director Gift and Donor Services > > University of Rochester Office of Advancement > > Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center > > 300 East River Road > > Rochester NY 14627 > > Office 585.275.2799 / Fax 585-273-4558 > > Email aaron.forrest@rochester.edu > > > > [image: Description: Description: Description: > cid:image001.gif@01C92E92.3629C5E0] <http://www.rochester.edu/> > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > Confidentiality Notice: This message, including attachments may contain > confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution > is prohibited. > > > > *From:* Advancement Services Discussion List < > FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> *On Behalf Of *Ryan Malecha > *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2019 9:38 AM > *To:* FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG > *Subject:* [FUNDSVCS] Day of Giving Advice > > > > Hello Fundlist Folks! > > > > I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your > institution. > > > > Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at > the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few > specific funds? > > > > We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and > have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount > of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 > donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general > scholarship fund." > > > > We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. > > > > My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, > students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work > to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. > > > > Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like > this? > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > -- > > *Ryan Malecha* > > *Freed-Hardeman University* > > *Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement* > > *731-989-6022* > -- *Derrick Shearer* *Director of Advancement Services* The Pingry School 131 Martinsville Rd. Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 dshearer@pingry.org 908-647-5555 ext. 1265

We list a few funds on the webpage (also Give Campus) but allow an "other" box for them to designate to a fund of their choice. -- ======================================================================== Cindy J. Creegan, CWR'97, MBA'04 ||PHONE: (216) 368-8552 Executive Director, Advancement Services ||FAX: (216) 368-4619 Case Western Reserve University ||e-mail: cjc8@case.edu 10900 Euclid Avenue || Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7035 || CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:38 AM Ryan Malecha <rmalecha@fhu.edu> wrote: > Hello Fundlist Folks! > > I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your > institution. > > Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at > the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few > specific funds? > > We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and > have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount > of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 > donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general > scholarship fund." > > We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. > > My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, > students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work > to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. > > Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like > this? > > Thank you in advance! > > -- > *Ryan Malecha* > *Freed-Hardeman University* > *Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement* > *731-989-6022* >

We allow all and also include pledge payments. The incentive is about urgency, timing, and participation, not programmatic focus. At least here. My thoughts. Aaron Aaron Forrest CPA Senior Director Gift and Donor Services University of Rochester Office of Advancement Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center 300 East River Road Rochester NY 14627 Office 585.275.2799 / Fax 585-273-4558 Email aaron.forrest@rochester.edu [Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.gif@01C92E92.3629C5E0] <http://www.rochester.edu/> P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Confidentiality Notice: This message, including attachments may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> On Behalf Of Ryan Malecha Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 9:38 AM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG Subject: [FUNDSVCS] Day of Giving Advice Hello Fundlist Folks! I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your institution. Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few specific funds? We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general scholarship fund." We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like this? Thank you in advance! -- Ryan Malecha Freed-Hardeman University Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement 731-989-6022

We have run a day of giving using GiveCampus for the past 3 years, specifically focused on our annual fund. Each year, it has been growing in popularity and success. The one day of giving that we tried with various designations was targeted at our athletic alumni and parents. Donors could choose the team’s project they wished to support. That did not go as well, but could have been largely due to a limited audience. Personally, I like the simplicity of one fund, because that’s where we’ve seen success. [cid:image006.jpg@01D52D90.87A73340]<http://www.trnty.edu/> Nate Laning Director of Advancement Services | Trinity Christian College 6601 West College Drive | Palos Heights, Illinois 60463 [cid:image007.png@01D52D90.87A73340]<https://www.facebook.com/trinitychristiancollege>[cid:image008.png@01D52D90.87A73340]<https://twitter.com/trinitytroll>[cid:image009.png@01D52D90.87A73340]<https://www.instagram.com/trinitytrolls/>[cid:image010.png@01D52D90.87A73340]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/trinity-christian-college> 708.239.4822 | nathan.laning@trnty.edu From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> On Behalf Of Ryan Malecha Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 8:38 AM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG Subject: [FUNDSVCS] Day of Giving Advice Hello Fundlist Folks! I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your institution. Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few specific funds? We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general scholarship fund." We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like this? Thank you in advance! -- Ryan Malecha Freed-Hardeman University Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement 731-989-6022

We allow donors to give to any fund. A lot of the funds are selectable on the giving sites but we give donors the option to type a comment to indicate where they want their gift to go. CJ Jones Associate Director of Donor Services, Purdue Research Foundation Dauch Alumni Center | 403 W Wood St | West Lafayette, IN 47907 wcjones@prf.org<mailto:wcjones@prf.org> | DAUCH 3118 | (765) 496-3116 [cid:image001.png@01D52D99.B7562520]<http://www.purdue.edu/evertrue> [cid:image004.jpg@01D52D99.B75D9F30] <https://takegiantleaps.com/> WARNING: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information enclosed with this transmission is the private, confidential property of the sender, and is privileged communication intended solely for the individual indicated above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any other action relevant to the contents of this transmission are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender immediately by sending a reply to this message that it was sent in error and delete this email from your system. From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> On Behalf Of Shearer, Derrick Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 9:41 AM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG Subject: Re: [FUNDSVCS] Day of Giving Advice We did our first one last September. It was geared towards a specific fund only and we did allow new pledges. It was a massive hit and we got more donors that day than any other day this year. On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:40 AM Forrest, Aaron <aaron.forrest@rochester.edu<mailto:aaron.forrest@rochester.edu>> wrote: We allow all and also include pledge payments. The incentive is about urgency, timing, and participation, not programmatic focus. At least here. My thoughts. Aaron Aaron Forrest CPA Senior Director Gift and Donor Services University of Rochester Office of Advancement Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center 300 East River Road Rochester NY 14627 Office 585.275.2799 / Fax 585-273-4558 Email aaron.forrest@rochester.edu<mailto:aaron.forrest@rochester.edu> [Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.gif@01C92E92.3629C5E0] <http://www.rochester.edu/> P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Confidentiality Notice: This message, including attachments may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG<mailto:FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG>> On Behalf Of Ryan Malecha Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 9:38 AM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG<mailto:FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> Subject: [FUNDSVCS] Day of Giving Advice Hello Fundlist Folks! I have a question for those of you who have run a Day of Giving at your institution. Have you found it more effective to allow donors to give to any fund at the University during that day, or to focus the messaging towards a few specific funds? We have secured $50,000 to use as "incentive money" for this event and have decided to focus on the number of donors rather than the total amount of dollars. We're thinking the message will be something like "If 500 donors give on this day, a donor will give $50,000 to the general scholarship fund." We will be using GiveCampus as our online giving platform. My thought would be to include any campus group (Deans, athletic coaches, students, etc) that want to participate and are willing to put in the work to make their project successful, to raise money for their group. Any overall words of advice or caution when undertaking a project like this? Thank you in advance! -- Ryan Malecha Freed-Hardeman University Associate Vice-President for Community Engagement 731-989-6022 -- Derrick Shearer Director of Advancement Services The Pingry School 131 Martinsville Rd. Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 dshearer@pingry.org<mailto:dshearer@pingry.org> 908-647-5555 ext. 1265