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The Foundation is a separate charitable organization with a sole purpose is to raise funds for Glendale Community College. A 35-member board of directors has the fiduciary responsibility. In 2003, Glendale College Foundation celebrated its 20th Anniversary. During this period the Foundation has raised a $5,000,000 endowment and in the last five years, donations have averaged $420,000 per year and provided the college with approximately $220,000 annually for scholarships, facilities and programs. The difference has built the endowment. The Foundation continues to increase the number of donors and the amount of funds raised from private sources. Experience has shown that when the project is new and creative, such as the Science Center, there is greater success. The thirty-five members of the Foundation board have been instrumental in donating and in identifying sources of private funds.
Fundraising
There are specific procedures for soliciting funds through the Glendale College Foundation. These funds might be raised from campaigns such as annual campaigns, membership programs, fundraising events and other ongoing activities designed to raise funds from individuals. Donations are usually solicited face-to-face, by telephone or by letter.
Donors
Community college foundations, including Glendale College Foundation, have had the most success soliciting funds from local business and corporations that have a local presence. Another source of funds has been membership organizations such as Rotary or Kiwanis. However, national statistics indicate that the majority of charitable giving comes from living individuals and their bequests. A study in 1994 indicated that almost 81% of the $129 billion made available for charitable giving came from these souses. Alumni and former trustees, faculty and staff have also been major donors to community colleges including Glendale College Foundation.
Criteria
Fund raising campaigns are based on the broadest needs of the College and the greatest interest to donors. They require the approval of the Board of Directors, the College Trustees and the administration. The Foundation does not have discretionary funds to allocate however; every division on campus and a number of programs have endowments that can provide funding. The funds raised from the annual golf tournament are used to support specific projects on campus. Suggestions are submitted to the Board of Directors for consideration.
Approval
The Glendale College Foundation Board of Directors must approve all fundraising campaigns and donations to the college. Often, members of the board will be the ones asked to connect the college to potential individual givers.
History of Community College Fund Raising
The first community college foundation was founded in 1922 at Long Beach City College. A handful were established between the 1940s and the 1950s, but the majority were begun after the late 1960s. The 1965 Higher Education Act and the federal funding opportunities that it offered brought about the large-scale, organized, external fundraising now common at community colleges. Community colleges began by tapping into the federal support offered through grant and contract competitions. In the mid-1970s, the colleges began adapting the university and liberal arts college model of engaging other external contributors for private gifts.
Fundraising
There are specific procedures for soliciting funds through the Glendale College Foundation. These funds might be raised from campaigns such as annual campaigns, membership programs, fundraising events and other ongoing activities designed to raise funds from individuals. Donations are usually solicited face-to-face, by telephone or by letter.
Donors
Community college foundations, including Glendale College Foundation, have had the most success soliciting funds from local business and corporations that have a local presence. Another source of funds has been membership organizations such as Rotary or Kiwanis. However, national statistics indicate that the majority of charitable giving comes from living individuals and their bequests. A study in 1994 indicated that almost 81% of the $129 billion made available for charitable giving came from these souses. Alumni and former trustees, faculty and staff have also been major donors to community colleges including Glendale College Foundation.
Criteria
Fund raising campaigns are based on the broadest needs of the College and the greatest interest to donors. They require the approval of the Board of Directors, the College Trustees and the administration. The Foundation does not have discretionary funds to allocate however; every division on campus and a number of programs have endowments that can provide funding. The funds raised from the annual golf tournament are used to support specific projects on campus. Suggestions are submitted to the Board of Directors for consideration.
Approval
The Glendale College Foundation Board of Directors must approve all fundraising campaigns and donations to the college. Often, members of the board will be the ones asked to connect the college to potential individual givers.
History of Community College Fund Raising
The first community college foundation was founded in 1922 at Long Beach City College. A handful were established between the 1940s and the 1950s, but the majority were begun after the late 1960s. The 1965 Higher Education Act and the federal funding opportunities that it offered brought about the large-scale, organized, external fundraising now common at community colleges. Community colleges began by tapping into the federal support offered through grant and contract competitions. In the mid-1970s, the colleges began adapting the university and liberal arts college model of engaging other external contributors for private gifts.