Endowment Builder

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource helps nonprofit organizations generate more endowment gifts. This resource provides step-by-step procedures to help build endowments, ideas and approaches to raise needed funds, actionable tips and techniques, and helpful charts, forms, and useful examples. Important topics covered include: Annual endowment goals Endowment FAQs Endowed scholarships community engagement Marketing endowment opportunities Donor cultivation Named gifts Board member engagement Exclusive donor clubs Endowment agreements Endowment-only campaigns Methods for determining ask amounts Employee naming gifts Bequests Matching gifts Endowment  ethics policies Endowment ideas for beginners Endowment brochures Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Front Matter (Pages: 1-3) CHAPTER 1 Set the Stage for Building Your Endowment (Pages: 4-10) CHAPTER 2 Awareness Building and Education Measures (Pages: 11-15) CHAPTER 3 Identify Endowment Funding Opportunities (Pages: 16-22) CHAPTER 4 Prospect Identification Ideas and Strategies (Pages: 23-25) CHAPTER 5 Strategies for Marketing Endowment Gifts (Pages: 26-32) CHAPTER 6 Cultivation: Building the Case for Support (Pages: 33-38) CHAPTER 7 Advice on Soliciting and Closing Endowment Gifts (Pages: 39-48) CHAPTER 8 Starting and Adding to Named Endowments (Pages: 49-54) CHAPTER 9 Marketing Planned Gifts as a Way to Build Endowment (Pages: 55-57) CHAPTER 10 Ways to Recognize and Steward Endowment Donors (Pages: 58-65) CHAPTER 11 Useful Endowment Reports, Forms and Policies (Pages: 66-70)