Student Affairs Fundraising: Raising Funds to Raise the Bar

In the last two decades, growing numbers of colleges and universities have started to focus specifically on fundraising for student affairs, raising money for everything from facilities to scholarships to student food banks to support for students from diverse backgrounds. Student affairs professionals of all levels must have a strong understanding of fundraising in order to be good campus partners, avoid fundraising missteps and, most importantly, help the division of student affairs garner donations that will impact student success.

Student Affairs Fundraising provides readers with history, background, detailed context, and relevant examples of the people, schools, tools, and methods for successful sector-specific fundraising within divisions of student affairs. Each chapter highlights fundraising strategies and resources, as well as hands-on exercises to help readers hone their fundraising skills. The book provides expert insight and guidance on:

• the history of higher education and student affairs fundraising;
• processes for implementing student affairs fundraising, including various forms of fundraising and best practices;
• cultivating donors and enhancing donor relationships specific to student affairs;
• understanding fundraising structures and creating a culture of giving for student affairs;
• forming cross-campus development partnerships and collaborations;
• legal and ethical issues;
• fundraising during a crisis; and
• designing and planning fundraising initiatives such as support for veterans programs and identity-based fundraising.

As public resources for higher education continue to decline, philanthropic support for colleges and universities will become even more critical. Featuring examples of programs and projects successfully implemented at a wide array of institutions as a result of successful fundraising endeavors, Student Affairs Fundraising is essential reading for novice through experienced fundraising professional.