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How to Marry Your Alumni Association with Your Foundation

How to Marry Your Alumni Association with Your Foundation. Working Together to Benefit All Stakeholders. History of Foundation and Alumni Association. 2005 – School Board and Superintendent brought community leaders together to form Foundation

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How to Marry Your Alumni Association with Your Foundation

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  1. How to Marry Your Alumni Association with Your Foundation Working Together to Benefit All Stakeholders

  2. History of Foundation and Alumni Association 2005 – School Board and Superintendent brought community leaders together to form Foundation One expectation in forming Foundation – to RE-form Alumni Association, utilizing Foundation’s 501(c)(3) and providing seed money for Alumni Association Challenges/Concerns in community – Fundraising efforts at risk?

  3. Functions of Foundation Raise funds to assist CURRENT students Raise funds to provide classroom (small) grants to teachers for innovative projects Raise funds to provide school-wide (major) grants for innovation Provide recognition for teachers (grants, Carnation sales, publicity, business partnerships)

  4. Functions of Alumni Association Provide organization to keeping alums tied to school, classmates, friends Reunion communication Communication of events and alum happenings Recognition – Alumni of the Year/Alumni Brick Walkway Repository – Heritage Room at High School Develop/maintain data base of alumni contact information Senior Breakfast

  5. What are Challenges? Relationships Purposes that do not align Perceived competition Sensitivity to use of Alumni data base Sensitivity to Business Contact listing

  6. Organizational Alignment Through Foundation Bylaws, Alumni Association allowed to utilize 501(c)(3) Separate Bylaws, separate Boards Alumni President serves as Ex-Officio Foundation Board member Foundation Chair serves as Ex-Officio Alumni Association Board member School Board President serves as Ex-Officio Foundation Board member

  7. Joint Efforts Share alumni data base for Foundation solicitation Attend Reunions to discuss Foundation Reunion Golf outing, proceeds to Foundation Fundraising events targeted as alums which benefit Foundation

  8. Not Stepping on Toes Relationship Support of Superintendent Support of School Board Alleviate concern for possibility of decreasing funds Sharing (or not) of prospects Sharing of events – replicate (or not) events?

  9. What Would We Do Differently? More involved with Alumni leadership from the beginning Look for opportunities to build relationships Take advantage of attending meetings and events Communicate with School Board and Superintendent regularly about achievements

  10. Going Forward Alumni Data Cleansing Foundation attend Reunions Assist Alumni in bringing new members Target specific alums for giving back

  11. Questions/Open Discussion

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