-
Recent Posts
Archives
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Category Archives: higher education
Senior International Fellows in Philanthropy
A little quiet lately as about to embark on some professional development at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. They run a Senior (as in old(er)) International Fellows Program for people in … Continue reading
Posted in higher education, philanthropy
Tagged Ambassadors for Philanthropy, Australian Communities Foundation, Berks County Community Foundation, Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, community foundations, Council on Foundations, county community foundation, international fellows program, Kevin Murphy, Philanthropy Australia, Senior International Fellow in Philanhtropy, Senior International Fellows in Philanthropy, Simon McKeon
2 Comments
Philanthropy, Old, New and Enduring
Last week I attended a forum entitled Philanthropy, Old, New and Enduring presented by Swinburne University’s Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy in conjunction with O’Keefe and Partners. Julie Johnson, Managing Director at O’Keefe Partners, presented on giving trends research … Continue reading
Posted in corporate social responsibility, donate, fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged asia pacific centre, bequest, charitable competition, Christopher Baker, corporate philanthropy, corporate sponsorship, estate, global financial crisis, Include a Charity, Inheritance, Julie Johnson, not for profit, O'Keefe and Partners, swinburne university, testamentary trust
Leave a comment
new CASE training opportunity – October 2011
The CASE Asia-Pacific Institute in Educational Fundraising will be held at the The Melbourne Business School Executive Education Campus at Mt Eliza from 3 – 7 October. Registrations are now open with an early bird fee (by 30 April) of … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged advancement, conference, development, melbourne
2 Comments
A change of key in fundraising
I am putting this post in here – which is one I wrote on my old blog before setting up ozphilanthropy.com. It records my reactions to the changed scale of fundraising I encountered on starting work in Advancement in higher … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged advancement, code of practice, development, moves management, stewardship
Leave a comment
University of Melbourne advancement job opportunity
The University of Melbourne is seeking a Manager, Major Gifts and Fundraising for the Faculty of Business and Economics. Here’s the job advertisement. It’s a senior position and one of the key selection criteria is experience of major donor fundraising … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged advancement, cultivation, development, fundraising jobs
Leave a comment
3 pathways to professional development in philanthropy
With the start of the school year imminent, I thought it timely to have a look at the ways fundraising and philanthropy professionals can gain more skills. University postgraduate study Swinburne University offers qualifications ranging from a Graduate Certificate to … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged accreditation, conference, mentoring, professional development, skills
Leave a comment
The Ask by Sam Lipsyte – fiction philanthropy?
I had wanted to read The Ask: A Novel because it has been promoted as a novel about a disgruntled development officer for a university – read – fundraiser/advancement worker. It had also been described as hilariously funny – but … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged advancement, development, ethics, fiction philanthropy, solicitation, transparency
1 Comment
Gift agreements
Gift agreements have been greatly perplexing me for the last little while. In the higher education advancement field it seems that “gift agreements” are the norm. These are formal documents which outline the pledge payment schedule for a large donation … Continue reading
Executor and trustee companies, or dead people like to donate too
When people think about bequests, often it is in relation to people who leave money for a specific purpose, with a whole infrastructure around how the money is to be administered through setting up their own foundation with particular application … Continue reading
Posted in donate, higher education, philanthropy, prizes
Tagged ANZ Trustees, applications, Australian Tax Office, awards, bequests, Equity Trustees, funds for artists, government review, grants, National Gallery of Victoria, Perpetual Trustees, Philanthropy Australia, scholarships, State Trustees, tax deductibility, TCC, Trust Company, Trustee company
Leave a comment
Donation leads to a Frank Gehry Building for UTS
A $25 million donation is contributing towards a new building by the architect Frank Gehry (who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao) to be built for the University of Technology Sydney’s business school. Capital campaigns (for building works and redevelopment) … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, higher education
Tagged advancement, architecture, capital campaigns, development, Frank Gehry, UTS
Leave a comment
