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Download full textAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2020
"The Intelligent Donor's Guide to College Giving" is a signature ACTA publication designed to help higher education donors navigate the giving process. This third edition features stories behind gifts that are bringing intellectual diversity and academic rigor to campuses across the country as well as lessons from controversies over past…
Descriptors: Donors, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Higher Education
Neal, Anne D.; Poliakoff, Michael B. – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2011
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for donors on how to target their giving, with profiles of successful gifts. American philanthropists long have been generous in their support of colleges and universities. But donors do not always find the results they envisioned for their generosity and good intentions. ACTA has responded by…
Descriptors: Donors, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Direct linkMasterson, Kathryn; Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
This article reports that Princeton University has settled a long-running dispute with the heirs of a major donor by agreeing to pay $50-million to the heirs' foundation and approximately the same amount for their legal fees. The case has been closely watched as a test of how strictly institutions must adhere to donors' wishes. The settlement…
Descriptors: Donors, Laws, Philanthropic Foundations, Endowment Funds
