What effect would revoking the charitable deduction have on voluntary support of higher education? (Editor)

A model is given in which corporations are approached as investors in educational institutions rather than philanthropists. Assumes that corporations should be more responsive to this than to the one-way stream of assets so characteristic in the past.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT PHILANTHROPY FOR PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 294 INSTITUTIONS ARE ANALYZED. OF THIS NUMBER, 44.5 PERCENT RECEIVED NO VOLUNTARY SUPPORT. THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY 163 COLLEGES DURING THE PERIOD UNDER STUDY--JULY 1960 THROUGH JUNE 1963--INCREASED 70.9 PERCENT TO AN AVERAGE…

IN A STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL FUND RAISING PRACTICES AT PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES, A 66-PERCENT RETURN WAS RECEIVED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 174 COLLEGES. OF THE RESPONDENTS, 82 PERCENT HAD FUND RAISING PROGRAMS. THE AUTHOR FOUND THAT (1) PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES WERE LESS EFFECTIVE IN FUND RAISING THAN SENIOR INSTITUTIONS, (2) PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES…

A study was conducted to evaluate these issues with regard to philanthropic support for the public junior college: the extent of junior college programs for securing philanthropic support; types of gifts received by public junior colleges; sources of private support for public junior colleges; the purposes for which private support is designated;…

This report presents the results of the twelfth "Survey of Voluntary Support of Education" conducted by the Council for Financial Aid to Education. Highlights of the findings of the survey include: (1) The total voluntary support of colleges and universities in 1970-71 is estimated at a new record high of $1.860 billion. (2) All of the increase in…

Leaders of programs serving rural America need to act strategically to ensure the long-term success of their initiatives. This strategy brief describes the funding landscape of rural programs and highlights the unique challenges confronting rural program leaders. It describes the different public and private resources that can support…

The Council for Financial Aid to Education in New York has developed techniques and compiled information that colleges can use in their own individual fund raising. (Author)

The development, purpose, and future are reviewed of Nurses' Educational Funds, Inc., an independent organization that grants and administers scholarships to registered nurses for post-RN study. (EA)

REPRESENTATIVES OF JUNIOR COLLEGES AND FOUNDATIONS MET IN THIS CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE MEANS BY WHICH FOUNDATION SUPPORT MIGHT BE BROUGHT INTO A MORE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS. FIVE TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED--(1) GENERAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS, (2) SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ACTIVITY FOUNDATIONS, (3) COMMUNITY…

This directory to grant aid for public libraries in New York State has been prepared for use and distribution by the New York State Subcommittee on Libraries. It lists possible funding sources in three categories: Federal library sources, other Federal sources, and private sources. Information on eligibility, purpose, type, amount, and address is…